Restoration comedy
Americannoun
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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
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
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
The brilliant Restoration comedy makes no pretence to be a national drama: neither do the comedies of Sheridan and Goldsmith.
From The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama by Augustin Filon
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