Farce is a comedy that seeks to entertain an audience through situations that are highly exaggerated, extravagant, ridiculous, absurd, and improbable.[1] Farce is also characterized by heavy use of physical humor; the use of deliberate absurdity or nonsense; satire, parody, and mockery of real-life situations, people, events, and interactions; unlikely and humorous instances of miscommunication; ludicrous, improbable, and exaggerated characters; and broadly stylized performances.
Petrov-Vodkin's Theatre. Farce. (c. 1870s)Poster for a production of Boucicault's farce Contempt of Court, c. 1879
Despite involving absurd situations and characters, the genre generally maintains at least a slight degree of realism and narrative continuity within the context of the irrational or ludicrous situations, often distinguishing it from completely absurdist or fantastical genres. Farces are often episodic or short in duration, often being set in one specific location where all events occur. Farces have historically been performed for the stage and film.
Historical contextedit
The term farce is derived from the French word for "stuffing", in reference to improvisations applied by actors to medieval religious dramas. Later forms of this drama were performed as comical interludes during the 15th and 16th centuries.[2] The oldest surviving farce may be Le Garçon et l'aveugle (The Boy and the Blind Man) from after 1266, although the earliest farces that can be dated come from between 1450 and 1550. The best known farce is La Farce de maître Pathelin (The Farce of Master Pathelin) from c. 1460.[3] Spoof films such as Spaceballs, a comedy based on the Star Wars movies, are farces.[4]
Sir George Grove opined that the "farce" began as a canticle in the common French tongue intermixed with Latin. It became a vehicle for satire and fun, and thus led to the modern Farsa or Farce, a piece in one act, the subject of which is extravagant and the action ludicrous.[5]
Referencesedit
^"farce | Dictionaries and vocabulary tools for English language learners | Wordsmyth". www.wordsmyth.net. Retrieved Mar 19, 2023.
^Birch, Dinah, ed. (2009). The Oxford Companion to English Literature (7th ed.). OUP Oxford. p. 1043. ISBN978-0191030840.
^Hollier, Denis; Bloch, R. Howard, eds. (1994). A New History of French Literature. Harvard University Press. p. 126. ISBN0674615662.
farce, comedy, that, seeks, entertain, audience, through, situations, that, highly, exaggerated, extravagant, ridiculous, absurd, improbable, also, characterized, heavy, physical, humor, deliberate, absurdity, nonsense, satire, parody, mockery, real, life, sit. Farce is a comedy that seeks to entertain an audience through situations that are highly exaggerated extravagant ridiculous absurd and improbable 1 Farce is also characterized by heavy use of physical humor the use of deliberate absurdity or nonsense satire parody and mockery of real life situations people events and interactions unlikely and humorous instances of miscommunication ludicrous improbable and exaggerated characters and broadly stylized performances Petrov Vodkin s Theatre Farce c 1870s Poster for a production of Boucicault s farce Contempt of Court c 1879 Contents 1 Genre 2 Historical context 3 References 4 External linksGenre editDespite involving absurd situations and characters the genre generally maintains at least a slight degree of realism and narrative continuity within the context of the irrational or ludicrous situations often distinguishing it from completely absurdist or fantastical genres Farces are often episodic or short in duration often being set in one specific location where all events occur Farces have historically been performed for the stage and film Historical context editThe term farce is derived from the French word for stuffing in reference to improvisations applied by actors to medieval religious dramas Later forms of this drama were performed as comical interludes during the 15th and 16th centuries 2 The oldest surviving farce may be Le Garcon et l aveugle The Boy and the Blind Man from after 1266 although the earliest farces that can be dated come from between 1450 and 1550 The best known farce is La Farce de maitre Pathelin The Farce of Master Pathelin from c 1460 3 Spoof films such as Spaceballs a comedy based on the Star Wars movies are farces 4 Sir George Grove opined that the farce began as a canticle in the common French tongue intermixed with Latin It became a vehicle for satire and fun and thus led to the modern Farsa or Farce a piece in one act the subject of which is extravagant and the action ludicrous 5 References edit farce Dictionaries and vocabulary tools for English language learners Wordsmyth www wordsmyth net Retrieved Mar 19 2023 Birch Dinah ed 2009 The Oxford Companion to English Literature 7th ed OUP Oxford p 1043 ISBN 978 0191030840 Hollier Denis Bloch R Howard eds 1994 A New History of French Literature Harvard University Press p 126 ISBN 0674615662 farce Vocabulary com Grove Sir George 1908 Grove s Dictionary of Music and Musicians New York McMillan p 8 nbsp This article incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain Grove Sir George 1908 Grove s Dictionary of Music and Musicians New York McMillan External links edit nbsp Look up farce in Wiktionary the free dictionary IMDb list of film and television farces Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Farce amp oldid 1193598602, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
