They were accomplishing nothing, and the best they hoped for was the putting of an end to the legislative
farce in which they were unwilling players.
The defect turned out to be the one already spoken of-- two stories in one, a
farce and a tragedy.
As a matter of fact it was neither farce nor tragedy.
I told you last night on the road that it was a farce we were engaged in."
Farce notes like those which had so much astounded them the month before.
But just as in the case of the Mystery and the Morality, the Interlude developed out of the Morality, and the two cannot always be distinguished, some single plays being distinctly described by the authors as 'Moral Interludes.' In the Interludes the realism of the Moralities became still more pronounced, so that the typical Interlude is nothing more than a coarse
farce, with no pretense at religious or ethical meaning.
When Barbicane originally proposed to send a shot to the moon every one looked upon the enterprise as simple and practicable enough-- a mere question of gunnery; but when a person, professing to be a reasonable being, offered to take passage within the projectile, the whole thing became a
farce, or, in plainer language a humbug.
As a man who had seen something of life, and neither a fool nor an invalid, he had no faith in medicine, and in his heart was furious at the whole
farce, specially as he was perhaps the only one who fully comprehended the cause of Kitty's illness.
'Step out,' says one of the men; 'the theatre's close by, and we shall be just in time for the
farce.' I turned about and followed them.
Well, there are times when one would like to hang the whole human race and finish the
farce.
As it is, when I started even my post was a
farce. We had to knuckle under the whole of the time, to the civil authorities.
Sheer
farce and coarse burlesque, with plenty of color for the money, still made up the sum of what the public of those days wanted.
"Ive directed
farces before, but this is the first one that has that element to it."
Director Nigel Macbeth said the Priory's reputation for slick
farces was second to none.
IF you don't consider a bog-standard Whitehall
farce ridiculous enough, you should perhaps concentrate on rubbing your eyes in disbelief at one of the biggest
farces and foul-ups of them all.
