Another word for comedy of manners
comedy of manners
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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.WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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