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Restoration comedy is English comedy written and performed in the Restoration period of 1660–1710. Comedy of manners is used as a synonym for this. [ 1 ] After public stage performances were banned for 18 years by the Puritan regime, reopening of the theatres in 1660 marked a renaissance of English drama . [ 2 ]
The Comical Revenge; Or, Love In A Tub is a 1664 comedy play by the English writer George Etherege. First staged by the Duke's Company, it premiered at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre. It is one of the earliest Restoration Comedies. The play holds importance for the literary historian for Etherege's employment of two separate language styles. [1]
The Plain Dealer is a Restoration comedy by William Wycherley, first performed on 11 December 1676.The play is based on Molière's Le Misanthrope, and is generally considered Wycherley's finest work along with The Country Wife.
The comedy of manners has been employed by Roman satirists since as early as the first century BC. Horace's Satire 1.9 is a prominent example, in which the persona is unable to express his wish for his companion to leave, but instead subtly implies so through wit.
The Way of the World is a play written by the English playwright William Congreve.It premiered in early March 1700 in the theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields in London.It is widely regarded as one of the best Restoration comedies and is still occasionally performed in operas and theatres.
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