The evolution of comedy is much simpler than that of its sister art, though as to its origin and earlier development there is little exact information. ... By Plato comedy is defined as the generic name for all exhibitions which have a tendency to excite laughter. ... Find more articles on the origin of comedy...
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The old comedy, dating from the establishment of democracy by Pericles, about 450 B.C., arose, as we have seen, from the coarse jests of Dionysian revellers, to which was given a political application. ... Origin of Comedy - An examination of the origin of Greek comic drama. ... Find more articles on the origin of comedy...
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Comedy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Comedy (from the Greek κωμωδία, komodia) as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse generally intended to amuse, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully disti...
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Aristotle has his theory about the origin of comedy, but he is most likely doing no more than giving an educated guess. His evidence probably was not much more reliable than what is available to us today.
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Comedy is not pretty and more importantly, it isn't some young snotty concept just discovered by a punk-ass teenager with baggy-pants and stupid clunky shoes. Comedy has been around in some fashion since the day of human existence.
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Cornford, F. M. the Origin of Attic Comedy. Ed. T. H. Gaster. Intro Jeffrey Henderson. Ann Arbor: U of MI P, 1993. ... Cornford, F.M. 1912. The Origin of the Olympic Games. In Harrison 1912, 212-59. ... Ridgeway, V. 1910. The Origin of Tragedy. Cambridge.
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Ancient Greek comedy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ancient Greek comedy was one of three principal dramatic forms in the theatre of classical Greece (the others being tragedy and the satyr play). Athenian comedy is conventionally divided into three p...
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