farce
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Ionesco’s brand of absurdism is indebted to classic French farce, which is redeployed in lunatic fashion to lampoon the nonsensical nature of human existence.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
The matricide trial of Orestes, portrayed as a shining moment for Athens by Aeschylus in “The Oresteia,” becomes a nihilistic farce in the hands of Euripides.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
The three‑act farce tells the story of a credulous father whose obsession with astrology leads him to force his young daughter to marry an old wigmaker.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
His lawyers said he was being treated in the Swiss city of Geneva for multiple sclerosis and condemned the trial as a farce.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
So why not send the northmen forth to battle Stannis before the farce unraveled?
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
Vocabulary lists containing farce
"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 14–18
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