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| Bourgeois or Domestic Drama |
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| deals with problems (particularly familial) of middle and lower class characters. |
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| a satirical and comically exaggerated play of some serious form of literature. |
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| a play that is light in tone, concerned with less-serious issues, ends happily, and is meant to amuse. |
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| form of comic drama popular in 17th century Fr & Eng theater, emphasizing a cultivated or sophisticated atmosphere and witty dialogue i.e. The Importance of Being Earnest. |
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| the idea or concept in a comedy that turns the accepted notion of things upside down. |
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| dramatic genre usually regarded as a subclass of comedy, emphasis on plot complications and few intellectual pretensions. Nearly slapstick, i.e. Noises Off. |
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| category or type of play. |
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| serious but optimistic drama, includes noble or heroic characters in extreme situations or unusual adventures i.e. Hercules. |
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| sensational play, emphasizes action and spectacular effects and also used music; has stock characters and clearly defined villains and heroes. |
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| dramatic form using techniques of comedy (like wit, irony, exaggeration) to attack and expose folly and vice, especially politically i.e. Colbert Report. |
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| type of comedy relies on ridiculous physical activity (often violent) for its humor i.e. The Three Stooges. |
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| dramatic form involving serious actions of universal significance and with important moral and philosophical implications, usually with an unhappy ending. |
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| from the Renaissance; a play having tragic themes and noble characters but a happy ending while today, its one in which serious and comic elements are integrated. |
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