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comedietta|kəmiːdɪˈɛtə|
[a. It. comedietta ‘a pretty short comedy’ (Florio), dim. of comedia.]
A species of drama of a slighter character than comedy; a short or slight comedy.
1836Gentl. Mag. Apr. 423/1 [At Covent Garden] Marie, a Tale of the Pont Neuf (a ‘comedietta’, vide bills)..was brought to light. 1865Reader 8 Apr. 408 A comedietta is a newly-coined term for a new species of drama. A name was required for that dwarf species of comedy that is not so broad as farce, nor so light as vaudeville, nor so tragic as mellodrame..It ought, being a species, to be complete in itself, and not merely two or three scenes belonging to a larger comedy. 1886Manch. Exam. 6 Jan. 3/1 An unpublished comedietta ‘First come, first served’. |