comedy of intrigue

C6369
concept

A comedy of intrigue is a humorous dramatic genre centered on complex plots of deception, disguise, and clever schemes, where wit and unexpected twists drive the action more than character psychology.

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Jacobean city comedy 4
New Comedy play 4
comedic play 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: comedy of intrigue
Generated description
A comedy of intrigue is a humorous dramatic genre centered on complex plots of deception, disguise, and clever schemes, where wit and unexpected twists drive the action more than character psychology.

Instances (13)

Instance Via concept surface
Hanoverian court intrigue royal court intrigue
Epitrepontes New Comedy play
The Imposture
The Dutch Courtesan Jacobean city comedy
Il servitore di due padroni commedia dell’arte play
A Chaste Maid in Cheapside Jacobean city comedy
Michaelmas Term Jacobean city comedy
The City Madam Jacobean city comedy
The Gazebo mystery-comedy play
La gran sultana doña Catalina de Oviedo comedic play
The Twins New Comedy play
The Woman from Corinth New Comedy play
The Woman from Perinthus New Comedy play