Restoration comedy
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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
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 comedy seems to be making a comeback with Sheridan's The Critic recently paired with Tom Stoppard's The Real Inspector Hound at Chichester.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 3, 2010
Restoration comedy is a general name applied to the plays acted in England between 1660, the year of the restoration of Charles II to the throne, and 1700, the year of the death of Dryden.
From Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson by Robert Louis Stevenson
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