comic play
Humorous staged performance
A comic play is a theatrical work intended to amuse, featuring humorous situations, witty dialogue, or satirical commentary.
The term distinguishes lighter dramatic works from tragedies or serious dramas.
Comic plays range from ancient Greek and Roman comedies to Shakespeare's comedies to modern farces: We're staging a comic play for the spring festival.
- Commedia dell'arteItalian improvised masked theater
- AristophanesAncient Greek comic dramatist
- farceAbsurd, laughable situation
- stage businessIncidental physical acting
- happy endingStory concludes well
irony · mistaken identity · love triangle · exaggeration · satire · Molière · running gag · parody · Oscar Wilde · slapstick · wordplay · double entendre · Neil Simon · puns · witty banter · battle of wits · caricature · Charlie Chaplin
comic playtragedy
Disastrous or sorrowful event
tragic play · Greek tragedy · Shakespearean tragedy · classical tragedy · tragic drama
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