Question | Answer |
Restoration | The reinstatement of the Charles II to the english thrown in 1660 |
The Commonwealth | the period of 11 years under the puritain rule. between the beheading of Charles I to when Charles II returned to the thrown. |
Lincoln Inn Fields | A london theater built in 1661, was a converted tennis court |
Dorset Garden | built in 1671, a london theatre, not much known about it, supposidly haveing much moving scenery |
Drury Lane | A london theatre |
Breeches role | A woman dressing as a man, and so they would have to wear pants |
Comedies of Intrigue | PLays that were writen in the restoration that were dareing exploits of romance and adveture, with complicated plots. |
Drolls | 17th century england, short dramas that were either exerpts from or condensations of longer plays. |
Heroic & Restoration tragedy | types of serious drama, one with heroics and the other with neoclassical rules. |
Glorious revolution | Revolution of 1688, the overthrow of James II of England in 1688 by a union of Parliamentarians and the Dutch stadhouder William III of Orange-Nassau (William of Orange) |
Oliver Cromwell | Leader of the puritains during the commonwelth |
William Davenant | Producer during commonwealth, circumvented ban on theatre. Presented the Siege of Rhodes. |
The Female Wits | Catherarine Trotter, Mary Pix, and Delariviere Manley. Were playwrights, increased involvment of women playwrights. worked together. |
Charles II | King of england after commonwealth |
Jeremy Collier | Puritain who attacked restoration theatre, wrote "A short view of the immorallity and profaneness of the english stage" |
Aphra Behn | Comedys of intregue. first woman to have earned a living writing plays. |
William Congreve | english playwright, bridge between restoration and 18th century comedy |
Nell Gwynn | Actress,specialties of breeches roles, delivery of prologues and epilogues, wit and charm, not good at tradgedy |
Annie Bracegirdle | roles were clever urban woman and sympithetic heroines. "celebrated virgin" |
Christopher Rich | Exploitive lawyer, controled the United Company. |
What were the characteristics of Restoration Comedy of Manners? | Foibles of upper class, reputation, witty repartee, Fasion behavior and speech, characters named after atributes, Partly neoclassical, Audience Knowledge |
What was the significance of The Siege of Rhodes? | Procineum arch, wing and shutter setting, stage araingment like the itallians |
What were the features of the typical Restoration stage? | Flat wings and shutters, Perspective painting, Contempary costumes, Natural light and footlight. |
What were the characteristics of Restoration acting companies? | Contract system, Benifit system, Not exactly actors studio, christopher rich, battle of the companies. |
What was the relationship between government and the theater during this period? | limited number of theatres, the government didn't seem to have any problems with it |
What factors contributed to the decline of Restoration theater? | End of absolutism, Rise of middle class, and sentimental comedy, Attack of the puritains. |