General attributive, as comedy act, comedy actor, comedy opera, comedy player, comedy series, comedy troupe, etc.

General attributive (chiefly in sense 1b), as tragedy actor, tragedy actress, tragedy player; tragedy god, tragedy king, tragedy speech, etc.

A writer or performer of comedies; = comedian, n. 1, comedian, n. 2.

= tragedian, n. 2. Somewhat rare.

An actor who performs in a tragedy or tragedies, esp. one who specializes in tragic roles.

A stage actor who performs in comedies, esp. one who specializes in comic roles. Now chiefly historical.

An actor who performs in a comedy or comedies, esp. one who specializes in comic roles; = comedian, n. 3.

a player in an interlude.

An actor in pastoral plays.

An actor who performs in a tragicomedy; (also) a comedian whose performances contain serious or sombre elements; (occasionally also) a writer or…

General attributive (chiefly in sense 1b), as tragedy actor, tragedy actress, tragedy player; tragedy god, tragedy king, tragedy speech, etc.

An actor in or performer of low comedy.

a tragic actor; spec. the chief tragic actor in a theatre.

A player in the exodium.

One who writes or acts a farce.

A performer of a monopolylogue.

etc., a member of a stock company, or one who acts in stock pieces; also stock actress.

A player who is taking a benefit (benefit, n. 4a).

A person who talks or performs in monologue; a person who delivers monologues; = monologist, n. 2 3.

A person who performs monologues (monologue, n. 1a); an actor in a monologue.

An actor in burlesque dramas.

an actor in opera bouffe; also in extended use.

slang. = low comedian, n. Obsolete. rare.

Theatrical slang. A ‘knockabout’ performer or performance: see A. 1b. Also transferred.

An actor or writer of farces.