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Béatrice et Bénédict Béatrice et Bénédict ("Beatrice and Benedick") is an opéra comique in two acts by Hector Berlioz. Berlioz wrote the French libretto himself, based closely on Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing".
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Much Ado About Nothing Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy by William Shakespeare thought to have been written in 1598 and 1599, as Shakespeare was approaching the middle of his career. The play was included in the "First Folio", published in 1623.
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Business is business Business is business (French: "" ) is a French comedy in three acts, by the novelist and playwright Octave Mirbeau, performed in April 1903 on the stage of Comédie-Française, in Paris, and worldwide acclaimed, especially in Russia, Germany and United States.
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Gigi (1949 film) Gigi is a 1949 French comedy film directed by Jacqueline Audry and starring Gaby Morlay, Jean Tissier and Yvonne de Bray. A young lady (Daniélle Delorme) who is coming of age and being trained as a courtesan by her family, and realises she not only adores the debonair, close family friend Gaston, who has spoiled her with attention and care for most of her life (played beautifully by Franck Villard), but that she is in love with him. Gaston realises the same thing, and despite efforts of Gigi´s down-to-earth, doting Grandmother and charming, socialite Aunt to bring the couple together by the then socially accepted practice, it is the undeniable and compelling love between Gigi and Gaston that triumphs above all. Beautifully directed by Jacqueline Audry, who accentuates the brilliant humor of this piece without losing the utterly remarkable sensitivity of the young love that takes center stage. The film was based on the novella "Gigi" written by Colette.
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Facetiae The Facetiae is an anthology of jokes by Poggio Bracciolini (1380–1459), first published in 1470. The collection, "the most famous jokebook of the Renaissance", is notable for its inclusion of scatological jokes and tales, six of the tales involving farting and six involving defecation.
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Eugénie Grandet Eugénie Grandet is an 1833 novel by French author Honoré de Balzac, about miserliness and how it is bequeathed from the father to the daughter, Eugénie, through her unsatisfying love attachment with her cousin. As is usual with Balzac, all the characters in the novel are fully realized. Balzac conceived his ambitious project, "The Human Comedy", while writing "Eugénie Grandet" and incorporated it into the "Comédie" by revising the names of some of the characters in the second edition, which he also dedicated to Maria Du Fresnay, his then-lover and mother of his daughter Marie-Caroline Du Fresnay, and, as was proved later on, the "real" Eugénie Grandet.
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De honesta voluptate et valetudine De honesta voluptate et valetudine ("On honest indulgence and good health", often shortened to "De honesta voluptate") was the first cookbook ever printed. Written ca. 1465 by Bartolomeo Platina, it first appeared between 1470 and 1475 in Rome, and in 1475 in Venice. Written in Latin, it was largely a translation of recipes by Martino da Como from his "Libro de Arte Coquinaria" (ca. 1465). The book was frequently reprinted over the next century, and translated in French, German and Italian.
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Venetian Honeymoon Venetian Honeymoon (Italian: "La prima notte" , French: "Les noces vénitiennes" ) is a 1959 Italian-French romantic comedy film directed by Alberto Cavalcanti. It is loosely based on the Abel Hermant' novel "Les noces vénitiennes".
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The Pink Dominos The Pink Dominos is a farce in three acts by James Albery based on the French farce "Les Dominos Roses" by Hennequin and Delacour. It concerns a plan by two wives to test their husbands' fidelity at a masked ball and a mischievous maid who causes comic complications by wearing a gown similar to those worn by the wives. The piece opened on March 31, 1877 and was exceptionally successful, running for a record-setting 555 performances. Charles Wyndham played one of the husbands and produced the piece at the Criterion Theatre. Augustus Harris played in the piece, and Fanny Josephs was one of the wives.
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The Prince of Pappenheim (1952 film) The Prince of Pappenheim (German: Der Fürst von Pappenheim) is a 1952 West German comedy film directed by Hans Deppe and starring  Viktor de Kowa, Hannelore Schroth and Grethe Weiser. It was based on an 1923 operetta of the same name which had previously been made into a 1927 silent film.
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Tillie's Punctured Romance Tillie's Punctured Romance is the name of two early comedy films:
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The Porter from Maxim's (1927 film) The Porter from Maxim's (French: Le chasseur de chez Maxim's) is a 1927 French silent comedy film directed by  Roger Lion and Nicolas Rimsky and starring Rimsky, Pépa Bonafé and Simone Vaudry. It is based on the 1923 play of the same title, which has been made into films several times.
