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comedy of manners Definition

comedy of manners

noun

a type of comedy depicting and satirizing the manners and customs of fashionable society

comedy of manners Synonyms

comedy of manners

n.

light social satire, high comedy, play; see drama 1, parody.

Famous comedies of manners include ---

Goldsmith: She Stoops to Conquer; Sheridan: School for Scandal, The Rivals; Vanbrugh: The Relapse, The Provok'd Wife; Farquhar: The Recruiting Officer, The Beaux' Stratagem; Molière: Les précieuses ridicules, Le bourgeois gentilhomme, Les femmes savantes; Congreve: The Way of the World, Love for Love.

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