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comedy of manners: a standalone construct

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witty comedy that satirises the social conventions and pretensions of a fashionable class, as in Restoration drama.

In theatre studies, comedy of manners refers to witty comedy that satirises the social conventions and pretensions of a fashionable class, as in Restoration drama. This meaning comes from Hirst (1979) in Comedy of manners.[1]

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  1. Hirst, D. L. (1979). Comedy of manners. Routledge. ISBN 9781351629904

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