A low style of comedy; a dramatic composition marked by low humor, generally written with little regard to regularity or method, and abounding with ludicrous incidents and expressions.
Ridiculous or empty show; as, a mere farce.
a funny play in which plot and broad action dominate. Example: "The Adjustment," a farce by Albert Bermel, 1m1f.
Very comic situations pushed beyond the bounds of belief. Complicated and confused.
An extreme form of comedy extracting maximum from exagerrated or 'over the top' storylines. The Edwardian farce was a full-length play characterised by absurd situations and characterisations. Very often, the plot-line dealt with extra-marital affairs (bedroom farce) and the comical attempts made by the parties involved to hide these indescretions.
a play characterized by broad humor, wild antics, and often slapstick, pratfalls, or other physical humor.
Popular comedy in which horseplay and bodily assualt figure largely in contrived and often improbable situations. Farce has its antecedents in Greek satyr plays, the Roman fabula atellanae, and in other native, pastoral drama. It is, however, a higher form of theatre than burlesque, retaining elements of insight into the human situation.
A kind of comedy when everything is done strictly for laughs.
Highly comic, lighthearted, gleefully contrived drama, usually involving stock situations (such as mistaken identity or discovered lovers' trysts), punctuated with broad physical stunts and pratfalls.
a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
a light, humourous play in which the plot depends upon the situation rather than the character
A ridiculous situation marked by an improbable plot. EXAMPLE: Getting a pie in the face
A form of humor based on exaggerated, improbable incongruities. Farce involves rapid shifts in action and emotion as well as slapstick comedy and extravagant dialogue.
A comedy with broadly humorous situations and slapstick (very physical) comedy. elodrama: An overly dramatic play usually involving a conflict between good and evil characters. Many melodramas are written as comedies.
A type of comedy based on a farfetched humorous situation, often with ridiculous or stereotyped characters.
a light humorous play emphasizing improbable situations rather than characterization, as Georges Feydeau's A Flea in Her Ear. humor of the type found in such plays.
A play intended to provoke non-censorious laughter by presenting absurd and ridiculous characters and actions. Complicated plots, mistaken ideas, and marital infidelity are the stuff of farce. Texts, usually plays, which aim to make people laugh in a very basic way. Plot is more important than character in farce; the comedy is normally physical rather than intellectual.
A comedy with exaggerated characterizations, abundant physical or visual humor, and, often, an improbable plot.
comedy that makes extensive use of improbable plot complications, zany characters, and slapstick humor. Examples: films by the Marx brothers and the Three Stooges; George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart's You Can't Take It with You.
A type of Comedy characterized by broad humor, outlandish incidents, and often vulgar subject matter. Much of the "comedy" in film and television could more accurately be described as farce. (Compare with Burlesque.) (See also drama.)
A farce is a comedy written for the stage, or a film, which aims to entertain the audience by means of unlikely and extravagant - yet often possible - situations, disguise and mistaken identity, verbal humour of varying degrees of sophistication, which may include puns and sexual innuendo, and a fast-paced plot whose speed usually increases even further towards the end of the play, often involving an elaborate chase scene. Broad physical humour, and deliberate absurdity or nonsense, are also commonly employed in farce.
