The comedy is a type of Drama characterised
by romantic love, humour, pleasantry, light satire and cross love finally
leading to a happy denouement. Though fortune may be unkind to some stage, all
ends happily at last
The romantic comedy is basically a love
comedy. There is usually a story of triangular love with two heroes and one
heroine, or two heroines and one hero, but finally the play ends in happy
marriage.
A
tragi-comedy is an artistic combination of both tragedy and comedy. It develops
as a tragedy to the point of climax, and then takes a happy turn and finally
ends into a happy denouement.
The conclusion of a comedy is called
denouement. Here all the obstacles and tangles that came in the path of true
love are resolved and the lovers get happily married.
The sentimental comedy developed as a
reaction against the immoral comedies of the Restoration Age. These comedies
replaced intrigues and foppish manners with pathetic heroines, distressing
situations, sincere lovers and honest servants.
The comedy of Humours is a classical satirical
comedy developed on the concept of four ‘’Humours”’ found in human physiology.
The hero develops into a caricature or an eccentric figure due to the excess of
any one of these Humours.
The comedy of Manners exhibited the
artificial manners of the high class society of the Restoration Age. They
largely displayed the intrigues, witty remarks, sparkling dialogues and verbal
fencing between gentlemen and ladies.
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