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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

 


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

See also
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- Laughter
- List of comedies
- Tragicomedy
- Use of words for comedic effect

Adapted from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy"

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