Comedy-drama

Comedy-drama (dramedy or seriocomedy) is a genre of theatre, film, and television that combines elements of comedy and drama, having both humorous and serious content. Traditional Western theatre, beginning with the ancient Greeks, was divided into comedy and tragedy. A tragedy typically ended with the death or destruction of a fictional or historical hero, whereas a comedy focused on the lives of middle to lower class characters and ended with their success. The term drama was used to describe all the action of a play. Beginning in the 19th century, authors such as Anton Chekhov, George Bernard Shaw, and Henrik Ibsen blurred the line between comedy and drama. The advent of radio drama, cinema, and in particular television created...