and the other on the "Literature of Worldliness" ("By worldliness I mean something more than just manners ... comedy--and they manage the right blend of elegance and finish and wit in their plays ...

The play is a “comedy of manners,” a historically popular genre which uses scathing satire to comment on the social mores of the time. Wright’s production of the play, however, modernizes it ...

4 Extra Debut. A cheeky alias throws the plans of two young lovers into doubt. 18th century comedy of manners starring Dame Flora Robson. Show more A ‘comedy of manners’ where a cheeky alias ...

Is Museum an absurdist comedy of manners? A panoply of urban stereotypes? A commentary about the role art and work play in our lives? Yes, yes and yes.

and with the spectre of Naples’s crushing poverty looming large over the play, Filumena is a spry comedy of manners about ...