Comedy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...drama (see drama, Western ; Asian drama ), in the Middle Ages...less vital and imaginative drama. In New Comedy, generally...and critical aspects of the drama to a minimum, but comic drama survived in medieval folk plays...dellarte , in mock liturgical dramas, and in the farcical elements...