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Parson's Wedding Play Comedy Written Restoration Caroline Era

"Parson's Wedding" by Thomas Killigrew is a Caroline era comedy, regarded as his finest work. Its style and tone are considered precursors to the Restoration comedy genre.

Thomas Killigrew's "Parson's Wedding" is a Caroline era comedy that is considered his best play. It is often viewed as an anticipation of Restoration comedy due to its tone and style foreshadowing the genre.

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Back Parson's Wedding is a Caroline era stage play, a comedy written by Thomas Killigrew. Often regarded as the author's best play, the drama has sometimes been considered an anticipation of Restoration comedy, written a generation before the Restoration; "its general tone foreshadows the comedy of the Restoration from which the play is in many respects indistinguishable."

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