comedy of manners

And until that happens, he's got a fine Southern comedy of manners on his hands.

It has often been said that she writes comedies of manners.

I guess it is a modern comedy of manners with some very serious aspects.

It is described by the author as "A comedy of manners with music (period 1860)".

It can be classified as a comedy of manners.

Is it a novel of ideas or a comedy of manners?

"Metropolitan" is a comedy of manners of a very high order.

A lovely comedy of manners set in Russia in 1913.

This novel is surprisingly frank about the subject, especially for a comedy of manners published in 1958.

You know this is no comedy of manners.

For a while, "My Family" becomes a comedy of manners.

"Gossip" becomes a comedy of manners played at its most destructive pitch.

Drawing room comedy is also sometimes called the "comedy of manners."

His writing is frequently melodramatic, and at other times too much like a remote comedy of manners.

It's a wicked comedy of manners in a blue key of disappointment.

The novel's plot is perfectly contoured for a stage comedy of manners.

"Comedy of manners is not obsolete after all," he said. '

The first hour is a deft, detailed comedy of manners that takes place entirely on the train.

It may be a dark comedy of manners, because some of the issues are dark.

Such a broad approach obliterates the comedy of manners.

In doing this, it actually moves the comedy of manners into new aesthetic and thematic territory.

It becomes a mandate for comedy, not a comedy of manners.

As a comedy of manners, it's even better.

The first comedy of manners seemed to take its toll, with many further changes occurring even after the first night.

Willis tends to the comedy of manners style of writing.