comedy of character

...The characters with comical personalities (miser, liar soldier) and the roles of social standing (servant, prostitute, castrate) were fixed, and various situations (clashes, misunderstandings, etc.) that brought about humor and happy endings were invented and devised, becoming the origin of orthodox European comedy. The later classification of comedy of character and comedy of situation also depends on the weight of these two elements. In Rome, there are also mimos plays that mainly use gestures, but these can be said to be the prototypes of genres such as farce (farce), senile play (soti), farce, clown play, and burlesque, which are less literary than the so-called "comedy". ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "comedy of character" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…滑稽な性格をもつ人物(けちんぼう，ほらふき兵士)や身分的な役柄(下男，遊女，去勢者)などが固定し，またおかしみやハッピーエンドをもたらすさまざまな状況(かち合せ，とり違えなど)がくふう･考案され，ヨーロッパの正統喜劇の源流になった。のちの性格喜劇comedy of characterと状況喜劇comedy of situationという分類法も，この二つの要素の比重によるのである。ローマには，身ぶり物まねを主体にするミモスmimos劇も入っているが，これはいわゆる〈喜劇〉より文学性の薄い笑劇(ファルス)，痴呆劇(ソティ)，茶番劇，道化劇，バーレスクなどのジャンルの原型といえよう。…

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