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18th century English dramatic genre
Sentimental comedy is an 18th-century dramatic genre which sprang up as a reaction to the immoral tone of English Restoration plays. In sentimental comedies
Sentimental_comedy
Realistic, satirical genre
English literature, the term comedy of manners (also anti-sentimental comedy) describes a genre of realistic, satirical comedy that questions and comments
Comedy_of_manners
Genre of ancient Greek literature
Ancient Greek comedy (Ancient Greek: κωμῳδία, romanized: kōmōidía) was one of the final three principal dramatic forms in the theatre of classical Greece;
Ancient_Greek_comedy
Genre of dramatic works intended to be humorous
Vanbrugh Sentimental comedy, as practiced by Colley Cibber and Richard Steele Shakespearean comedy, as practiced by William Shakespeare Stand-up comedy Dadaist
Comedy
2020 Spanish comedy film
The People Upstairs (Spanish: Sentimental) is a 2020 Spanish comedy film written and directed by Cesc Gay based on his own play Els veïns de dalt. It
The People Upstairs (2020 film)
The_People_Upstairs_(2020_film)
Traditional Japanese verbal entertainment
the rakugo artist depicts a long and complicated comical (or sometimes sentimental) story. The story always involves the dialogue of two or more characters
Rakugo
Theatrical act with music, dance, and sketches
Canada, New Zealand and Australia to stage revues each year, combining comedy sketches, songs, parodies, films and sound-bites. As well as performing
Revue
Person who writes plays
Behn. As a reaction to the decadence of Charles II era productions, sentimental comedy grew in popularity. Playwrights like Colley Cibber and Richard Steele
Playwright
1722 play
The Conscious Lovers is a sentimental comedy written in five acts by the Irish author Richard Steele. The Conscious Lovers appeared on stage on 7 November
The_Conscious_Lovers
Theatrical genre intended to make an audience laugh
Aphra Behn and John Vanbrugh Sentimental comedy, as practiced by Colley Cibber and Richard Steele Shakespearean comedy, as practiced by William Shakespeare
Comedy_(drama)
American actor (born 1968)
the Movie Star but Adam Sandler Shines Brightest in Noah Baumbach's Sentimental Comedy-Drama". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 3, 2026. "Ghosts
Billy_Crudup
Tender emotional response disproportionate to the situation at hand
recognise virtue at a visceral level. Everywhere in the sentimental novel or the sentimental comedy, "lively and effusive emotion is celebrated as evidence
Sentimentality
1773 play by Oliver Goldsmith
Or, A Comparison between Laughing And Sentimental Comedy", argued that sentimental comedy, a false form of comedy, had taken over the boards from the older
She_Stoops_to_Conquer
Type of slapstick humour associated with Hong Kong popular culture
portal Film portal Cinema of Hong Kong Surreal humour Anarchic comedy film Screwball comedy film Pang, Chi Ming (2007). Xiao gou lan ca xie (小狗懶擦鞋): a Study
Mo_lei_tau
2025 French film by Jean-Pierre Améris
Aimons-nous vivants, pronounced [ɛ̃.mɔ̃ nu vi.vɑ̃]), is a 2025 French buddy sentimental comedy film written and directed by Jean-Pierre Améris. It stars Gérard Darmon
It_Takes_Two_to_Tango_(film)
Personification of satire and mockery in Greek mythology
Europe, Momus was becoming softened into a figure of light-hearted and sentimental comedy, the equivalent of Harlequin in the French and Italian Commedia dell'arte
Momus
Topics referred to by the same term
Argentinian film show Sentimental, a 2020 Spanish comedy film also known as The People Upstairs Sentimental (Julio Iglesias album), 1980 Sentimental (Tanita Tikaram
Sentimental
2026 film by Olivia Wilde
English-language remake of the 2020 Spanish film The People Upstairs (Sentimental) by Cesc Gay. The film stars Seth Rogen, Wilde, Penélope Cruz, and Edward
The_Invite
Genre of French drama
larmoyante (French for 'tearful comedy') was a genre of French drama of the 18th century. In this type of sentimental comedy, the impending tragedy was resolved
Comédie_larmoyante
sexual frankness of Restoration comedy and towards the conservative certainties and gender role backlash of sentimental comedy. It is often described as "opportunistic"
