Comedy (play)

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Shakespeare, William. The Winter's Tale. The King's Men, 1611, Globe Theatre, London, England, UK, act 3, sc. 2.

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Shakespeare, William. "The Winter's Tale." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 3, sc. 2.

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Shakespeare, William. The Merchant of Venice. c. 1598, The Theatre, London, England, UK, act 4, sc. 1.

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Shakespeare, William. "The Merchant of Venice." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 4, sc. 1.

There shall be no love lost.

Ben Jonson

Every Man out of His Humour

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Jonson, Ben. Every Man out of His Humour. Lord Chamberlain's Men, 1599, Globe Theatre, London, England, UK, act 2, sc. 1.

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Jonson, Ben. "Every Man out of His Humour." Ben Jonson: Five Plays, edited by G. A. Wilkes. Oxford University Press, 2009, act 2, sc. 1.

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Shakespeare, William. A Midsummer Night's Dream. The Lord Chamberlain's Men, c. 1599, The Theatre, London, England, UK, act 1, sc. 1.

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Shakespeare, William. "A Midsummer Night's Dream." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act. 1, sc. 1.

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Shakespeare, William. The Comedy of Errors. 1594, Gray's Inn Hall, London, England, UK, act 3, sc. 2.

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Shakespeare, William. "The Comedy of Errors." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 3, sc. 2.

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Moliere. Les Femmes Savantes [The Learned Ladies]. 11 Mar. 1672, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Paris, France, act 2, sc. 7.

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Moliere. "The Clever Women." The Miser and Other Plays, translated by David Coward and John Wood. Penguin Classics, 2000, act 2, sc. 7.

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Jonson, Ben. Volpone. King's Men. Spring 1606, Globe Theatre, London, England, UK, act 2, sc. 2.

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Jonson, Ben. "Volpone." Ben Jonson: Five Plays, edited by G. A. Wilkes. Oxford University Press, 2009, act 2, sc. 2.

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Webster, John. The Devil's Law Case. Performed by Richard Perkins. Queen Anne's Men, c. 1619, Phoenix Theatre, London, England, UK, act 5, sc. 4.

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Webster, John. "The Devil's Law Case." The Works of John Webster: The Devil's Law-Case; A Cure for a Cuckold; Appius and Virginia, edited by David Gunby and David Carnegie and MacDonald P. Jackson. Vol. 2, Cambridge University Press, 2007, act 5, sc. 4.

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Moliere. L'Avare [The Miser]. 9 Sept. 1668, Theatre of the Palais-Royal, Paris, act 3, sc. 5.

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Moliere. "The Miser." The Miser and Other Plays, translated by David Coward and John Wood. Penguin Classics, 2000, act 3, sc. 5.

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Shakespeare, William. "All's Well that Ends Well." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 5, sc. 3.

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Shakespeare, William. "All's Well That Ends Well." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 5, sc. 3.

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Shakespeare, William. "The Two Gentlemen of Verona." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 1, sc. 3.

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Shakespeare, William. "The Two Gentlemen of Verona." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 1, sc. 3.

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Shakespeare, William. The Merchant of Venice. c. 1598, The Theatre, London, England, UK, act 3, sc. 2.

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Shakespeare, William. "The Merchant of Venice." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 3, sc. 2.

Never say more than is necessary.

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

The Rivals

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Sheridan, Richard Brinsley. The Rivals. Performed by Mary Bulkley and John Lee. 1775, Covent Garden Theatre, London, England, UK, act 2, sc. 1.

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Sheridan, Richard Brinsley. The Rivals. Dover Publications, 1998, act 2, sc. 1.

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Shakespeare, William. The Merchant of Venice. c. 1598, The Theatre, London, England, UK, act 1, sc. 2.

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Shakespeare, William. "The Merchant of Venice." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 1, sc. 2.

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Shakespeare, William. The Merchant of Venice. c. 1598, The Theatre, London, England, UK, act 3, sc. 1.

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Shakespeare, William. "The Merchant of Venice." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 3, sc. 1.

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Shakespeare, William. "Measure for Measure." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 2, sc. 1.

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Shakespeare, William. "Measure for Measure." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 2, sc. 1.

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Shaw, George Bernard. "Candida." 30 Mar. 1894, Theatre Royal, South Shields, London, England, UK, act 1.

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Shaw, George Bernard. Candida. Penguin Classics, 2006, act 1.

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Congreve, William. The Old Bachelor. United Company, 1693, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, England, UK, act 4, sc. 7.

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Congreve, William. "The Old Bachelor." The Way of the World and Other Plays, edited by Eric S. Rump. Penguin Classics, 2006, act 4, sc. 7.

Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools.

George Chapman

All Fools

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Chapman, George. "All Fools." Children of the Queen's Revels, 1605, Court before King James I, England, UK, act 5, sc. 2.

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Chapman, George. "All Fools." Elizabethan Comedies: A Basic Anthology. Dover Publications, 2017, act 5, sc. 2.

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Shakespeare, William. "All's Well that Ends Well." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 4, sc. 3.

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Shakespeare, William. "All's Well That Ends Well." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 4, sc. 3.