The story – from Rumplestiltskin to War and Peace – is one of the basic tools invented by the human mind, for the purpose of understanding. There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no societies that did not tell stories.
-Ursula K. LeGuin
Tony Caselli 
That quote has been one of my favourites for a loooong time.
(Comedies like farces or family comedies or…?)
Yeah – it’s a great thought!
Oh, family comedies would be nice. I’ll take farces, too, though we don’t do many period pieces! 🙂