Restoration comedy
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Restoration comedy is English theatrical comedy written and performed in the Restoration period of 1660–1710. Comedy of manners is used as a synonym for this. After public stage performances were bann
Nell Gwynn was one of the first actresses and the mistress of Charles II.
John Vanbrugh, The Provoked Wife: "These are good times. A woman may have a gallant and a separate maintenance too."
The Rover by Aphra Behn is now a repertory favourite.
Stuart Restoration
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The Stuart Restoration was the return in May 1660 of the Stuart monarchy to the kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, ending the Interregnum and the Commonwealth of England that had been establi
Restoration comedy
…Restoration comedy is English theatrical comedy written and performed in the Restoration period of 1660–1710. Comedy of manners is used as a synonym for this. After public stage performances were banned for 18 years by the Puritan regime…
King Charles II in coronation robes by John Michael Wright
The departure of Charles II from Scheveningen (1660)
Thomas Harrison, the first person found guilty of regicide during the Restoration
Equestrian portrait of William III by Jan Wyck, commemorating the start of the Glorious Revolution in 1688