The pilot for such a show might be something like "Freedomland," the lively, messy comedy by Amy Freed that opened last night at Playwrights Horizons.

It is a lively comedy, remarkably requiring 14 singers - six men and eight women.

The lively comedies possess a natural effervescence.

The Tribune described the film as "a lively comedy," noting that "Rekha's spunky performance gives the film its natural zing."

The novel is full of lively comedy, despite the darkness of its theme.

Allmovie wrote positively of the film, calling it a: "lively sci-fi comedy" that makes "great fun of the '70s."

"An exciting spy story, which is at the same time a lively international comedy of manners," our reviewer said.

Lexikon des Internationalen Films calls it a swinging, lively comedy.

None of these flaws keep "Fabulation" from being one of the livelier comedies available at the moment.

As in her other novels, Austen explores the concerns and difficulties of genteel women living in Georgian-Regency England; she also creates a lively comedy of manners among her characters.