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• Comedy of Errors, The
  1. a humorous play by SHAKESPEARE about two sets of IDENTICAL TWIN s (= two children born to the same mother at the same time, who look exactly the same) . There are many confusing and amusing situations because the other characters think that they are dealing with one twin when in fact they are dealing with the other. The phrase 'a comedy of errors' is often used to describe a situation that is so full of mistakes and problems that it seems funny.
• Divine Comedy (noun)
  1. a narrative epic poem written by Dante
• Divine Comedy, The
  1. a long poem in three parts, written around 1300 by the Italian poet DANTE . It describes the poet's SPIRITUAL journey. First he is led through Hell (the Inferno ) and Purgatory by the poet VIRGIL, and then he is led through Paradise by BEATRICE, the woman he loves. Many people consider it to be one of the greatest poems ever written.
• Ealing comedy (noun)
  1. one of many humorous films, made mostly in black and white at Ealing Studios in London during the 1940s and 1950s, in which many well-known British actors appeared
• Restoration comedy
  1. a humorous type of play that was popular in England during the time of the RESTORATION, which includes a lot of SATIRE and jokes about people's social and sexual behaviour. Plays by Oliver Goldsmith and William Congreve are typical examples of RESTORATION comedy.
• black comedy (noun)
  1. a play, story etc that is funny, but also shows the unpleasant side of human life
• comedy ballet (noun)
  1. a ballet that stresses the drama with features of comedy
• comedy of manners (noun)
  1. a play, film, or television programme that shows how silly people's behaviour is or can be
• dark comedy (noun)
  1. a comedy characterized by grim or satiric humour; a comedy having gloomy or disturbing elements
• farce comedy (noun)
  1. a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
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