Drama Term Tuesday #27

Low comedy acting

Physical rather than intellectual comedy; in Greek drama, Old Comedy is most often characterised as low comedy; low comedy typically features drunkenness, disputes and quarreling, infidelity, vulgarity, coarseness and ribaldry, gossip and character assassination, stock characters and slapstick and trickery.

Excerpt from Drama Key Terms and Concepts.

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