professional entertainment consisting of jokes and sketches, intended to make an audience laugh
a film, play, or broadcast programme intended to make an audience laugh
the style or genre represented by comedy films, plays, and broadcast programmes
the humorous or amusing aspects of something
a play characterized by its humorous or satirical tone and its depiction of amusing people or incidents, in which the characters ultimately triumph over adversity
the dramatic genre represented by comedies
a play for theatre, radio, or television
plays as a genre or style of literature
the activity of acting
an exciting, emotional, or unexpected event or circumstance
A dramatic composition, or representation of a bright and amusing character, based upon the foibles of individuals, the manners of society, or the ludicrous events or accidents of life; a play in which mirth predominates and the termination of the plot is happy; - opposed to tragedy.
A composition, in prose or poetry, accommodated to action, and intended to exhibit a picture of human life, or to depict a series of grave or humorous actions of more than ordinary interest, tending toward some striking result. It is commonly designed to be spoken and represented by actors on the stage.
A series of real events invested with a dramatic unity and interest.
Dramatic composition and the literature pertaining to or illustrating it; dramatic literature.
professional entertainment consisting of jokes and sketches, intended to make an audience laugh
a film, play, or broadcast programme intended to make an audience laugh
the style or genre represented by comedy films, plays, and broadcast programmes
the humorous or amusing aspects of something
a play characterized by its humorous or satirical tone and its depiction of amusing people or incidents, in which the characters ultimately triumph over adversity
the dramatic genre represented by comedies
a play for theatre, radio, or television
plays as a genre or style of literature
the activity of acting
an exciting, emotional, or unexpected event or circumstance
A dramatic composition, or representation of a bright and amusing character, based upon the foibles of individuals, the manners of society, or the ludicrous events or accidents of life; a play in which mirth predominates and the termination of the plot is happy; - opposed to tragedy.
A composition, in prose or poetry, accommodated to action, and intended to exhibit a picture of human life, or to depict a series of grave or humorous actions of more than ordinary interest, tending toward some striking result. It is commonly designed to be spoken and represented by actors on the stage.
A series of real events invested with a dramatic unity and interest.
Dramatic composition and the literature pertaining to or illustrating it; dramatic literature.