light and humorous drama with a happy ending drollery: a comic incident or series of incidents
Comedy has a classical meaning (comical theatre) and a popular one (the use of humour with an intent to provoke laughter in general). ...
Comedy is a double album recorded by Paul Kelly & The Messengers and originally released in 1991.
In general, a story that ends happily.
In general, a literary work that is amusing and ends happily.
a literary work which is intended to amuse, and which normally has a happy ending. The term is usually applied to drama, but it can also be used for other literary kinds. ...
a dramatic work that is light and often humorous in tone and usually ends happily with a peaceful resolution of the main conflict.
film or dramatic work depicting the uphill struggle and eventual success of a sympathetic hero or heroine; usually about ordinary people in difficult but non-life-threatening predicaments. Examples: Shakespeare, As You Like It; Shaw, Pygmalion.
The traditional plot of comedy is the reverse of tragedy. The protagonist, usually an ordinary person, has a problem. The plot of the play is an extrication from the problem and improvement of circumstances. ...
a literary genre intended primarily to amuse the audience. Like tragedy, the term originally applied only to comedies but is now also used for other genres.
a literary work in which the central motif is triumph over adverse circumstance, resulting in a successful or happy conclusion
Any work, particularly a work of drama which is marked by a happy ending and a less exalted style than than in tragedy. It seeks to depict the ludicrous--that which makes people laugh--by a vareity of means, and seldom is concerned to appear "real. ...
a drama with a happy ending or nontragic theme (see situation comedy and comedy of characters).
Written with the intent to make the readers laugh.
n. a play or movie in which the characters interest and amuse us by their humour or wit and in which the action turns out well.
Generally, a play designed to amuse which ends happily. Unlike farce, comedy has a more substantial plot, relies on more meaningful and subtler dialogue, utilises lifelike characters, and a less raucous action. ...
a primary dramatic genre that usually ends happily and treats its subject matter lightly.
a literary work beginning in a state of disorder, and ending in order: the process of moving from chaos to order.
scene and/or song selection is primarily based on humor, satire, or other forms of comedy.
A work of literature, especially a play, that has a happy ending.
A work of literature that is designed to be entertaining and humorous. Often, its humor is achieved by reversing what is expected and normal. In comedy, misfortune ends in happiness.
A literary work that begins in adversity and ends in prosperity and happiness.
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