Verbal Comedy in the Comedy of Manners
A drama lesson plan by Lindsay Price
LESSON PLAN
Verbal Comedy in the Comedy of Manners
by Lindsay Price
The comedy of manners is a style of comedy that uses satire to highlight the behaviours, actions, fashions, and “manners” of a segment of society. Students will explore aspects of verbal comedy in a modern context and then look at how the element is applied to a scene from The Importance of
Being Earnest.
