Comédie-Italienne or Théâtre-Italien are French names which have been used to refer to Italian-language theatre and opera when performed in France. The...

humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The...

August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally...

Comédie larmoyante (French: tearful comedy) was a genre of French drama of the 18th century. In this type of sentimental comedy, the impending tragedy...

Comédie-ballet is a genre of French drama which mixes a spoken play with interludes containing music and dance. The first example of the genre is considered...

Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Fallen Words Kyōgen Manzai Stand-up comedy Tanaka, Sakurako (1993). Talking through the text : Rakugo and the...

was a star dancer at the Paris Opera, and another was an official at the Comédie-Française. She entered the National Superior Conservatory of Dramatic Art...

Teohari (born November 11, 1981), known professionally as Teo, is a Romanian stand up-comedian, writer and occasional actor. After rising to fame in his native...

announced that it would become a "founding partner" of Le Grand Montréal Comédie Fest—a competing event (which lasted 2 years) that has been established...

or rarely as a monolog by a solo performer (similar to most forms of stand-up comedy in Western culture), or even less frequently, as a group act by...