Comedy of Manners

also called "Old Comedy" written and created by Congreve, Farquhar, Vanbrugh and Wycherley. The "Comedy of Manners revived under Sheridan, with much wit and less indelicacy", Richard Brinsley Sheridan was one of the most influencial dramatist of his time.

Sources: "The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre". Ed. by Phillis Hartnall and Peter Found. Oxford University Press: Oxford, 1996.