What are the elements of comedy in the play

Soyinka wrote the play while living in London. It was first performed in Africa at the Ibadan Arts Theatre in 1959 and garnered positive reviews. The Times Literary Supplement stated, “In this richly ribald comedy, The Lion and the Jewel, poetry and prose are also blended, but with a marvelous lightness in the treatment of both. The big set-piece of miming in the opening scene, where the villagers re-enact the visit of the white photographer, and the seduction of the village jewel Sidi by the old Lion of a chief, are two of the pinnacles of Mr. Soyinka's comic achievement to date.”