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comedy
comedy literary work that aims primarily to provoke laughter. Unlike tragedy , which seeks to engage profound emotions and sympathies, comedy strives to entertain chiefly through criticism and ridicule of man's customs and institutions. Although usually used in reference to the drama (see dr... Read more
William Congreve
William Congreve 1670-1729, English dramatist, b. near Leeds, educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and studied law in the Middle Temple. After publishing a novel of intrigue, Incognita (1692), and translations of Juvenal and Persius (1693), he turned to writing for the stage. His first comedy, T... Read more
Sir George Etherege
Sir George Etherege , 1636-1692, English dramatist. His witty, licentious comedies— The Comical Revenge; or, Love in a Tub (1664) and She Wou'd If She Cou'd (1668)—set the tone of the Restoration comedy of manners that Congreve was to continue. His last play, The Man of Mode (1676),... Read more
George Farquhar
George Farquhar , 1678-1707, Irish dramatist, b. Londonderry (now Derry), Ireland. After his short career as an actor ended when he severely wounded a fellow actor in a stage duel, he wrote (1698) his first comedy, Love and a Bottle. His next play, The Constant Couple (1699), established his rep... Read more
Lewis Hallam
Lewis Hallam , c.1714-1756, Anglo-American actor and manager of the first professional theatrical company in the United States. He arrived from England with his company in 1752 and opened at Williamsburg, Va., with Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice. In 1753 he built the first theater in New York Ci... Read more
Sir William D'Avenant
Sir William D'Avenant , 1606-68, English poet, playwright, and theatrical producer. His life and work bridge the gap between the Elizabethan and Restoration ages. His best plays appeared between 1634 and 1639. They include The Wits, a realistic comedy; The Platonic Lovers, a romantic comedy of m... Read more
Colley Cibber
Colley Cibber , 1671-1757, English dramatist and actor-manager. Joining the company at the Theatre Royal in 1690, Cibber became successful as a comedian, playing the fops of Restoration comedy. His first play, Love's Last Shift (1696), is a landmark in the history of the theater and is regarded as... Read more
Epicharmus
Epicharmus , c.550-c.460 BC, Sicilian Greek comic dramatist. He was the first to write a coherent artistic comedy, and he dealt with forms other than personal satire such as mythological burlesque. Bibliography: See A. W. Pickard-Cambridge, Dithyramb, Tragedy, and Comedy (1927, repr. 1962). ... Read more
Thomas Killigrew
Thomas Killigrew , 1612-83, English dramatist and theater manager, b. London. Before the closing of the theaters by the Puritans in 1642, he wrote several tragicomedies, including The Prisoners and Claracilla. His most popular play was the coarse comedy The Parson's Wedding (1637). In 1647 he ... Read more
Isaac Bickerstaffe
Isaac Bickerstaffe c.1735-c.1812, English dramatist, b. Ireland. Included among his comedies and ballad operas are The Maid of the Mill (produced in 1765) and The Padlock (produced in 1768). ... Read more

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Restoration Comedy
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre Restoration Comedy, social comedy of manners which flourished on the Restoration stage. Artificial, cynical, licentious, and extravagant, it was a reaction against the austerity of the Puritan years, when the theatres were closed, and perhaps...
Restoration
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature Restoration, the re-establishment of monarchy...Bunyan , Pepys , Locke , and the Restoration dramatists. One of the characteristic genres of the period is Restoration comedy, or the comedy of manners, which...
Comedy
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre ...serious contemporary topics. The lack of true comedy is supplied by frequent revivals of plays...Coward (perhaps the last writers of English comedy) and Restoration comedies. The playing of comedy makes heavy demands on the actor, who must...
comedy
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature ...predecessors. His comedies make no great attempt...fortunate issue. The comedies of Ben Jonson , which...of drama after the Restoration, the influence of French comedy, and particularly...the best features of Restoration comedy. Their plays were...in general, few comedies of ...
sentimental comedy
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature sentimental comedy, a type of sentimental drama introduced by Steele , a reaction from the comedy of the Restoration . (See Kelly, H. )
William Wycherley
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...William Wycherley The Restoration comedies of the English dramatist...Gentleman Dancing Master, a comedy of intrigue based on...include John Palmer, The Comedy of Manners (1913...Mode of Restoration Comedy (1926); Norman N. Holland, The First Modern Comedies (1959); and ...
Regent Theatre
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre ...runs; the Phoenix Society , which revived Elizabethan and Restoration comedies; the Pioneer Players, whose production of Susan Glaspell...The last play to be presented at this theatre was a Jewish comedy by Izak Goller, Cohen and Son , in 1932. When it closed...
Congreve, William
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...x2014;Congreve found his métier in witty comedy, establishing his reputation with The Old Batchelour...s plays marked a significant development from earlier Restoration comedies. Disappointed by the reception of this last play, however...
Vanbrugh, Sir John
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...dramatist, who worked with and was influenced by Sir Christopher Wren . Vanbrugh took London by storm with his witty Restoration comedies, The Relapse (1696) and The Provok'd Wife (1697), before turning to architecture. Blenheim Palace (1705...
Cibber, Colley
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre ...particularly admired in the fops of Restoration comedy (such as Lord Foppington...balance between the Restoration comedy of manners and the new vogue...considered the first sentimental comedy. In tragedy Cibber was less...reputation as a writer of comedies. A snob and a social ...

