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  2. Farce - Wikipedia

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    Petrov-Vodkin's Theatre.Farce. (c. 1870s) Poster for a production of Boucicault's farce Contempt of Court, c. 1879 Farce is a comedy that seeks to entertain an audience through situations that are highly exaggerated, extravagant, ridiculous, absurd, and improbable. [1]

  3. The Comedy of Errors - Wikipedia

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    "Modern Translation of the Play" – Modern version of the play; The Comedie of Errors – HTML version of this title. Photos of Gray's Inn Hall – the hall where the play was once performed; Lesson plans for teaching The Comedy of Errors at Web English Teacher; Information on the 1987 Broadway production

  4. Satire - Wikipedia

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    Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of exposing or shaming the perceived flaws of individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement. [1]

  5. Political satire - Wikipedia

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    Example of contemporary Australian political satire presented as a parody advertisement. Political satire is usually distinguished from political protest or political dissent, as it does not necessarily carry an agenda nor seek to influence the political process. While occasionally it may, it more commonly aims simply to provide entertainment.

  6. The Author's Farce - Wikipedia

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    For example, actors play puppets in a life-size version of a puppet play. Fielding's purpose in relying on the farce tradition was specifically to criticise society as a whole. [ 18 ] Like others, Fielding believed that there was a decline in popular theatre related to the expansion of its audience, therefore he satirises it, its audiences, and ...

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  8. Comedic genres - Wikipedia

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    Notable examples Aggressive humour [1] Insensitive to audience sentiment by igniting criticism and ridicule on subjects like racism, sexism or anything hurtful; differs from blue humor or dark comedy as it inclines more towards being humorous than being offensive

  9. The Second Shepherds' Play - Wikipedia

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    The staging of this play likely required two sets. It is suggested that the first stage is composed of Mak's house. In Mak's house, many of the farcical actions occur (for example, this is the location of where the sheep was "born"). The other stage is where the holy manger and the religious iconography would occur.