I like Shakespeare's comedy, even in his most serious play.

我喜欢莎士比亚的喜剧性，即使在他最严肃的剧本中亦然。

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In that sense, the change from serious drama to light comedy may be a wise move, given that Felicity currently follows Dawson's Creek, Hour of Teenage Angst, on the WB's schedule.

在这种意义上看，走从严肃的戏剧到轻喜剧的转变可能是个明智的一步。考虑到本剧跟随的是《恋爱时代》，《焦虑青春时刻》，现在按照华纳的日程表上的路线。

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Some theatres concentrate on the classics and serious drama, some on light comedy, some on musicals.

有些剧院主要上演经典作品和严肃戏剧、轻喜剧、音乐剧。

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Not only is postmodern comedy radically different in tone, but it makes no sense for most of the characters in a serious comedy like "Lost in Yonkers" to be frothing at the mouth with one-liners.

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That's what Douglas Carter Beane does with "The Nance, " a dead-serious comedy set in New York circa 1937 in which Nathan Lane plays a self-hating gay man who makes a living playing outrageously effeminate gay men on the burlesque stage.

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Nkonzo, who often appears on stage with a guitar, said that all of his comedy comes after serious thinking.

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