farces

Slapstick stage plays

Farces is the plural of farce—a type of comedy built on absurd situations, improbable coincidences, and physical humor rather than wit or character development.

Farces feature mistaken identities, slamming doors, and characters hiding in closets.

Extended to non-theatrical contexts, farce describes any situation that has become laughably absurd: The trial was a farce.

Bedroom farces dominated the West End for decades.

theatrical

comedies

Humorous dramatic works

slapstickExaggerated physical humor
buffooneryLudicrous or silly conduct
satiresMocking literary works

burlesques · vaudeville · absurdist · pratfalls · mistaken identity · door-slamming · pantomime · Molière · situational comedy · drawing-room

mockery

shams

False fronts, literal or figurative

charadesWordless guessing game
travestiesGrotesque misrepresentations of something
pretensesFalse outward appearances

jokes · absurdities · frauds · masquerades · hoaxes · put-ons · deceptions · parodies · pantomimes · humbugs

culinary

stuffings

Material packed inside something

forcemeatsEmulsified meat stuffing base
fillingsMaterial inserted into cavities
terrinesLidded baking crocks

pâtés · mousses · quenelles · roulades · poultry · meatloaf · sausages · dumplings · savory · ground meat

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