farceur

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They’re all presented on the page by an inspired farceur whose exquisitely penned prose seems effortless, but belies the painstaking craftsmanship needed to make his split-second timing come off.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2025

He began as the disillusioned farceur of “Roger & Me,” in 1989.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2020

John Cleese told the Today programme that Sachs was a "sweet man" and a "brilliant farceur".

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2016

Four years later she was in a tour of four plays by the farceur Vernon Sylvaine, and in 1973 went to the O'Keefe theatre in Toronto, in a production of Move Over Mrs Markham.

From The Guardian • Feb. 19, 2013

The tight-fisted little farceur had a confused reverence for anything that seemed to him refined or clever.

From Main Street by Lewis, Sinclair