Meanings
- not comparablePartly farcical.
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Two plays he produced — “The Killing of Sister George,” a semifarcical drama by Frank Marcus about an outrageously self-centered and wrathful radio star, which moved from London to Broadway in 1966, and “Lovers,” a two-part 1969 comedy by Mr. Friel that starred Art Carney — were nominated for best-play Tonys.
2009 June 27, Bruce Weber, “Morton Gottlieb, a Broadway Producer, Dies at 88”, in New York Times
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semifarcical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semifarcical
“semifarcical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semifarcical. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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