| 单词 | whitehall farce |
| 释义 | > as lemmasWhitehall farce Whitehall farce n. any of five long-running bedroom farces produced at the Whitehall Theatre, London, between 1950–66; a play or other work reminiscent of these; (also as a mass noun) such works collectively. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > a comedy > a farce farce1530 Atellan1628 burletta1748 sotie1807 farcetta1835 boulevard farce1838 Whitehall farce1956 1956 Listener 19 July 102/3 ‘Scintillating’ is a word I hesitate to use of Whitehall farce. 1966 Guardian 20 Aug. 4/4 Blackpool..fulfils a social need. Like a Whitehall farce, it dictates its own terms and makes general criticism futile. 1976 M. Gilbert Night of Twelfth v. 42 A love story mixed up with a Whitehall farce. 2011 A. Darling Back from Brink ii. 49 What followed would have been the stuff of a Whitehall farce had it not been so serious. < as lemmas |
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