Marriage à la Mode

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Restoration comedy play tragicomedy

Marriage à la Mode is a Restoration-era tragicomedy play by John Dryden that satirizes courtly love and social manners in late 17th-century England.

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Marriage A-la-Mode 1
Marriage à la Mode canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Restoration comedy ⓘ
play ⓘ
tragicomedy ⓘ
author John Dryden NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
dramaticConvention use of prose and verse ⓘ
dramaticForm five-act play ⓘ
dramaticMode comedy of manners ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1672 ⓘ
firstPerformedAt Theatre Royal, Drury Lane NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPerformedBy King's Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPublicationDate 1673 ⓘ
genre Restoration drama ⓘ
tragicomedy ⓘ
hasCharacter Doralice NERFINISHED ⓘ
Leonidas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Melantha NERFINISHED ⓘ
Palamede NERFINISHED ⓘ
Palmyra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Polydamas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rhodophil NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSubject aristocratic marriage customs ⓘ
court politics ⓘ
fashionable affectation ⓘ
hasSubplotStructure double plot ⓘ
hasTone comic ⓘ
romantic ⓘ
satirical ⓘ
historicalContext Restoration of Charles II NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy French courtly culture ⓘ
Spanish drama ⓘ
intendedAudience London theatre audiences ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Restoration theatre ⓘ
literaryPeriod Restoration era NERFINISHED ⓘ
medium stage play ⓘ
narrativeDevice parallel plots ⓘ
partOf John Dryden's dramatic works ⓘ
satirizes courtly love ⓘ
social manners ⓘ
settingPeriod late 17th-century England ⓘ
themes infidelity ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
political intrigue ⓘ
romantic love ⓘ
social satire ⓘ
timeOfCreation early 1670s ⓘ

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John Dryden → notableWork → Marriage à la Mode ⓘ
Hogarth → notableWork → Marriage à la Mode ⓘ
subject surface form: William Hogarth
this entity surface form: Marriage A-la-Mode