Talk:Love's Last Shift

Curious

What is curious about this play is the introduction of malapropisms...Sir Novelty Fashion changed the letter 'a' to 'o' as an affectation. In 'The Relapse' Sir Navelty is promoted to the House of Lords but is rather concerned that his brother, Tom has committed suicide and sadly announces 'Ahhh, dear Tam, shat himself through the head'. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.179.94.17 (talk) 10:23, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Genre question

Hello. I'm leaving this on your talk and the article page, as I'm not sure where's best. The play definitely refers to conventions of Restoration comedy, but it's significance lies in being the first of the new genre of sentimental comedy. It is described as such in The Cambridge Guide to Theatre. Unless there's a better, more specific citation than that, I think that ought to define its genre. I've read this together with The Relapse, though I confess it was a while ago, and placing the two together makes the distinction clear. DionysosProteus 21:35, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Right, thanks for communicating. Well, I know of more specialized discussions than the Cambridge Guide, it's sort of my field. (I wrote the articles on The Relapse and Love's Last Shift.) I don't agree about the "sentimental comedy," but I don't exactly feel strongly about it, either. I'll see if I can find the time and, uh, momentum to fix up some nice citation for my opinion. In the meantime, please feel free to revert my revert right back, if you like. We should probably post any further discussion on the article talk, where other people can find it. Regards, Bishonen | talk 22:11, 4 September 2007 (UTC).