English literature, the term comedy of manners (also anti-sentimental comedy) describes a genre of realistic, satirical comedy of the Restoration period (1660–1710)...

fit into multiple genres. Some of the subgenres of comedy are farce, comedy of manners, burlesque, and satire. Some comedy apes certain cultural forms:...

Comedy of manners: A comedy of manners satirizes the mores and affectations of a social class. The plot of a comedy of manners is often concerned with an...

situation comedy and comedy of manners. The three best-known playwrights belonging to this genre are Menander, Philemon, and Diphilus. The playwrights of the...

Ben Jonson and George Chapman Comedy of intrigue, as practiced by Niccolò Machiavelli and Prince Manuel Comedy of manners, as practiced by Molière, William...

The Women is a 1936 American play, a comedy of manners by Clare Boothe Luce. Only women comprise the cast. The original Broadway production, directed...

years of the sixteenth century. In the later half of the seventeenth century, it was combined with the comedy of manners in Restoration comedy. In Jonson’s...

romantic melodrama. Restoration comedies were typically comedies of manners that relied on knowledge of the complex social rules of high society, particularly...

"Restoration comedy" is English comedy written and performed in the Restoration period of 1660–1710. Comedy of manners is used as a synonym for this....

The fantasy of manners is a subgenre of fantasy literature that also partakes of the nature of a comedy of manners (though it is not necessarily humorous)...