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The Odd Couple

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Neil Simon. After a messy divorce, fastidious Felix Ungar moves in with slovenly Oscar Madison, leading to conflict and comedy.

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Blithe Spirit

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Noël Coward. A novelist invites an eccentric medium to his house for a séance, and his deceased first wife is accidentally summoned, causing mayhem.

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Lysistrata

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Aristophanes. The women of Greece band together and withhold sexual privileges from their men as a means to end the Peloponnesian War.

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The Taming of the Shrew

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William Shakespeare. A wealthy shrew named Katharina is courted by Petruchio, who seeks her hand for her dowry, leading to a battle of wits and wills.

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

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William Shakespeare. This play features several intertwined plots set in a forest, with feuding fairies and mixed-up lovers.

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Arsenic and Old Lace

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Joseph Kesselring. In this dark comedy, Mortimer Brewster discovers his aunts are homicidal maniacs who poison lonely old men.

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Noises Off

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Michael Frayn. A play about a troupe of second-rate actors rehearsing a flop called 'Nothing's On,' resulting in a farce both onstage and off.

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Twelfth Night

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William Shakespeare. A shipwreck separates twins Viola and Sebastian, but mistaken identity and gender-bending hijinks ensue when Viola disguises herself as a man.

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The Importance of Being Earnest

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Oscar Wilde. Two gentlemen use the same pseudonym ('Earnest') for their on-the-sly activities, leading to a comedy of mistaken identities.

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Much Ado About Nothing

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William Shakespeare. The play centers around the romantic misadventures and misunderstandings between two couples: Beatrice & Benedick and Claudio & Hero.

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The Government Inspector

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Nikolai Gogol. In a case of mistaken identity, Hlestakov, a civil servant, is believed to be the incognito inspector visiting a corrupt town.

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The Misanthrope

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Molière. Alceste, the protagonist, hates the hypocrisy of society and yet is in love with Célimène, who embodies the traits he claims to despise.

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You Can't Take It With You

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George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. The play portrays the eccentric Sycamore family and the mayhem that ensues when their daughter's fiancé brings his conservative parents to dinner.

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The Comedy of Errors

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William Shakespeare. This play involves two sets of twins separated at birth, resulting in mistaken identities and slapstick humor when their paths cross.

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Harvey

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Mary Chase. Elwood P. Dowd, an affable man, claims to have an invisible friend Harvey—a 6'3.5" tall rabbit—which causes a dilemma for his family.

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Tartuffe

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Molière. The play is about Tartuffe, a hypocritical religious devotee who tries to swindle Orgon out of his estate by pretending to be pious.

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Boeing Boeing

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Marc Camoletti. The play revolves around bachelor Bernard, who is engaged to three air hostesses simultaneously and juggles his schedule until unexpected flight changes occur.

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The Play That Goes Wrong

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Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields. The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society presents a 1920s whodunit, but everything that can go wrong does, with hilarious results.

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Private Lives

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Noël Coward. A divorced couple find themselves in adjacent hotel rooms with their new spouses, leading to old passions—and comedic conflict—flaring up again.

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The Merry Wives of Windsor

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William Shakespeare. Sir John Falstaff attempts to seduce two wealthy wives, Mistress Ford and Mistress Page, who play tricks on him in return.

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