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High comedy, also known as comedy of manners, is the witty, curlicued, language-centered genre that, for English-speaking audiences, is most famously embodied in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's 18th-century The School for Scandal, Oscar Wilde's 19th-century The Importance of Being Earnest, or Noël Coward's 20th-century Private Lives.
Traditionally set among...
High Seriousness, High Comedy
By STEVE VINEBERGHigh comedy, also known as comedy of manners, is the witty, curlicued, language-centered genre that, for English-speaking audiences, is most famously embodied in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's 18th-century The School for Scandal, Oscar Wilde's 19th-century The Importance of Being Earnest, or Noël Coward's 20th-century Private Lives.
Traditionally set among...
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