List of theatrical comedies

This is a list of theatrical comedies.

France

 * Les affaires sont les affaires (trans. Business is business), by Octave Mirbeau (1903).
 * La Puce a l'Oreille (trans. "A Flea in Her Ear"), by Georges Feydeau

India

 * Kithaab. by Rafeeq Mangalassery.

Russia

 * The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol (made into the Danny Kaye screen musical The Inspector General.)

United Kingdom

 * The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde (adapted for film and television numerous times)
 * Much Ado About Nothing and half a dozen others by William Shakespeare
 * The Rocky Horror Show by Richard O'Brien
 * Comic operas by Gilbert and Sullivan including H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance, Patience, Iolanthe, The Mikado and many others.

United States

 * A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
 * Grease
 * Into the Woods
 * You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
 * Personal Appearance
 * London Calling
 * The Odd Couple
 * Spamalot
 * Many American stage musicals have a strong comedic element.