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Conclusion

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Modern British Farce

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Having examined a representative selection of farces, we are now in a better position to consider what seem to be the recurrent characteristics of the genre.

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Notes

  1. Simon Callow, Being An Actor (London, 1985) p. 180.

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  2. Brian Rix, My Farce From My Elbow (London, 1975) p. 216.

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  6. Leonard C. Pronko, Eugène Labiche and Georges Feydeau, (London, 1982) p. 167.

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Smith, L. (1989). Conclusion. In: Modern British Farce. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-09759-3_9

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