The Way of the World and Other Plays

A Classics, Fiction, Plays book. I just finished re-reading this play. It's really confusing at times; however, it's easily one of...

With piercing accuracy William ongreve depicted the shallow, brittle world of 'society' where the right artifice in manners, fashion and conversation--and money--eased the passage to success. Through sparkling, witty dialogue and brilliant characterisation--Lady Plyant, Valentine, Lady Touchwood, Mirabell and Millamant--Congreve exposed the follies and vanities of that world, and suggested that behind the glinting mirror lay something more brutal.'The language is everywhere that of Men of Honour, but their Actions are those of Knaves; a proof that he was perfectly well acquainted with human Nature, and frequented what we call polite company.' --Voltaire'Congreve quitted the stage in disdain, and comedy left it with him.' --A contemporary

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I read this for my prelim exams (did not read the other plays in this collection). In general it was a fun play, and I especially enjoyed the fourth act. I've not read many Restoration comedies, but I liked this one a bit more than Beggar's Opera, but not as much as The Country Wife. This play was interesting in that it focused predominantly... One of the best comedic playwrights of the Restoration, Congreve sharply skewers society's artifices with razor sharp wit and intellect. I just finished re-reading this play. It's really confusing at times; however, it's easily one of the best -- if not THE best -- Restoration play. Brilliant characterization, witty prose, and a marriage contract scene that encapsulates the best and the worst of eighteenth century culture.

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