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
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
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
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
High poetry gradually disintegrates, and the way is prepared for the Restoration comedy.
From How to See a Play by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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