Love's_Last_Shift
1937 film by William Nigh
cited A Bride for Henry as within a subgenre of screwball comedies termed "sentimental comedy", where plots deal with domestic struggles but avoid true
A_Bride_for_Henry
Theatrical aesthetic
d'intrigue arrived on the scene. Boulevard theatre consists mostly of comedies but also dramas. In general, the characters are simply drawn, ordinary
Boulevard_theatre_(aesthetic)
Norwegian actress (born 1987)
played an actress reuniting with her father in Trier's family drama Sentimental Value (2025) which earned her nominations for the Academy Award, BAFTA
Renate_Reinsve
English play
burlesque. However, some praised it as a charming fantasy, an innocent sentimental comedy. Others have called it a "fantastical comic romance". The plot centers
The_Old_Wives'_Tale_(play)
Setting of works by Jane Austen
18th-century sentimental romances, and comedies of manners, typically conclude with a love match. However, Austen does not write sentimental novels, even
Jane Austen's literary universe
Jane_Austen's_literary_universe
1795 play by Richard Cumberland
First Love is a 1795 sentimental comedy play by the British playwright Richard Cumberland. It was first performed at the Drury Lane Theatre in May 1795
First_Love_(play)
Traditional Japanese comic theater
and support from underlings in the iemoto system, but similar to rakugo comedy, professional kyōgen players earn their living from performing (possibly
Kyōgen
Italian film director and screenwriter (1895–1981)
Produced by Cines, the film was a small masterpiece in the genre of sentimental comedy and enjoyed great public success. It marked the beginning of a particularly
Mario_Camerini
Comedy sketch first broadcast in 1966
The Class sketch is a comedy sketch first broadcast in an episode of David Frost's satirical comedy programme The Frost Report on 7 April 1966. It has
Class_sketch
Art form or criminal act
Heritage, Stuart (2023-01-09). "Behind the scenes of TV's first deep fake comedy: 'None of it is illegal. Everything is silly'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077
Impersonator
1987 studio album by Warren Zevon
Sentimental Hygiene is the sixth studio album by rock singer-songwriter Warren Zevon and his first "sober" one. The album was released on August 29, 1987
Sentimental_Hygiene
Man habituated to immoral conduct
Love's Last Shift (1696) are moralizing plays and pave the way for the sentimental comedy of the early eighteenth century. The 19th and early 20th century successor
Rake_(stock_character)
American film
unreleased 1926 American film written by and starring Ralph Graves. A sentimental comedy, it is about a Bowery bum who helps orphans. The film was financed
Swell_Hogan
Style of British literature
and sentimental comedy and melodrama were the only choices. Very late in the 18th century Oliver Goldsmith attempted to resist the tide of sentimental comedy
Augustan_literature
Indian Kannada-language romantic comedy film
sections of the audience. ...". "Mangalavara Rajaadina Movie Review: A sentimental comedy drama". 7 February 2021. "Mangalavara Rajaadina Movie Review: A good
Mangalavara_Rajaadina
Traditional Japanese theatre
Harlequinade Restoration comedy Sentimental comedy Comédie larmoyante Shadow play Shakespearean comedy Sketch comedy Spex Stand-up comedy Street theatre Theatre
Sarugaku
Japanese comedy genre
Owarai (お笑い) is a broad word used to describe Japanese comedy as seen on television. The word owarai is the honorific form of the word warai (by adding
Owarai
English dramatist and civil servant (1732–1811)
added four operas and a farce; about half are comedies. His favourite mode was the "sentimental comedy," which combines domestic plots, rhetorical enforcement
Richard Cumberland (dramatist)
Richard_Cumberland_(dramatist)
18th-century opera by Giovanni Paisiello
La folle par amour, set by Nicolas Dalayrac in 1786. The work is a sentimental comedy with set numbers, recitative and spoken dialog. It is set in Italy
Nina_(opera)
Genre of literature that relied on emotional response
