Tragicomedy

/tɹˈæd‍ʒɪkˌɒmədi/

/tɹˈædʒɪkˌɑːmədi/

[noun]

Tragicomedy

[NOUN]

a dramatic piece that has both tragic and comic elements

a comedy with serious elements or overtones

synonyms : seriocomedy

Examples

1. Corneille’s most famous play is the 1636 tragicomedy Le Cid.

2. For all the paradox, whimsy and irony of its script, Wilde’s masterpiece, like the Feydeau farces and Chekhovian tragicomedies with which it is contemporary, assumes a stage which will offer a mechanical simulation of secular reality.

3. And in 2014, he wowed critics again with a three-month stint in the tragicomedy The Cripple of Inishmaan proving the stage is just as much his home as Hogwarts was.