The way of the world is a play written by the english playwright william congreve it premiered in early march 1700 in the theatre in lincolns inn fields in london it is widely regarded as one of the best restoration comedies and is still occasionally performed initially however the play struck many audience members as continuing the immorality of the previous decades and was not well received. With gloria lewis sydney smith addison powell santos ortega actress gloria lewis as linda porter is permanent hostess for this daytime drama series with adaptations of stories appearing in leading womens magazines presented from 6 to 15 episodes each according to the length required to tell each story each story has a different cast. The way of the world comedy of manners in five acts by william congreve performed and published in 1700 the play which is considered congreves masterpiece ridicules the assumptions that governed the society of his time especially those concerning love and marriage the plot concerns the. The way of the world the manner in which people typically behave or things typically happen used to express your resignation to it see also of way world farlex partner idioms dictionary c farlex 2017