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Its a case thats baffling everyone. The police have ruled it a suicide. The victims daughter concurs. But the daughter’s fiancé? Hes adamant that its cold-blooded murder. But whos the culprit? Could it be the daughter, Fiona, or an undisclosed third party? Or is the fiancé himself the murderer? Amidst a sea of misleading theories, do you have what it takes to piece together the truth? Join us as we unravel this mystery. - Summary by Tom Penn

Two short fragments: an unfinished and a lost play. A Florentine Tragedy, left in a taxi (not a handbag), is Wilde’s most successful attempt at tragedy – intense and domestic, with surprising depth of characterisation. It was adapted into an opera by the Austrian composer Alexander Zemlinsky in 1917. La Sainte Courtisane, or The Woman Covered in Jewels explores one of Wilde’s great idées fixes: the paradox of religious hedonism, pagan piety. Both plays, Wildean to their core, revel in the profound sadness that is the fruit of the conflict between fidelity and forbidden love. Written ...

Jim Florentine tells Dom his very first joke, and shares his memories of shows he's done with Dom over the years. Then, Al Del Bene promotes dating among audience members and explains why his wife can't cook. New Jersey native Mike Marino explains why he doesn't use his turn signals and why you should make the LAPD work for it when they give you a speeding ticket. Finally, Gary Gulman says he's not ready for Germans to be funny and that Jews are behind the greatest inventions and comedy.