The sentimental novel or the novel of sensibility is an 18th- and 19th-century literary genre that presents and celebrates the concepts of sentiment,
Sentimental_novel
Genre of French drama
retained the services of Beauchamp as choreographer. His one-act prose comedy La Comtesse d'Escarbagnas premiered in December 1671 at the Château de
Comédie-ballet
Type of Chinese comedy
as crosstalk or comic dialog, is a traditional performing art in Chinese comedy, and one of the most popular elements in Chinese culture. It is typically
Xiangsheng
Artwork intended for performance; formal type of literature
melancholy work. The comedy of sex and wit was about to be replaced by sentimental comedy and the drama of exemplary morality. The pivotal and innovative contributions
Drama
French novelist, playwright, and salon hostess (1695–1758)
the world's best-known living woman writer after the success of her sentimental comedy Cénie in 1750. Her reputation as a dramatist suffered when her second
Françoise_de_Graffigny
Category of literary composition
continue: comedy has its own subgenres, including, for example, comedy of manners, sentimental comedy, burlesque comedy, and satirical comedy. The genre
Literary_genre
Film genre
Romantic period had little to do with comedy, they were hybrids incorporating elements of domestic and sentimental tragedies, pantomime "with an emphasis
Romantic_comedy
The Variety reviewer wrote: "Neil Simon's new play is a strained, sentimental comedy-drama that will hardly burnish the reputation of the veteran playwright
Rose's_Dilemma
Webster's Sentimental Comedy of the Foundling Home Heroine Triumphantly Revived". The New York Times. November 18, 1918. p. 13. Daddy Long-Legs : A comedy in
Daddy-Long-Legs_(play)
2009 film by Steve Carr
the film's "wholesome" comedy. Nathan Rabin of The A.V. Club gave the film a grade C−, calling it "a shamelessly sentimental comedy with a few crude gags
Paul_Blart:_Mall_Cop
Spanish-Mexican filmmaker (1900–1983)
commercial success ¿Quién me quiere a mí? [es] (Who Loves Me?), 1936 – a sentimental comedy that Buñuel called "my only commercial failure, and a pretty dismal
Luis_Buñuel
sekaikei genre, in which plots combine apocalyptic crises with the sentimental comedy of school settings, spread and became popular; the love stories of
List of Neon Genesis Evangelion characters
List_of_Neon_Genesis_Evangelion_characters
Fictional character played by Mickey Rooney
films. In their time, the Hardy films were enormously popular, sentimental light comedies celebrating ordinary American life. The Hardy family first appeared
Andy_Hardy
1978 film by Hal Needham
Arnold of The Washington Post called it "a rousing and sweet-tempered sentimental comedy" that "should finally secure Reynolds a preeminent position in the
Hooper_(film)
1999 Chilean film
The Sentimental Teaser (Spanish: El Chacotero Sentimental) is a 1999 Chilean film directed by Cristián Galaz. The protagonist is a DJ named Rumpy, and
The_Sentimental_Teaser
Anglo-Irish writer (1728–1774)
Gutenberg An Essay on the Theatre; or, A Comparison Between Laughing and Sentimental Comedy Goldsmith Hall – student accommodation and lecture theatre, Trinity
Oliver_Goldsmith
French writer (1899–1974)
September 1974) was a French playwright and screenwriter whose popular sentimental comedies maintained his position as a highly recognizable name in his country's
Marcel_Achard
Anglo-Irish writer and politician (1671–1729)
in March 1722. While at Drury Lane, Steele wrote and directed the sentimental comedy The Conscious Lovers, which was an immediate hit on stage in November
Richard_Steele
1992 film directed by Kira Muratova
The Sentimental Policeman (Russian: «Чувствительный милиционер», Ukrainian: «Чутливий міліціонер», French: Le Milicien amoureux) is a 1992 Ukrainian (Ukrainian-French
The_Sentimental_Policeman
American singer and actress (1916–1994)
(Crying on the Inside)", "I Wish I Didn't Love You So", "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons", "Doin' What Comes Natur'lly", and "Dear Hearts and Gentle People"
Dinah_Shore
English actor and theatre director (1904–2000)
In September of the same year Gielgud appeared in Dodie Smith's sentimental comedy Dear Octopus. The following year he directed and appeared in The Importance