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Sotie A sotie (or sottie) is a short satirical play common in 15th- and 16th-century in France. The word (compare modern "sottise") comes from the "sots", "fools", who appeared as characters in the play. In the plays, these fools would make observations and exchange thoughts on contemporary events and individuals. Shorter plays, sometimes referred to as "parades", need not have any plot at all, but relied simply on a detached dialogue. The genre has its origin in the Feast of Fools and other Carnival-related festivities. The purpose of these events was to present a world turned upside-down, in this case with the fools as fonts of wisdom. The fools were dressed in grey robes, and wore a hood with donkey ears.
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La Comédie du bonheur Le Comedie du Bonheur (also known as "Ecco La Felicità" in Italy and "Comedy of Happiness" in England) is a 1940 French-Italian film. It was the first completed film of Louis Jourdan.
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My Seven Little Sins My Seven Little Sins (French: "J'avais sept filles" , Italian: "I sette peccati di papà" ), released in UK as I Had Seven Daughters, is a 1954 French-Italian comedy film co-written and directed by Jean Boyer and starring Maurice Chevalier and Delia Scala. It is based on a comedy play of Aldo De Benedetti, previously adapted by Nunzio Malasomma in the film "We Were Seven Sisters".
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The Weaker Sex (play) The Weaker Sex (French: Le Sexe Faible) is a French comedy play which was first staged in 1929. It mocks the various different schemes of fortune-hunting men to attract wealthy wives.
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The Saint and The Sow The Saint and The Sow ("O Santo e a Porca", in the original title) is a very popular Brazilian play written by Ariano Suassuna that was first published in 1957. The play, according to Suassuna, is a "Northeastern imitation" from the play "Aulularia" (a.k.a. "The Pot's Comedy"), from the Roman writer Plautus.
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Lady Frederick Lady Frederick is a comedy by the British writer W. Somerset Maugham, written early in his career. The play was first seen in London in 1907, and was very successful, running for 422 performances. The title role was played by Ethel Irving. In New York it was first performed in 1908, with Lady Frederick played by Ethel Barrymore, who reprised her role in the play's film adaptation, "The Divorcee".
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Twelfth Night Twelfth Night, or What You Will is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–02 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Viola and Sebastian, who are separated in a shipwreck. Viola (who is disguised as Cesario) falls in love with Duke Orsino, who in turn is in love with the Countess Olivia. Upon meeting Viola, Countess Olivia falls in love with her thinking she is a man. The play expanded on the musical interludes and riotous disorder expected of the occasion, with plot elements drawn from the short story "Of Apollonius and Silla" by Barnabe Rich, based on a story by Matteo Bandello. The first recorded performance was on 2 February 1602, at Candlemas, the formal end of Christmastide in the year's calendar. The play was not published until its inclusion in the 1623 First Folio.
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Cymbeline Cymbeline , also known as Cymbeline, King of Britain, is a play by William Shakespeare set in Ancient Britain and based on legends that formed part of the Matter of Britain concerning the early Celtic British King Cunobeline. Although listed as a tragedy in the First Folio, modern critics often classify "Cymbeline" as a romance or even a comedy. Like "Othello" and "The Winter's Tale", it deals with the themes of innocence and jealousy. While the precise date of composition remains unknown, the play was certainly produced as early as 1611.
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Make Mine Mink Make Mine Mink is a 1960 British comedy farce film directed by Robert Asher and featuring Terry-Thomas, Athene Seyler, Hattie Jacques and Billie Whitelaw. The screenplay concerns a group of eccentric misfits who go on a spree, stealing mink coats for charity in a Robin Hood-style gang. It was based on the play "Breath of Spring" by Peter Coke, and its sequels. Seyer and Elspeth Duxbury reprised their stage roles from the London production of "Breath of Spring".
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De vetula De vetula ("On the Old Woman") is a long 13th-century elegiac comedy written in Latin. It is pseudepigraphically signed "Ovidius", and in its time was attributed to the classical Latin poet Ovid. It consists of three books of hexameters, and was quoted by Roger Bacon. In its slight plot, the aging Ovid is duped by a go-between, and renounces love affairs. Its interest to modern readers lies in the discursive padding of the story.