farce

Summary

farce is a theatrical genre^[1]. farce ranks in the top 8% of theatrical_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,421 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• farce's instance of is recorded as theatrical genre^[3].
• farce's instance of is recorded as comedic genre^[4].
• farce is a type of comedy^[5].
• farce is a type of theatre^[6].
• farce's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Farces^[7].
• farce's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia^[8].
• farce's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[9].
• farce's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[10].
• farce's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[11].
• farce's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[12].
• farce's described by source is recorded as Basque Literature Terms Dictionary^[13].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include theatrical genre^[3] and comedic genre^[4]. Recorded subclass of include comedy^[5] and theatre^[6].

Why It Matters

farce ranks in the top 8% of theatrical_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,421 views/month).^[2] farce has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[14] farce is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[15]