COMEDIE LARMOYANTE

Meaning of COMEDIE LARMOYANTE in English

Pronunciation: -lär-mwä-yä n t

Function: foreign term

Etymology: F

: tearful comedy : sentimental comedy

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

COMÉDIE LARMOYANTE — foreign term Etymology: French tearful comedy ; sentimental comedy
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COMÉDIE LARMOYANTE — foreign term Etymology: French : tearful comedy : sentimental comedy
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COMEDIE LARMOYANTE — (French: tearful comedy), 18th-century genre of French sentimental drama, which formed a bridge between the decaying tradition of aristocratic Neoclassical …
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COMÉDIE HUMAINE — foreign term Etymology: French human comedy ; the whole variety of human life
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COMÉDIE-FRANÇAISE — National theatre of France. The world's longest-established national theatre, it was founded in 1680 by the merger of two theatrical …
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TRAGICOMEDY — Synonyms and related words : Thalia, arlequinade, black comedy, broad comedy, burlesque, burletta, camp, comedie bouffe, comedie larmoyante, comedie rosse, …
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SLAPSTICK — Synonyms and related words : Atticism, Thalia, acting, agile wit, arlequinade, black comedy, black humor, bladder, broad, broad comedy, buffoonery, …
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SITUATION COMEDY — Synonyms and related words : Grand Guignol, Passion play, Thalia, Tom show, antimasque, arlequinade, audience success, ballet, black comedy, bomb, …
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MUSICAL COMEDY — Synonyms and related words : Broadway musical, Singspiel, Thalia, arlequinade, ballad opera, ballet, ballet divertissement, black comedy, broad comedy, burlesque, …
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MUSICAL — Synonyms and related words : Broadway musical, Singspiel, Thalia, achingly sweet, agreeable, agreeable-sounding, appealing, ariose, arioso, arlequinade, ballad opera, ballet, …
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MIME — Synonyms and related words : Roscius, Thalia, act, act a part, act as, act as foil, act out, actor, actress, …
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HIGH CAMP — Synonyms and related words : Babbittry, Thalia, arlequinade, bad taste, black comedy, bourgeois taste, broad comedy, burlesque, burletta, camp, campiness, …
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FARCE
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COMEDY — Synonyms and related words : Atticism, Thalia, agile wit, arlequinade, black comedy, black humor, bladder, broad comedy, burlesque, burletta, camp, …
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CAMP — Synonyms and related words : American Party, Anti-Monopoly Party, Babbittry, Bull Moose Party, Communist Party, Conservative Party, Constitutional Union Party, …
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BURLESQUE — Synonyms and related words : Atticism, Broadway, Thalia, aggrandize, aggrandizement, agile wit, amplification, amplify, anamorphosis, ape, arlequinade, bad likeness, ballyhoo, …
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THALIA — Synonyms and related words : Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, arlequinade, artistic imagination, black comedy, broad comedy, burlesque, …
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FARCE — farse, buffa, comedie; (cul.) farce
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COMEDY — comedie
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COMEDIENNE — noun Etymology: French comédienne, feminine of comédien comedian, from comédie Date: circa 1859 a woman who is a comedian
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THÉÂTRE NATIONAL POPULAIRE (TNP) — French national theatre created in 1920 to bring theatre to the general public. Under the direction of its founder, Firmin …
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THEATRE — I Building or space in which performances are given before an audience. It contains an auditorium and stage. In ancient …
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TALMA, FRANÇOIS-JOSEPH — born Jan. 16, 1763, Paris, France died Oct. 19, 1826, Paris French actor and theatre manager. He made his debut …
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MOREAU, JEANNE — born Jan. 23, 1928, Paris, France French film actress. At age 20 she became the youngest member of the Comédie-Française …
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MARIVAUX, PIERRE (CARLET DE CHAMBLAIN DE) — born Feb. 4, 1688, Paris, France died Feb. 12, 1763, Paris French playwright. Born into an aristocratic family, he joined …
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GOLDONI, CARLO — born Feb. 25, 1707, Venice died Feb. 6, 1793, Paris, France Italian playwright. He practiced law but preferred to write …
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FRANÇAISE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Académie Française Action Française Comédie Française Guyane Française Polynésie Française
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FEYDEAU, GEORGES (-LÉON-JULES-MARIE) — born Dec. 8, 1862, Paris, France died June 5, 1921, Paris French playwright. Also an actor and director, he wrote …
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COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE — Italian theatrical form that flourished throughout Europe in the 16th–18th centuries. The characters, many portrayed by actors wearing masks including …
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CHARPENTIER, MARC-ANTOINE — born 1634, Paris, France died Feb. 24, 1704, Paris French composer. He was a student of Jean-Baptiste Lully as music …
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BERNHARDT, SARAH — orig. Henriette-Rosine Bernard born Oct. 22/23, 1844, Paris, France died March 26, 1923, Paris French actress. The illegitimate child of …
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BÉJART FAMILY — Seventeenth-century French theatrical family. Brothers Joseph (с 1617–59) and Louis (1630–78) and their sisters Madeleine (1618–72) and Geneviève (с 1622–75) …
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SENTIMENTAL COMEDY — a dramatic genre of the 18th century, denoting plays in which middle-class protagonists triumphantly overcome a series of moral trials. …
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DRAME BOURGEOIS — type of play that enjoyed brief popularity in France in the late 18th century. Written for and about the middle …
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LA CHAUSSE, PIERRE-CLAUDE NIVELLE DE — born 1692, Paris, France died March 14, 1754, Paris French playwright who created the comdie larmoyante (tearful comedy), a verse-drama …
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BAPTISTE — born June 18, 1761, Bordeaux, France died Nov. 30/, Dec. 1, 1835, Les Batignolles original name Nicolas Anselme one of …
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TALMA, FRANÇOIS-JOSEPH — born Jan. 16, 1763, Paris, France died Oct. 19, 1826, Paris French actor and theatre manager. He made his debut …
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BERNHARDT, SARAH — orig. Henriette-Rosine Bernard born Oct. 22/23, 1844, Paris, France died March 26, 1923, Paris French actress. The illegitimate child of …
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