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  2. English drama - Wikipedia

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    In the 18th century, the highbrow and provocative Restoration comedy lost favour, to be replaced by sentimental comedy, domestic tragedy such as George Lillo's The London Merchant (1731), and by an overwhelming interest in Italian opera. Popular entertainment became more dominant in this period than ever before.

  3. Restoration literature - Wikipedia

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    The English monarchy was restored when Charles II of England (above) became king in 1660.. Restoration literature is the English literature written during the historical period commonly referred to as the English Restoration (1660–1688), which corresponds to the last years of Stuart reign in England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland.

  4. Restoration comedy - Wikipedia

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    Refinement meets burlesque in Restoration comedy. In this scene from George Etherege's Love in a Tub, musicians and well-bred ladies surround a man who is wearing a tub because he has lost his trousers. Restoration comedy is English comedy written and performed in the Restoration period of 1660–1710. Comedy of manners is used as a synonym for ...

  5. Theatre of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    In the 18th century, the highbrow and provocative Restoration comedy lost favour, to be replaced by sentimental comedy, domestic Bourgeois tragedy such as George Lillo's The London Merchant (1731), and by an overwhelming interest in Italian opera.

  6. Stuart Restoration - Wikipedia

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    The Restoration spectacular, or elaborately staged machine play, hit the London public stage in the late 17th-century Restoration period, enthralling audiences with action, music, dance, moveable scenery, baroque illusionistic painting, gorgeous costumes, and special effects such as trapdoor tricks, "flying" actors, and fireworks. These shows ...

  7. Carolean era - Wikipedia

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    Hayden, Judy A. "From Caroline Tears to Carolean Laughter: Re-historicizing the Restoration of Charles II." English 49.194 (2000): 109–126. Miyoshi, Riki. "Thomas Killigrew's Early Managerial Career: Carolean Stage Rivalry in London, 1663–1668." Restoration and 18th Century Theatre Research 27.2 (2012): 13–89. Rothstein, Eric, and Frances ...

  8. Patent theatre - Wikipedia

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    The patent theatres were the theatres that were licensed to perform "spoken drama" after the Restoration of Charles II as King of England, Scotland and Ireland in 1660. Other theatres were prohibited from performing such "serious" drama, but were permitted to show comedy, pantomime or melodrama. Drama was also interspersed with singing or ...

  9. Heroic drama - Wikipedia

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    Heroic drama is a type of play popular during the Restoration era in England, distinguished by both its verse structure and its subject matter. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The subgenre of heroic drama evolved through several works of the middle to later 1660s; John Dryden 's The Indian Emperour ( 1665 ) and Roger Boyle's The Black Prince ( 1667 ) were key ...