Variety showVariety show, also known as variety arts or variety entertainment, is entertainment made up of a variety of acts including musical performances, sketch comedy, magic, acrobatics, juggling, and ventriloquism. It is normally introduced by a compère (master of ceremonies) or host. The variety format made its way from the Victorian era stage in Britain and America to radio and then television. Variety shows were a staple of English language television from the late 1940s into the 1980s.
DramaDrama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television. Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the epic and the lyrical modes ever since Aristotle's Poetics (c. 335 BC)—the earliest work of dramatic theory. The term "drama" comes from a Greek word meaning "deed" or "act" (Classical Greek: δρᾶμα, drâma), which is derived from "I do" (Classical Greek: δράω, dráō).
Comédiethumb|150px|Sculpture représentant Thalie, muse de la comédie, dans le parc de Pavlovsk, à Saint-Pétersbourg. La comédie (du grec κωμωδία) est un genre littéraire, théâtral, cinématographique et télévisuel fonctionnant sur le registre de l'humour. Née dans l'Antiquité grecque, elle est devenue un genre littéraire qui s'est épanoui de manière diversifiée en fonction des époques. Avant Molière, elle était dévalorisée comparée à la tragédie. Prise au sens large du terme, la comédie n'est pas systématiquement axée sur le registre comique (divertissement, légèreté, rire, etc.
