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The Restoration spectacular was a type of theatre production of the late 17th-century Restoration period, defined by the amount of money, time, sets, and performers it required to be produced. Productions attracted audiences with elaborate action, acrobatics, dance, costume, scenery , illusionistic painting , trapdoors , and fireworks .
Use of periaktos in 17th century theater. In: Architectura recreationis, by J. Furttenbach A periaktos (plural form periaktoi, from a Greek word meaning revolving) is a device used for displaying and rapidly changing theatre scenes.
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 ...
The 18th century French theatre flourished with influential playwrights such as Voltaire, known for works such as Œdipe (1718) and Zaïre (1732), and Marivaux, whose comedies explored the complexities of love, while Denis Diderot introduced the Bourgeois tragedy, and Beaumarchais revolutionized comedy with Le Barbier de Séville (1775) and Le ...
Calderón de la Barca, a key figure in the theatre of the Spanish Golden Age. Spanish Golden Age theatre refers to theatre in Spain roughly between 1590 and 1681. [1] Spain emerged as a European power after it was unified by the marriage of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile in 1469 and then claimed for Christianity at the Siege of Granada in 1492. [2]
17th-century theatre managers (28 P) T. Theatres completed in the 17th century (31 C) Pages in category "17th-century theatre" The following 18 pages are in this ...
Pages in category "17th-century plays" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Appius and Virginia; B.
Giacomo Torelli (1 September 1608 – 17 June 1678) was an Italian stage designer, scenery painter, engineer, and architect. [1] His work in stage design, particularly his designs of machinery for creating spectacular scenery changes and other special effects, was extensively engraved and hence survives as the most complete record of mid-seventeenth-century set design.