restoration comedy

GPTKB entity

Statements (57)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:comedy
gptkbp:audience upper class
middle class
gptkbp:characterized_by gptkb:satire
sexual humor
gptkbp:cultural_impact influenced romantic comedies
influenced modern comedy
influenced television sitcoms
gptkbp:decline gptkb:18th_century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label restoration comedy
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Italian_commedia_dell'arte
French comedy
gptkbp:notable_characters gptkb:Mrs._Sullen
gptkb:Millamant
gptkb:Dorimant
gptkb:Sir_Fopling_Flutter
gptkb:Lady_Wishfort
gptkb:Horace
gptkb:Harriet
gptkb:Fainall
gptkb:Miss_Prue
gptkb:Mr._Harcourt
gptkb:Mr._Pinchwife
gptkb:Mrs._Millamant
gptkb:Lady_Teazle
gptkb:Sir_Peter_Teazle
Mr. Tattle
Sir Benjamin Backbite
Mr. Witwoud
Mrs. Fainall
Mr. Sullen
Mr. Mirabell
Mr. Sneer.
Sparkish
gptkbp:notable_games gptkb:William_Congreve
gptkb:Richard_Brinsley_Sheridan
gptkb:George_Etherege
gptkbp:notable_locations gptkb:Duke's_Theatre
gptkb:Lincoln's_Inn_Fields_Theatre
gptkb:Drury_Lane_Theatre
gptkbp:notable_works gptkb:The_Way_of_the_World
gptkb:The_Man_of_Mode
gptkb:The_Country_Wife
gptkbp:originated_in gptkb:England
gptkbp:performance_style theatrical
gptkbp:revival gptkb:20th_century
gptkbp:themes gptkb:marriage
gptkb:deception
gender roles
class conflict
gptkbp:time_period Restoration period
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_School_for_Scandal_(adaptation)
gptkb:The_School_for_Scandal
gptkb:The_Misanthrope_(West_End)
gptkb:Davenant
gptkb:The_Way_of_the_World
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5