Gray, S. (playwright)

...The same tendency can be seen in modern works, such as O. Wilde's Lady Windermere's Fan and The Importance of Being Earnest, WS Maugham's A Tour and The Big Guys, and NP Coward's Private Life and Hay Fever, which are also called comedies of manners. In modern times, social comedies featuring intellectuals, such as H. Pinter's The Lover, The Collection, and Betrayal, as well as works by Christopher Hampton and Simon Gray, can also be considered a type of comedy of manners that strongly focuses on the barrenness of human relationships. Plays of Manners [Kishi Tetsuo]. ...

*Some of the terminology mentioned in the article is by S. Gray (playwright).

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…同じ傾向は近代以後の作品にも認められ，O.ワイルドの《ウィンダミア卿夫人の扇》《まじめが大事》，W.S.モームの《ひとめぐり》《お偉方》，N.P.カワードの《私生活》《花粉熱》なども風習喜劇と呼ばれる。現代ではH.ピンターの《恋人》《コレクション》《背信》，ハンプトンChristopher HamptonやグレーSimon Grayなどの，知識人を登場人物とする社交界喜劇も，人間関係の不毛さを強く意識した風習喜劇の一種と考えられる。風俗劇【喜志 哲雄】。…

※「Gray，S.（劇作者）」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典｜株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第２版について | 情報