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Report by: Mary Grace I. Valila
Restoration England is Marked By• English imitation
of the French• The Great Plague
of 1665 AND the Great Fire of 1666
• A turn to the scientific/rational (Age of Reason)
• John Locke, Isaac Newton, William Harvey
• Deism – “The Watchmaker Theory”
When the monarchy was restores and Charles II returned in 1666 from his exile in France, he established a court in London.
The King licensed two theaters which were supported by the nobles and people
of fashion. (Duke’s company & King’s company)The diary of Samuel Pepys details about
the performance was revealed.
• The French classical drama, called the heroic play, came to be written.
• The most prominent writer of this type was John Dryden. His heroic plays were filled with melodramatic situations.
• Struggle between love and honor and the speeches were very artificial.
• Aim to please sophisticated London society.
• Immoral and cynical in tone.• William Congreve – wrote the finest
of all the characterizations in restoration comedy with Mirabell and Millamant.
• Revived in New York and London.
• The audiences had tired of comedies of intrigue and loose morals.
• Jeremy Collier – published his short view of the immorality and profaneness of the English Stage, criticizing contemporary comedy, which invariably rewarded vice and ridiculed virtue.