Still, Simon worried that inserting social statements into what he considered a broad farce wouldn't do justice to either.

The dialogue between the music teacher and the dean is played as broad farce both dramatically and vocally.

Although written as a broad farce and straight-ahead sitcom, there was thus an undercurrent of xenophobic satire also present.

But, she added, the director's idea of making a "broad operatic high farce" in the spirit of commedia dell'arte kept leading them back to period music.

The Prahasanas(broad farces) of Chilakamarti can be classified into three kinds.

Veteran members are convinced that the Playhouse Association will continue to produce high drama, broad farce and everything in between for years to come.

Blemish, the project manager, is - as his name suggests - a vehicle for broad farce.

The series is a broad, lighthearted military farce which usually played fast and loose with historical accuracy.

To her the affair, compared with the tremendous subjects to which she was accustomed to direct her mind, was broad farce.

The "Murphy Brown" format is kept remarkably flexible, moving easily from broad farce to genuinely touching moments.