Curated category
Comedy genres
- Stand-up comedyIn 1866, Mark Twain took the stage for his touring show Our Fellow Savages of the Sandwich Islands. This performance marked one of the earliest examples of a…
- BurlesqueThe word burlesque first appeared in a title within Francesco Berni's Opere burlesche during the early 16th century. These works circulated widely as…
- PantomimeThe word pantomime arrived in English from the Latin term pantomimus, which itself derived from the Greek word pantomimos.
- TragicomedyThe Roman comic playwright Plautus coined the term tragicomoedia in Latin during the prologue to his play Amphitryon. He used the word somewhat facetiously…