Sentence examples for of the farcical from inspiring English sources

The absurd repartee signals the play's psychotic climate; it also shows off McDonagh's gift for the mechanics of the farcical.

He has moved on, but there is still an element of the farcical in his subsequent paintings and sculptures.

Bertie and Jeeves belong to the genre, far more English than American, of the farcical comic novel.

But in 1996 they made magic out of the farcical in this funny, humiliating and rudely awakening examination of the race to elect mayor of Sydney's Leichhardt Council.

You probably know, or at least know of, "A Flea in Her Ear," a 1907 touchstone of the farcical repertory that is especially associated with the Old Vic, where it has been revived twice previously.

Madero helped organize the Antireelectionist Party and became its presidential candidate with the slogan "Effective suffrage no reelection!" On the eve of the farcical election, he was arrested on charges of fomenting a rebellion and insulting the authorities.

Many of these investigations bordered on the farcical.

Some of the speculation bordered on the farcical.

Robert Burt feasted on the farcical role of Iro and brought down the house with his Act III solo.

It aspires to the farcical heights of "Diary of a Madman".

Instead of having the farcical nature of La Barbier de Seville (the first part of the Figaro trilogy by Pierre Beaumarchais), the atmosphere steadily darkens, becoming increasingly dangerous and making one think of such operas as Don Giovanni, Faust and Mefistofele.