Comedy of manners
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The comedy of manners is a genre that uses wit and intellectual dialogue to satirize the social behaviors, artificialities, and strict codes of a specific contemporary society. In this genre, the cent
This sculpture represents Thalia, muse of comedy and Melpomene, muse of tragedy. Museo del Prado. Dates: the body was sculpted 130 - 150 A.D., the head was sculpted during the last third of the 17th century.
Mosaic showing theatrical masks of Tragedy and Comedy. Roman artwork, 2nd century CE.
The Way of the World
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The Way of the World is a comedy play written by the English playwright William Congreve, first performed in 1700. It premiered in the theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields in London. It is widely regarded
Comedy of manners
…pretensions of the ancien régime that ruled France from the late 15th century to the 18th century. In the early 18th century, William Congreve's play The Way of the World (1700) became popular among the public for its strong depiction of the comedy of manners genre. The comedy of manners has been employed by Roman satirists…
Facsimile of the original title page for The Way of the World published (1700)
Illustration in the journal The Moving Picture World for the film adaptation of the play The Way of the World (1916).
William Congreve by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt