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Many of Shakespeare's later plays such as Cymbeline, The Tempest, and The Winter's Tale were tragicomedies. Tragicomedy is a common genre in post-World War II British theatre, with authors as varied as Samuel Beckett, Tom Stoppard, John Arden, Alan Ayckbourn and Harold Pinter writing in this genre.
Dark comedy was a popular genre in British films of the early 1990s. An example of a dark comedy is 'Life is Sweet, by British director Mike Leigh.Tragicomedy in theatre
Tragicomedy in film