Which of the following comic playwrights made fun of Victorian values and pretensions ?
Correct answer: D. all but C
- A. W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan
- B. George Bernard Shaw
- C. Robert Corrigan
- D. all but C
Explanation
W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan satirised social and political pretensions in comic opera, while George Bernard Shaw attacked Victorian conventions through witty drama. Robert Corrigan is not the relevant major comic playwright, so “all but C” is intended.
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