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    A farce is a comedy that uses exaggerated and improbable situations, as well as physical humor and absurdity, to entertain an audience. It aims not to have a coherent plot but rather to amuse viewers through nonsense and broadly stylized performances. Farces have been written for the stage and film, and are often set in a single location where all events occur. Some examples of farces include works by Shakespeare, Noel Coward, Oscar Wilde, and contemporary British playwrights and television shows like Fawlty Towers.

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    A farce is a comedy that uses exaggerated and improbable situations, as well as physical humor and absurdity, to entertain an audience. It aims not to have a coherent plot but rather to amuse viewers through nonsense and broadly stylized performances. Farces have been written for the stage and film, and are often set in a single location where all events occur. Some examples of farces include works by Shakespeare, Noel Coward, Oscar Wilde, and contemporary British playwrights and television shows like Fawlty Towers.

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    A farce is a comedy that uses exaggerated and improbable situations, as well as physical humor and absurdity, to entertain an audience. It aims not to have a coherent plot but rather to amuse viewers through nonsense and broadly stylized performances. Farces have been written for the stage and film, and are often set in a single location where all events occur. Some examples of farces include works by Shakespeare, Noel Coward, Oscar Wilde, and contemporary British playwrights and television shows like Fawlty Towers.

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    Farce

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    Petrov-Vodkin's painting of a theatre audience enjoying a farce.

    In theatre, a farce is a comedy that aims at entertaining the audience through situations that are
    highly exaggerated, extravagant, and thus improbable. Farces are often highly incomprehensible
    plot-wise (due to the many plot twists and random events that occur), but viewers are encouraged
    not to try to follow the plot in order to avoid becoming confused and overwhelmed. Farce is also
    characterized by physical humor, the use of deliberate absurdityor nonsense, and broadly stylized
    performances. Farces have been written for the stage and film. Furthermore, a farce is also often set
    in one particular location, where all events occur.
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    1 Classical antiquity

    2 Britain

    3 Canada

    4 France

    5 Germany

    6 India

    7 Italy

    8 Japan

    9 Poland

    10 Russia

    11 Spain

    12 United States

    12.1 Film

    12.2 Television

    12.3 Animated

    12.4 Theatre

    2009)

    13 References

    14 See also

    15 External links

    Classical antiquity[edit]

    Satyr play

    Phlyax play

    Menander's Dyskolos (The Grouch)

    Atellan Farce

    Plautus' Aulularia (The Pot of Gold)

    Querolus

    Britain[edit]

    Anonymous: The Second Shepherds' Play (14th century)

    Chaucer: "The Canterbury Tales" (14th century)

    William Shakespeare: The Comedy of Errors (ca.1592)

    Aphra Behn: The Rover (1677)

    Henry Fielding: The Author's Farce (1730)

    Arthur Murphy: The Citizen (1761)

    Samuel Foote: The Liar (1762)

    Elizabeth Inchbald: Appearance Is Against Them (1785); The Wedding Day (1794)

    John Maddison Morton: Box and Cox (1847)

    Charles Dickens: The Lamplighter (1879)

    Arthur Wing Pinero: The Magistrate (1885)

    Brandon Thomas: Charley's Aunt (1892)

    J.M. Barrie: Walker, London (1892)

    Oscar Wilde: The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)

    Ben Travers: Thark (1927)

    Nol Coward: Hay Fever (1925); Present Laughter (1939); Blithe Spirit (1941)

    Thornton Wilder: The Matchmaker (1954)

    Philip King: See How They Run (1945) Big Bad Mouse (1957) Pools Paradise (1961)

    Peter Shaffer: Black Comedy (1965)

    Joe Orton: Loot (1967) What the Butler Saw (1969)

    Michael Pertwee: Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! (1971)

    Anthony Marriott & Alistair Foot: No Sex Please, We're British (1975)

    John Cleese & Connie Booth: Fawlty Towers (1975)

    John Chapman & Anthony Marriott: Shut Your Eyes and Think of England (1977)

    Alan Ayckbourn: Taking Steps (1979)

    Tom Stoppard: On the Razzle (1981)

    Derek Benfield: Touch and Go (1982)

    Michael Frayn: Noises Off (1982)

    Nigel Williams: W.C.P.C. (1982)

    Ken Friedman: Claptrap (1983)

    Andrew Norriss and Richard Fegen: Chance in a Million (1984)

    Miles Tredinnick: Laugh? I Nearly Went To Miami! (1986)

    Alan Ayckbourn: A Small Family Business (1987)

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