A dramatic work (usually short) which has for its sole object to excite laughter; an interlude (cf. interlude, n. 1).
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| 释义 | society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > a comedy > a farce (7) farce1530 A dramatic work (usually short) which has for its sole object to excite laughter; an interlude (cf. interlude, n. 1). Atellan1628 A dramatic composition of this kind. burletta1748 A comic opera; a musical farce. sotie1807 A species of broad satirical farce, current in France in the 15th and 16th centuries. farcetta1835 A short farce. boulevard farce1838 attributive and in other combinations. boulevard theatre n. see quot. 1961; so boulevard farce, etc. Whitehall farce1956 any of five long-running bedroom farces produced at the Whitehall Theatre, London, between 1950–66; a play or other work reminiscent of these… |
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