READING DRAMA: COMEDY / Worksheet

1) Provide the Hungarian equivalents of these terms:

comedy, comic, comedian, playwright, play, drama, farce, slapstick, irony, sarcasm, deadpan, black
humour, parody

2) Match the terms with the short definitions:

sarcasm imitation in a neutral manner

slapstick primarily provokes laughter
verbal irony we feel superior to the object of laughter
pastiche we say something but we mean the opposite
superiority theory brutal humour, intended to hurt its target
black humour physical comedy
farce incongruity between an event and the response
travesty clumsy imitation

3) Insert the numbers in the relevant fields:

comedy of manners
farce
slapstick
romantic comedy
commedia dell’ arte
satiric comedy

1. idealised lovers sorting out their tangled relationship

2. focuses on the love intrigues of cynical and sophisticated young aristocrats
3. mistaken identities
4. improvisation
5. union of lovers
6. ridicules political practices
7. pantomime
8. verbal wit
9. vulgar humour
10. makes fun of human folly
11. is not meant to criticise and kind of behaviour or moral standard
12. exaggerated characters
13. situation comedy
14. sketchily written
15. good-natured description of folly