Aldwych farcen.

Brit.

/ˈɔːldwɪtʃ ˈfɑːs/,

/ˈɒldwɪtʃ ˈfɑːs/, U.S.

/ˈɔldwɪtʃ ˈfɑrs/,

/ˈɑldwɪtʃ ˈfɑrs/

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Aldwych , farce n.²

Etymology: < the name of the Aldwych Theatre, situated on Aldwych in central London + farce n.²

Theatre.

Any of a series of farces, esp. those written by Ben Travers, presented at the Aldwych Theatre in the 1920s and early 1930s, typically characterized by broad satirical humour and featuring eccentric characters often caught in absurd situations. Also: these plays collectively, or the genre to which they belong.

ΚΠ

1925 Irish Times 24 July 4/7 I should not be at all surprised if ‘A Cuckoo on the Nest’ turned out to be as big a success as the previous Aldwych farces.

1929 Times May 8 14/4 It would be quite beside the point to complain that one Aldwych farce is like any other.

1930 H. Simpson Excursions in Farce x. 141 If you study these Aldwych farces you can see that they steadily aim at avoiding the extravagant.

1953 J. Trench Docken Dead xiii. 185 ‘You're an unmitigated young blackguard,’ he said..a line straight out of Aldwych farce.

1980 Cincinnati Mag. May 88/1 [Die Fledermaus has] a man attempting seduction of his own disguised wife; and a maid..meeting her master who pretends to be a marquis. It is all very much in the Aldwych farce tradition.

2000 D. R. Sutton Chorus of Raspberries 157 The Aldwych farces are inescapably the product of their era and society.

Derivatives

Aldwych-ˈfarcical adj. of or relating to an Aldwych farce; spec. (in later use after quot. 1939) designating a type of architecture or interior design resembling the upper-middle-class domestic setting of this genre.Cf. Stockbroker Tudor n. at stockbroker n. Compounds.

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1939 O. Lancaster Homes Sweet Homes 68 Aldwych Farcical... In..this semi-rustic revival..the country-house atmosphere is even more overwhelming... Light and air..are admitted through a bewildering selection of doors and French windows.

1953 Observer 16 Aug. 7/6 Tea-table tittle-tattle with an Aldwych-farcical flavour.

1965 G. McInnes Road to Gundagai xiv. 255 The country home of the novels of P. G. Wodehouse... Osbert Lancaster has aptly described it as ‘Aldwych farcical’. An eight-leaf mahogany table..sat solidly on a thick Turkey carpet [etc.].

1998 Plays Internat. 14 15/2 An Aldwych-farcical situation, with each of four family members separately and unbeknownst to the others inviting a variously unsuitable guest for a weekend.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	aldwych farce
释义	Aldwych farcen. Brit. /ˈɔːldwɪtʃ ˈfɑːs/, /ˈɒldwɪtʃ ˈfɑːs/, U.S. /ˈɔldwɪtʃ ˈfɑrs/, /ˈɑldwɪtʃ ˈfɑrs/ Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Aldwych , farce n.² Etymology: < the name of the Aldwych Theatre, situated on Aldwych in central London + farce n.² Theatre. Any of a series of farces, esp. those written by Ben Travers, presented at the Aldwych Theatre in the 1920s and early 1930s, typically characterized by broad satirical humour and featuring eccentric characters often caught in absurd situations. Also: these plays collectively, or the genre to which they belong. ΚΠ 1925 Irish Times 24 July 4/7 I should not be at all surprised if ‘A Cuckoo on the Nest’ turned out to be as big a success as the previous Aldwych farces. 1929 Times May 8 14/4 It would be quite beside the point to complain that one Aldwych farce is like any other. 1930 H. Simpson Excursions in Farce x. 141 If you study these Aldwych farces you can see that they steadily aim at avoiding the extravagant. 1953 J. Trench Docken Dead xiii. 185 ‘You're an unmitigated young blackguard,’ he said..a line straight out of Aldwych farce. 1980 Cincinnati Mag. May 88/1 [Die Fledermaus has] a man attempting seduction of his own disguised wife; and a maid..meeting her master who pretends to be a marquis. It is all very much in the Aldwych farce tradition. 2000 D. R. Sutton Chorus of Raspberries 157 The Aldwych farces are inescapably the product of their era and society. Derivatives Aldwych-ˈfarcical adj. of or relating to an Aldwych farce; spec. (in later use after quot. 1939) designating a type of architecture or interior design resembling the upper-middle-class domestic setting of this genre.Cf. Stockbroker Tudor n. at stockbroker n. Compounds. ΚΠ 1939 O. Lancaster Homes Sweet Homes 68 Aldwych Farcical... In..this semi-rustic revival..the country-house atmosphere is even more overwhelming... Light and air..are admitted through a bewildering selection of doors and French windows. 1953 Observer 16 Aug. 7/6 Tea-table tittle-tattle with an Aldwych-farcical flavour. 1965 G. McInnes Road to Gundagai xiv. 255 The country home of the novels of P. G. Wodehouse... Osbert Lancaster has aptly described it as ‘Aldwych farcical’. An eight-leaf mahogany table..sat solidly on a thick Turkey carpet [etc.]. 1998 Plays Internat. 14 15/2 An Aldwych-farcical situation, with each of four family members separately and unbeknownst to the others inviting a variously unsuitable guest for a weekend. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1925
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