Public Domain Comedy
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Topic: Public Domain Comedy
Posted By: BlueEye217
Subject: Public Domain Comedy
Date Posted: 2/28/11 at 12:46pm
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Does anyone have any suggestions for a comedy that is public domain/royalty-free? Preferably something that people have heard of.
Thanks!
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Posted By: Tallsor
Date Posted: 2/28/11 at 3:06pm
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Oscar Wilde's "Importance of Being Earnest" is royalty free. (Actually, anything by Oscar Wilde is.)
http://www.royaltyfreeplays.com/ - http://www.royaltyfreeplays.com/ for a good selection.
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Posted By: Majicwrench
Date Posted: 3/01/11 at 5:40pm
| Serious Second for "Earnest" a wonderful show. |
Posted By: Melvin
Date Posted: 3/05/11 at 8:29pm
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Here's a royalty free show - a 90 minute abridgment of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer's Night Dream." There is a small fee for a copy of the abridgment, but I know there are no royalties. http://www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/YouthTheatre/A_Midsummer_Nights_Dream_GM.htm |
Posted By: Eric.Brandt
Date Posted: 4/04/11 at 3:17pm
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There's a huge soft spot in my heart for Pygmalion. Any Shaw, though, would also be royalty free. ------------- Eric Brandt http://TheTheaterCommunity.com - The Theater Community 
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Posted By: Rorgg
Date Posted: 4/04/11 at 3:32pm
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Any Shakespeare will do. My heart's with "Much Ado," though. |