comedietta

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noun A dramatic composition of the comic class, but not so much elaborated as a regular comedy, and generally consisting of one or at most two acts.

noun a dramatic composition of the comedy class, but not so much elaborated as a regular comedy, and generally consisting of one or at most two acts.

Italian diminutive of commedia ("comedy")

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"For five months the comedietta was a drawing-card in the best houses.

Whirligigs
a comedy chase scene, without which no 'comedietta' was complete.

Writing for Vaudeville
Lastly, he was to wind them up by appearing in his favourite character of Mr. William Button, of Tooley Street, in ‘the highly novel and laughable hippo – comedietta of The Tailor’s

Hard Times
One was a short novel, and the other a comedietta.

The Idler Magazine, Volume III., July 1893 An Illustrated Monthly
My painfully laboured novel only got honourable mention, and my comedietta was lost in the post.

The Idler Magazine, Volume III., July 1893 An Illustrated Monthly
Farce and burlesque had not yet developed into comedy and comedietta, refined by degrees and beautifully æsthetic.

The History of "Punch"
In dramatic composition, the equivalent of the Short-story is the one-act play, be it drama or comedy or comedietta or farce.

Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885
So the comedietta went on, to the running accompaniment of laughter, with Mr. Bullitt and Mr. Watson swept by such gusts of adoration they

Seventeen
He and I played together in a comedietta called “A Nice Quiet Day.”

The Story of My Life
I saw a very young lady play a tiger in a comedietta of mine called 'If the Cap Fits,' I had no idea that that precocious child had in her the germ of such an artist as she has since proved herself.

The Story of My Life