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A study of the importance of farce, guiding the reader through the history of the European theatre. The emphasis is on the discussion of actual farce texts, which range from Plautus to Stoppard, from fairground knockabout to the well-oiled machines of Labiche and Feydeau.

Farce has always been relegated to the lowest rung of the ladder of dramatic genres