Comedy of Manners:
A witty, cerebral form of dramatic comedy that depicts and often satirizes the manners and affectations of a contemporary society, often by stereotypical stock characters. A comedy of manners is concerned with social usage and the question of whether or not characters meet certain social standards. Often the governing social standard is morally trivial but exacting. The plot of such a comedy, usually concerned with an illicit love affair or similarly scandalous matter, is subordinate to (less important than) the play’s brittle atmosphere, witty dialogue, and pungent commentary on human foibles.
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