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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 ]
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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]
Frontispiece to George Etherege's The Man of Mode (1676).. The Man of Mode, or, Sir Fopling Flutter is a Restoration comedy by George Etherege, written in 1676.The play is set in Restoration London and follows the womanizer Dorimant as he tries to win over the young heiress Harriet and to disengage himself from his affair with Mrs. Loveit.
The Restoration rake was a carefree, witty, sexually irresistible aristocrat whose heyday was during the English Restoration period (1660–1688) at the court of King Charles II. They were typified by the " Merry Gang " of courtiers, who included as prominent members John Wilmot , George Villiers , and Charles Sackville , who combined riotous ...
The comedy team is a sacred show-business relationship. From the beginning of time, when Eve asked Adam if he wanted a bite to eat, having two or more characters deliver the jokes has always meant ...
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.
Marriage à la Mode is a Restoration comedy by John Dryden, first performed in London in 1673 by the King's Company.It is written in a combination of prose, blank verse and heroic couplets.