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She ridiculed Lee's latest overture, calling it "the climax of the farce that everyone should watch" and said the military's demand her country apologise was "quite ridiculous."

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

In placing the problems of his age on the stage, Dürrenmatt combined tragedy and grotesque comedy, poignant drama and political farce.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Murray described the situation in Melbourne - where he beat Thanasi Kokkinakis in the second-latest finish in Grand Slam history - as a "farce".

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

To answer that question, you have to meet a couple of the other dramatis personae in this particular farce.

From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026

We presented The Blockade of Boston, Major-General Burgoyne’s farce upon rebel hypocrisy, as one of the most celebrated events of our hivernal concert series.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

Do we really want to incentivize vigilantes like YouTube copycat Skeet Hansen, seen in the documentary machinating and uploading his own stakeouts, pitiful farces of justice with the catchphrase “You’ve just been Skeeted”?

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2025

These actors sparked off each other, in fast-moving farces or quieter character moments.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2023

As viewers of those farces might expect, “Champions” attempts to elicit laughs with vomit, flatulence and body odor.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 6, 2023

That was followed in 1962 by A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, an adaptation of farces by ancient Roman playwright Plautus, for which he wrote both music and lyrics.

From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2021

Comedies, tragedies, farces, and melodramas have been included; but the chief concern has been that each play should be good, dramatic art.

From Contemporary One-Act Plays by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie

You may make a Sauce to these farced Fowls with stew'd Mushrooms toss'd up with Cream; the same may be done with Turkeys, Pheasants, &c.

From The Country Housewife and Lady's Director in the Management of a House, and the Delights and Profits of a Farm by Richard Bradley

The enemy's ranks were not forced with Macbeth's followers, but farced or filled up.

From Literary Blunders by Henry Benjamin Wheatley

The word forced should be read farced, the letter o having evidently dropped down into a box.

From Literary Blunders by Henry Benjamin Wheatley

The Dublin Troper of the thirteenth century has a number of farced Kyries and Glorias, also a collection of Sequences.

From The Glories of Ireland by P. J. Lennox

Cabbage, farced 104 Calf’s-head ib. ——, like turtle ib. ——, to hash 105 ——, fricassee 106 ——, to pickle ib. —— liver 107 Cauliflowers with white sauce ib.

From The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. by Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury

To many, the daring experiment of farcing what was obviously written as a farce, instead of playing it in the more usual " Oh Lord, here's a classic!" manner, seemed highly successful.

From Time Magazine Archive

To rost Shoulder or Fillet of Veal with farcing herbs.

From The Queen-like Closet or Rich Cabinet Stored with all manner of rare receipts for preserving, candying and cookery. Very pleasant and beneficial to all ingenious persons of the female sex by Hannah Wolley

I have; and if I’m to die respected and honored, if my family is to have any regard for my memory, I’ve got to get out of farcing.

From The Dreamers A Club by John Kendrick Bangs