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The comedy-of-manners genre originated in the New Comedy period (325–260 BC) of Classical Greece (510–323 BC), and is known from fragments of works by the playwright Menander, whose style of writing, elaborate plots, and stock characters were imitated by Roman playwrights, such as Plautus and Terence, whose comedies were known to and staged ...
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 play is formed from a blend of three parts: part well-made play, part society drama, part comedy of manners. [2] Exponents of this style include Henrik Ibsen , Arthur Wing Pinero , George Bernard Shaw , Oscar Wilde , Edward Martyn and George Moore .
William Congreve (24 January 1670 – 19 January 1729) was an English playwright, poet and Whig politician. His works, which form an important component of Restoration literature, were known for their use of satire and the comedy of manners genre.
The Misanthrope, or the Cantankerous Lover (French: Le Misanthrope ou l'Atrabilaire amoureux; French pronunciation: [lə mizɑ̃tʁɔp u latʁabilɛːʁ amuʁø]) is a 17th-century comedy of manners in verse written by Molière. It was first performed on 4 June 1666 at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Paris by the King's Players. [1]
Henrietta is a "comedy of manners", valuing the appearance characters portray in a social class, and manners consisting of lust, greed, and self-interested cynicism. [21] This is displayed in Miss Woodby's love life, how she is falling in love so fast.
The New Comedy influenced much of Western European literature, primarily through Plautus and Terence: in particular the comic drama of Shakespeare and Ben Jonson, Congreve, and Wycherley, [19] and, in France, Molière. [20] The 5-act structure later to be found in modern plays can first be seen in Menander's comedies.
The Witlings is a comedy that satirizes literary society. Burney's father, Charles Burney , understood the insulting parallels in the play, and persuaded his daughter to bury the play. The play went unproduced and almost unknown, until 1945, when her papers were acquired by the New York Public Library . [ 1 ]