List of theatrical comedies

[France]

• Les affaires sont les affaires, by Octave Mirbeau.
• La Puce a l'Oreille, by Georges Feydeau

[India]

[Russia]

• The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol

[United Kingdom]

• The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
• 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.