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What was the main difference between the audience of Comedy of Manners and Renaissance drama?
What was the main difference between the audience of Comedy of Manners and Renaissance drama?
- Comedy of Manners was intended for upper classes
- Renaissance drama was more superficial
- Renaissance drama had women actors replacing boys who played female roles
- Comedy of Manners emphasized wit and elegance of speech (correct)
What changes were made in stage design and acting profession during the Restoration period?
What changes were made in stage design and acting profession during the Restoration period?
- Theatres were not roofed and sets were not painted
- Women actors replaced boys who played female roles in Shakespeare's time (correct)
- Stage lighting was the same as in Shakespeare's time
- Boys continued to play female roles
Who was known as a great practitioner of comedies during the Restoration period?
Who was known as a great practitioner of comedies during the Restoration period?
- William Shakespeare
- William Congreve (correct)
- William Wordsworth
- William Butler Yeats
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- Comedy of Manners had a different audience compared to Renaissance drama
- Restoration plays were intended for upper classes
- Emphasis on wit and elegance of speech
- More superficial than Renaissance theatre
- Changes in stage design and acting profession
- Theatres were roofed, sets were painted, and stage was lit differently
- Women actors replaced boys who played female roles in Shakespeare's time
- William Congreve was a great practitioner of comedies in Restoration period
- The Way of the World is Congreve's masterpiece
- It reflects and critiques the world of appearances in Restoration high society.
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