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The 13 pages that link to The French Comedy, each with the reason it gives.

• French theatreBroader topic: Its range runs from farce to the character-driven comedies associated with Molière.

• British comedyCompared with: Its theatrical and cinematic conventions provide a contrasting European comedy tradition.

• American comedyCompared with: Its theatrical and cinematic histories developed alongside, but differently from, American comedy.

• French theaterBroader topic: Its comic tradition offers a counterpoint to tragedy and a durable means of exposing social behavior.

• Sacha GuitryNarrower topic: Guitry’s rapid dialogue and social satire belong to this broad comic tradition.

• The Embarkation for CytheraRelated: Its staged gathering shows how Watteau developed the fête galante beyond the Cythera scene.

• Jean DujardinNarrower topic: His career grew from French sketch comedy and popular comic cinema.

• Georges FeydeauNarrower topic: His farces became a prominent part of the French comic theatre canon.

• Paul ScarronNarrower topic: Scarron’s stage works belong to the diverse comic tradition that preceded and accompanied Molière.

• Pierre RichardNarrower topic: Richard became one of the best-known screen comedians associated with postwar French popular cinema.

• Jean-François RegnardNarrower topic: Regnard’s plays belong to this national tradition and helped shape its comedy.

• Pierre de MarivauxNarrower topic: Marivaux reshaped the tradition by making the analysis of feeling central to comic action.

• Pierre-Augustin de BeaumarchaisNarrower topic: His plays adapt French comic traditions into fast-moving social satire.