FARCE

British Encyclopedia · 1933 · p. 390
a subdivision of comedy, characterized chiofly by exaggeration and lack of rational character draw 390 FARCY ing. Farce stands in the same relationship to comedy as melodrama does to tragedy. Many farces commence with an impo ible postulate, such as The Comedy of Errors, Jonson’s Silent Women is one of the best Hnglish farces. _Gilbert’s Engaged and Foggerty’s Fairy are notable modern examples. IMG:fig390_1.jpg:
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