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    "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. After...
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    the accession of the Hanoverian king George I in 1714. For example, Restoration comedy typically encompasses works written as late as 1710. After Richard...
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  • sex comedies. Sex comedy was popular in 17th century English Restoration theatre. From 1953 to 1965, Hollywood released a number of sex comedies, some...
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  • Pickford The Restoration (1910 film), an American silent short drama produced by the Thanhouser Company The Restoration (2020 film), a Peruvian comedy film Restoration...
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  • romantic comedy genre was shaped by 18th-century Restoration comedy and 19th-century romantic melodrama. Restoration comedies were typically comedies of manners...
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  • literature, the term comedy of manners (also anti-sentimental comedy) describes a genre of realistic, satirical comedy of the Restoration period (1660–1710)...
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    interest when studying restoration comedy. This dissonance might explain why, despite its initial success, restoration comedy did not endure through the...
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    Alan Ayckbourn Jester Laughing comedy, as practiced by Oliver Goldsmith and Richard Brinsley Sheridan Restoration comedy, as practiced by George Etherege...
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    Terence. Restoration comedy refers to English comedies written and performed in England during the Restoration period from 1660 to 1710. Comedy of manners...
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    Restoration literature is the English literature written during the historical period commonly referred to as the English Restoration (1660-1688), which...
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