farcire

…It is also called farce. The etymology of the word comes from the French farce (stuffed minced meat), which is derived from the Latin farcire (to stuff). There are two theories about it: one is that it means a short piece inserted like a filler between the acts of the main play, such as a religious drama (a religious drama), during a medieval theatrical performance, and the other is that it means a short piece filled with various regional dialects, slang, puns, and miscellaneous humor. The pioneering work is thought to be The Boy and the Blind Man from the late 13th century, and, although in different genres, fabliaux and the Fox's Tale, but the rise of farce itself was in the 15th century. …

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…ファルスともいう。語源的にはラテン語ファルキレfarcire〈詰め込む〉に由来するフランス語farce〈挽肉の詰物〉からきており，中世の劇上演の際，主要演目である聖史劇(宗教劇)などの幕間に詰物のごとく挿入された小品を意味するとの説と，各種地方語，隠語，地口，雑多な滑稽味が詰め込まれた小品との説がある。先駆的作品としては13世紀後半の《少年と盲人》や，ジャンルこそ違え，ファブリオー，狐物語などが考えられるが，笑劇そのものの隆盛は15世紀である。…

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