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The Way of the World

The Way of the World. William Congreve. http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/images/earlyprint/large14582.html. Today. Congreve and shifts in the theatre Comedy of Manners Wit Marriage. William Congreve. 1670 — 1729 Father a Cavalier with Disciple of John Dryden Produced five popular plays.

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The Way of the World

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  1. The Way of the World • William Congreve http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/images/earlyprint/large14582.html

  2. Today • Congreve and shifts in the theatre • Comedy of Manners • Wit • Marriage

  3. William Congreve • 1670 — 1729 • Father a Cavalier with • Disciple of John Dryden • Produced five popular plays http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:William_Congreve.jpg

  4. Career ended in 1700 and he shifted to politics • Said to be stung by Collier’s critique of the theatre (1698); wrote a rebuttal, “Amendments to Mr. Collier’s False and Imperfect Citations” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ShortView1698.png

  5. Comedy of Manners • Height of popularity 1660 — 1700 • The Way of the World considered exemplary • Good manners valued over good morals • Characterized by witty dialogue and emphasis on sexual relationships

  6. Immorality? • Inducing audience to immoral behaviour, or a reflection of unpleasant social truths? http://www.shakespearetheatre.org/plays/photos.aspx?id=145

  7. Wit Come, come, leave business to idlers, and wisdom to fools: they have need of 'em: wit be my faculty, and pleasure my occupation, and let father Time shake his glass. Congreve, The Old Bachelor

  8. Wit • Half wits, false wits, and true wits

  9. Half wits?

  10. Half wits? • Witwoud, Wilfull http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/tad/productions/production_season/2006-2007/way_of_the_world/costume_sketches.cfm

  11. False Wits?

  12. False Wits? • Wishfort, Marwood http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/tad/productions/production_season/2006-2007/way_of_the_world/costume_sketches.cfm

  13. True wits?

  14. True wits? • Millamant, Mirabell http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/tad/productions/production_season/2006-2007/way_of_the_world/costume_sketches.cfm

  15. Marriage • The “Proviso” scene as microcosm and symbol http://www.shakespearetheatre.org/plays/photos.aspx?id=145

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