Ignoramus

Ignoramus is a college farce by George Ruggle (1575 - 1622) based on an Italian comedy by Della Porta. It was written and produced in Clare College, Cambridge in 1615 for James I of England. The play satirizes the college recorder, Brackyn, who is represented as the Ignoramus of the title. He is given a romance of false loves, where he is enamored of Rosabella but is tricked into being with the mannish Polla. Like Malvolio, who is supposed mad, he is suspected of being possessed and put through an exorcism before being carried off to a monastery to recuperate (and to stay away from the loves of the more worthy wits).

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Comedy: Comedy is the use of humor in the performing arts. It also means a performance that relies heavily on humor. The term originally comes from theater, where it simply referred to a play with a happy ending, in contrast to a tragedy. The humor, once an incidental device used to entertain, is now an ess...