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re: McNally;s charming AWAY WE GO: 2 errors ...

Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 12:31 pm EST 12/01/13
In reply to: re: McNally;s charming AWAY WE GO: 2 errors ... - ryhog 11:31 pm EST 11/30/13
"While we all know the years of the restoration, styles don't end abruptly. Furniture and fashions made in the period after Victoria's death did not suddenly end on the day of her death, and so we regularly use the term Victorian to refer to the style typical of her era."

Agreed, but referring to a play written after the years of the restoration as a "restoration play" or "restoration comedy" is misleading because "restoration" refers to a specific time period as well as (and probably more than) a style.

To use another example, you might refer to THE PRODUCERS as a "1950s-style musical comedy," but you would never call it a "1950s musical comedy."


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