John_Gielgud
Video game
titled Sentimental Journey. Three Japanese radio dramas based on the series, titled Sentimental Night, Kaettekita Sentimental Night, and Only Sentimental Night
Sentimental_Graffiti
Dramatic plays in England
century, the highbrow and provocative Restoration comedy lost favour, to be replaced by sentimental comedy, domestic tragedy such as George Lillo's The London
English_drama
1963 Italian film
A Sentimental Attempt (Italian: Un tentativo sentimentale) is a 1963 Italian comedy film. It stars actor Gabriele Ferzetti. It was a Black & White feature
A_Sentimental_Attempt
American actress (born 1986)
titled Carol of the Bells. In 2013, she released a follow-up album called Sentimental Journey. Emmanuelle Grey Rossum was born on September 12, 1986, in New
Emmy_Rossum
Literary and artistic debate that started in the 17th century
by establishing a new genre of theatre—unknown to the Ancients—the sentimental comedy (comédie larmoyante). In it, the impending tragedy was resolved by
Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns
Quarrel_of_the_Ancients_and_the_Moderns
Literature written in the English language
Sheridan reacted against the sentimental comedy of the 18th-century theatre, writing plays closer to the style of Restoration comedy. Sterne published his famous
English_literature
Film and television award ceremony in 2026
acting bid across the four acting categories in the event's history. Sentimental Value received the second-most in film with eight nominations, followed
83rd_Golden_Globes
Behn. As a reaction to the decadence of Charles II era productions, sentimental comedy grew in popularity. This genre focused on encouraging virtuous behavior
History_of_theatre
followed by the successful comedy The Funeral later that year. In 1703, he wrote The Lying Lover, an early sentimental comedy that failed on stage. In 1705
Culture_of_the_United_Kingdom
1744 play
Voltaire. It was Miller's only tragedy, as his other works were sentimental comedies. The title is sometimes spelt as Mahomet the Impostor. The original
Mahomet_the_Imposter
Spanish dramatist (1866–1954)
otoño (Autumnal Roses, 1905), sentimental comedy, three acts. Los intereses creados (The Bonds of Interest, 1907), comedy of masks based on the Italian
Jacinto_Benavente
English actor-manager, playwright, and poet laureate
frankness of Restoration comedy and towards the conservative certainties and gender-role backlash of exemplary or sentimental comedy. According to Paul Parnell
Colley_Cibber
1981 American comedy film directed by Lee Philips
theater attraction." Richard Freedman of the Times-News felt it "was a sentimental comedy that unfortunately gets derailed early on," however he did note the
On_the_Right_Track
Early 18th-century English theatre
grew enormously as his plays saw a quadrupling of performances, and sentimental comedy and melodrama were the only "safe" choices for new drama. Dramatists
Augustan_drama
1984 Yugoslav film
make a film about student demonstrations, he decided to create a sentimental comedy with political content and depict how tumultuous political events
The_Elusive_Summer_of_'68
Italian film genre
diverse trends in the 1930s, he happily moved into the territory of sentimental comedy with What Scoundrels Men Are! (1932), Il signor Max (1937) and Department
Telefoni_Bianchi
1703 play
Spanish Succession. It is described as being both a restoration comedy and a sentimental comedy, and marked the transition between the two. It premiered at
The_Lying_Lover
1951 film by Mitchell Leisen
1951) Scheuer, Philip K. (March 30, 1951). "'Mating Season' Cheery, Sentimental Comedy". Los Angeles Times. p. 9, Part III. Crowther, Bosley (April 12, 1951)
The_Mating_Season_(film)
century, the highbrow and provocative Restoration comedy lost favour, to be replaced by sentimental comedy, domestic Bourgeois tragedy such as George Lillo's
Theatre_of_the_United_Kingdom
British stand-up comedian
"Milo Edwards: Sentimental : Reviews 2023 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-08-02. "Milo Edwards: Sentimental". Broadway
Milo_Edwards
Anglo-Irish novelist (1768–1849)
