Farce
Representative examples: A chronology
Britain
- anonymous The Second Shepherds' Pageant (14th century)
- Christopher Marlowe The Jew of Malta (ca. 1589)
- William Shakespeare The Comedy of Errors (ca.1592)
- Arthur Wing Pinero: The Magistrate (1885)
- Brandon Thomas: Charley's Aunt (1892)
- Oscar Wilde: The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)
- Noel Coward: Hay Fever (1925); Present Laughter (1939)
- Ben Travers: Thark (1927)
- Philip King: See How They Run (1945) Big Bad Mouse (1957)
- Joe Orton: Loot (1967) What the Butler Saw (1969)
- Michael Pertwee: Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! (1971)
- Anthony Marriott & Alistair Foot: No Sex, Please, We're British (1971)
- Alan Ayckbourn: Bedroom Farce (1975)
- John Chapman & Anthony Marriott: Shut Your Eyes and Think of England (1977)
- Derek Benfield: Touch and Go (1982)
- Michael Frayn: Noises Off (1982)
- Nigel Williams: W.C.P.C. (1982)
- Tom Kempinski: Sex Please, We're Italian! (1991)
- Ray Cooney: Funny Money (1994)
- Ray Cooney: Cash on Delivery! (2000)
- Monty Python "The Holy Grail"
France
- The Boy and the Blind Man, 13th century, oldest written French farce.
- Georges Feydeau: Le Dindon (1896) (aka Sauce for the Goose)
- Marc Camoletti: Boeing Boeing (1960) and Pyjama pour Six (1985) (aka Don't Dress for Dinner) http://www.theatresprives.com/francais/auteurs/biocamoletti.html
Germany
- Carl Laufs & Wilhelm Jacoby: Pension Schöller (1901)
- Franz Arnold & Ernst Bach: Weekend im Paradies (1928) http://www.felix-bloch-erben.de/play.php/nav/kata/iPlayId/1556/fbe/101
Russia
- Nikolai Gogol The Inspector General (often referred to as The Government Inspector).
United States
- Avery Hopwood http://www.umich.edu/~newsinfo/MT/98/Spr98/mt19s98.html & Wilson Collison: Getting Gertie's Garter (1927) http://www.apolloguide.com/mov_fullrev.asp?CID=3077
- Joseph Kesselring: Arsenic and Old Lace (1941)
- Neil Simon: Rumors (1988)
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