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Comedies by Shakespeare
All's Well That Ends Well
As You Like It
The Comedy of Errors
Cymbeline
Love's Labours Lost
Measure for Measure
The
Merry Wives of Windsor
The Merchant of Venice
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Much Ado About Nothing
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Taming of the Shrew
The Tempest
Troilus and Cressida
Twelfth Night
Two Gentlemen of Verona
Winter's Tale
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Comedy is the use of humor in
the performing arts . It also means a performance that relies
heavily on humor. The term originally comes from theater , where it
simply referred to a play with a happy ending, in contrast to a
tragedy . The humor, once an incidental device used to entertain, is
now an essential aspect of a comedy.
Comedy has expanded from the stage into other mediums, such as
television and film . A performance that consists exclusively of
humor is called a comedy routine.
People are divided about what is
funny--some people prefer the slapstick approach, others prefer a
gentler sort of humour. One interpretation of comedy is when things seem
normal (in a joke for instance) and suddenly things get turned on their
head.
- Commedia dell'arte
- Comedians
- Vaudeville
- Jesters
- Sketch comedy
- Stand-up comedy
- Improvisational comedy
- Situation comedy
- Farce
- Comedy film
- Comedy club
- Radio comedy
- Television comedy
- Just for laughs festival
- British comedian
- American comedian
- List of comedians
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