ABSTRACT
TWO GROUPS of plays resemble those of the Restoration, but are different enough for a separate look. The term comedy of manners is often used for all of the plays of the Restoration, Molière, and the Georgians. In fact, the term often means any play involving witty banter among the elite. Since the setting is often a salon or parlor, a room designated for talk, the term drawing room comedy is also used. Some refer to any play of this kind as “Restoration,” even though it is a specific English historical event depicting a unique world, never quite duplicated in any other time or place.
