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Restoration comedy

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noun

  1. English comedy of the period of the Restoration, stressing manners and social satire.


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The actress continued with the National Theatre for another two years including a performance as Mrs Sullen in the Restoration comedy The Beaux' Stratagem in Los Angeles.

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2024

It’s like a Restoration comedy run through a John Waters filter and sprinkled with Luis Buñuel itching powder.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2022

Already, he said, "we are on a knife-edge with Restoration comedy … It's hard to find people who can teach and direct it".

From The Guardian • Jun. 22, 2013

Matching elements of Restoration comedy and Brechtian theatricality with the clamor of the trading floor, this play maintains a breakneck pace and doesn’t really care if you can keep up.

From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2012

Restoration tragedy is much less important than Restoration comedy.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various

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