comedy of humours

Japanese: comedy of humo（ｕ）rs（英語表記）comedyofhumors

…This play is opposed to the orthodox comedy with a script, but it spread throughout Europe and had a great influence on the establishment of orthodox classical comedy. In Elizabethan England, Ben Jonson wrote comedies of temperament such as "Ten Different Men" and "Volpone." Shakespeare also created comic personalities such as Falstaff in "Henry IV" and "The Merry Wives of Windsor," but he also wrote situational comedies such as "A Series of Errors," tragicomedies with tragic elements, and fantastic comedies such as "The Tempest." …

From [Humor]

…[Shigeru Koike]. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "comedy of humo(ｕ)rs" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…この劇は台本をもつ正統喜劇commedia sostenutaと対立するものであるが，ヨーロッパ各地に進出し，正統古典喜劇の成立に大きな影響を与えることになる。エリザベス朝期のイギリスでは，ベン･ジョンソンが，《十人十色》《ボルポーネ》などの性格を中心とした気質喜劇comedy of humorsを書いている。シェークスピアも《ヘンリー4世》や《ウィンザーの陽気な女房》のなかで，フォールスタッフのような喜劇的個性を創造したが，《まちがい続き》のような状況喜劇も書いているし，悲劇性を含む悲喜劇や，幻想的な喜劇《あらし(テンペスト)》も書いている。…