Throughout the eighteenth-century drama, and most noticeably in the sentimental comedy, the separation becomes more and more a means of moral judgment as
Maria_Edgeworth
side. As a reaction to the decadence of Charles II era productions, sentimental comedy grew in popularity. This genre focused on encouraging virtuous behaviour
Culture_of_England
Italian-language theatre and opera performed in France
tasteless" performances of the fair theatres. There was a need for theatrical comedy somewhere in between, with greater popular appeal than the Comédie-Française
Comédie-Italienne
My Leopold (German:Mein Leopold) is an 1873 sentimental comedy play by the German writer Adolphe L'Arronge. It is his best known work and has been adapted
My_Leopold_(play)
American actress (1883–1946)
of the same name. According to Atkinson, the play version was "a sentimental comedy about a Brooklyn errand girl who taught a rich customer the secret
Laurette_Taylor
French mime artist (1829–1873)
and liveliness of leg, Legrand took all the honors when it came to sentimental comedy. Charles's mask was "sharp", but Legrand's art, wrote Gautier, was
Charles_Deburau
1766 novel by Oliver Goldsmith
Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale, Supposed to Be Written by Himself is a 1766 sentimental novel by Anglo-Irish writer Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774). It was written
The_Vicar_of_Wakefield
American actress (1867–1932)
comedy and drama, 1914-1930. Oxford University Press. p. 212. ISBN 9780195090789. "'DADDY LONG LEGS' IS BACK AGAIN; Jean Webster's Sentimental Comedy
Lucia_Moore
Play by Charles Boyle
style it is much closer to traditional Restoration comedy, than the developing trend for Sentimental comedy. Staged at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre in
As_You_Find_It
French singer and actress (1894–1977)
her acting had something of the same inimitable brand of impish sentimental comedy. But unlike Gertie Lawrence, whose singing voice, fascinating though
Yvonne_Printemps
Play written by Richard Cumberland
Barry as Augusta Aubrey and Elizabeth Hopkins as Mrs. Bridgemore. A sentimental comedy, it follows the adventures of Augusta Aubrey after she leaves her
The_Fashionable_Lover
2005 American TV series or program
on January 12, 2010 occurred right before 5PM. [1] Amarte así is a sentimental comedy or melodrama. As a teenager in Mexico, Nacho (Mauricio Ochmann) discovered
Amarte_así,_Frijolito
American actor, comedian, and filmmaker (born 1981)
American comedian, actor, and filmmaker. He is a founding member of the comedy troupe The Whitest Kids U' Know and starred in the sitcoms Friends with
Zach_Cregger
1699 play
George Farquhar. It is part of the Restoration comedy tradition, and is often described as a sentimental comedy. It marked the first major success of Farquhar's
The_Constant_Couple
1932 film
The Sentimental Bloke is a 1932 Australian film directed by F. W. Thring and starring Cecil Scott and Ray Fisher. It is an adaptation of the 1915 novel
The Sentimental Bloke (1932 film)
The_Sentimental_Bloke_(1932_film)
Collaborative form of performing art
parts in their tragedies. Common forms of non-comedic plays were sentimental comedies as well as something that would later be called tragédie bourgeoise
Theatre
1936 film by Henry Koster
film was a huge box office hit. Variety wrote that that film "is a sentimental comedy and has that rare quality of making an audience feel better for having
Three_Smart_Girls
Indian Kannada film actor
Retrieved 7 October 2020. "Mangalavara Rajaadina Movie Review: A sentimental comedy drama". 7 February 2021. David Johnson (20 January 2020). "Chandan
Chandan_Achar
American actress (born 1998)
Women (2016), Sofia Coppola's The Beguiled (2017) and Joachim Trier's Sentimental Value (2025); the latter earned her a nomination for the Academy Award
Elle_Fanning
1955 film by Michael Curtiz
We're No Angels is a 1955 American Christmas comedy film directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Humphrey Bogart, Peter Ustinov, Aldo Ray, Joan Bennett, Basil
We're_No_Angels_(1955_film)
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