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Restoration, the
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Restoration, the the re-establishment of Charles II as...is first recorded in the early 18th century. Restoration comedy a style of drama which flourished in London after the Restoration in 1660, typically having a complicated plot...
Bowie, David
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 ...Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972), counts as one of rock's classic recordings. Similar in attitude to the Restoration comedy fop, the character Ziggy, created in 1972, was an overblown parody of a rock star who took himself and his stardom...
Grant, Hugh
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...repertory work); co-founded comedy troupe Jockeys of Norfolk...Actor in a Motion Picture-Comedy/Musical, British Academy...as Edward Ferrars) 1996 Restoration (Michael Hoffman) (cameo...international success with the romantic comedy Four Weddings and a Funeral...
Downey, Robert Jr.
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Richard III (Loncraine) (as Rivers); Restoration (Hoffman) (as Robert Merivel); Mr...Downey Jr. would be best suited to light comedy films, he proved to be an eclectic actor...actor's subtle mimicry and physical comedy. In Heart and Souls Downey has four...
pantaloon
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology pantaloon Venetian character in It. comedy represented as a lean and foolish old...pl.) breeches in fashion after the Restoration XVII; tight-fitting trousers which...pantalone Venetian character in It. comedy, alleged to be appellative use of the...
Ryan, Meg
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Kiss (Paris Match ) (Kasdan) (as Kate, + co-pr); Restoration (Hoffman) (as Katherine) 1996 Courage under Fire (Zwick...today's viewers who only know her from her later romantic comedies. Her Bev in that film suggests that Ryan has a range that...
Neill, Sam
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...as John Trent); Victory (Peploe) (as Mr. Jones) 1996 Restoration (Michael Hoffman) (as King Charles II) 1997 Snow White...Paul Anderson) (as Dr. William Weir) 1998 The Revengers' Comedies (Mowbray) (as Henry Bell); Merlin (Barron—...
McKellen, Ian
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Macbeth, 1976; Society of West End Theatres (SWET) Award for Comedy Performance of the Year, for The Alchemist, 1977; Society...Cold Comfort Farm (Schlesinger) (as Amos Starkadder); Restoration (Hoffman) (as Will Gates); Thin Ice (Cunningham-Reid...

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Books: The art of flowers arranging Tulip Fever by Deborah Moggach Heinemann, pounds 14.99, 259pp: Ruth Pav ey tiptoes through a tulip novel to catch a scent of Dutch paintings and Restoration comedies
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 5/8/1999; ; 653 words ; ...than for its depths of feeling, it is the least likely character who stands out as the most sympathetic. In a Restoration comedy, the pedantic old cuckold would be nothing more than a figure of fun. But Moggach, who knows how to write about...
Interpreting Ladies: Women, Wit, and Morality in the Restoration Comedy of Manners.
Magazine article from: Criticism; 1/1/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...s feminist examination of the Restoration comedy of manners. On the one hand...to argue convincingly that the Restoration comedy of manners "revolves...Gill, a feminist critique of Restoration comedy is therefore crucial to...
Tricksters & Estates: On the Ideology of Restoration Comedy.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 4/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...Estates: On the Ideology of Restoration Comedy. By J. DOUGLAS CANFIELD. Lexington...revaluate the scope and nature of Restoration comedy. He refreshingly dismisses...Raymond Williams's thesis that Restoration comedy's chief concern is...
Restoration Comedy.(by Sharon Ott. )(Theater Review)
Magazine article from: Daily Variety; 12/14/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...Freed's colorful, witty "Restoration Comedy," which combines and adapts...postmodern sensibility, between comedy and character development. In...audience, as it does with "Restoration Comedy," so much the better...
Review Restoration comedy at its most elegant and outrageous Pandora's Box
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 8/9/2001; ; 448 words ; ...SALLY Faraday has written a Restoration comedy so authentic you would think...demonstrating a thorough understanding of Restoration drama, its themes, its intrigues...is more than straightforward comedy of manners, as it has much to...
Celebrating the restoration of a comedy that has it all.
Newspaper article from: Lancashire Evening Post (Preston, England); 5/23/2006; 447 words ; ...them in his endearing and enduring comedy masterpiece - now more than 230...a little too respectful of this comedy dowager. For while this is seldom...you get a real flavour of bawdy Restoration comedy. At least there's several performers...
Restoration Comedy: Seattle Repertory Theatre.
Magazine article from: American Theatre; 2/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...d describe the production style of this play as Restoration on a high-energy drink. After working on The Beard...Baron, Jonathan Freeman and Laurence Ballard in Restoration Comedy by Amy Freed, which premiered Dec. 3-Jan. 7...
Restoration comedy.
Magazine article from: Personal Computer World; 1/24/2008; ; 700+ words ; Byline: Tim Nott Restoration comedy Discover some useful tweaks for Vista and XP users Many readers must be dual-booting Vista and XP. I certainly am, in order...
A restoration comedy classic
Newspaper article from: Express & Echo (Exeter UK); 6/29/2007; 292 words ; Cygnet Training Theatre's production of Restoration classic, The Beaux Stratagem, returns to the New Theatre, Exeter tonight. In this rousing comedy by George Farquhar, two attractive but impoverished young gentlemen plot to change their...
Restoration comedy is still in rude health
Newspaper article from: Evening Standard - London; 10/10/2007; ; 694 words ; ...true lust never did run smoothly, as Jonathan Kent's boisterous production of William Wycherley's sex-mad Restoration comedy keeps zippily demonstrating -- though eros puts on a bit of a limp show. The Country Wife launches with a bang...