Restoration comedy

American  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

Buckley’s dialogue sounds like the witty combination of the vulgar and formal in Restoration comedy, but sprinkled into it — and one must assume this is deliberate — are modern colloquialisms.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2018

Indeed, as many critics here have noted, Mr. Godwin’s production makes a case for this Restoration comedy as a work with a distinctly feminist flavor.

From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2015

For The Dancing Master, Arnold took inspiration from a Restoration comedy of 1671, The Gentleman Dancing Master by the playwright William Wycherley, who is better known for The Country Wife, another bawdy comedy.

From The Guardian • Oct. 11, 2012

But the Manlys and Homers of the Restoration comedy have a prosaic, cold-blooded profligacy that disgusts.

From Brief History of English and American Literature by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)