• Theatre History II
  • Restoration Theatre
    • Political Background
      • 1629 -1640: Charles I rules w/o Parliament
      • 1642: Civil War begins
      • 1649: King Charles beheaded
      • 1642 - 1660: The Commonwealth
      • 1660 - 1685: Reign of Charles II
      • 1688: William and Mary take throne
    • Theatrical Background
      • Pre-Commonwealth court theatre
      • Court masques
      • Courtiers perform
      • Scenery
      • 1633 William Prynne's treatise
    • 1642: Theatres are closed
    • Commonwealth Theatre
      • Theatres closed/ disassembled
      • Actors - rogues
      • Drolls
      • Davenant's musicals
      • Italianate Scenery
    • The Siege of Rhodes
    • 1660: Theatres open
    • Restoration of Theatre
      • Theatre as royal property
      • Master of Revels: reduced role
      • Permits to 2 London companies
      • William Davenant: Duke's Company
      • Thomas Killigrew: King's Company
    • Theatre Operation
      • Sharing system: provinces & colonies
      • Contract system: London
      • Entrepreneurs & Actor-Managers
      • Benefits system
      • Rotating rep
      • Prompter
    • Acting
      • Points
      • Lines of business
      • Possession of parts
      • Tradition & innovation
    • Actresses
      • Orange sellers
      • Prostitutes
      • Breeches roles
      • Nell Gwynn (1650-1687)
    • Drama: Serious
      • Heroic tragedy
      • French and Italian models
      • Themes: love & honor
      • Tearful rather than tragic pity
      • Rewritten Shakespeare
    • Restoration Comedy
      • Upper class
      • Witty repartee
      • Characters in broad strokes
      • Comedy of Humours
      • Comedy of Intrigue
    • Comedy of Manners
      • Fashions and foibles of upper class
      • Sexual conquest
      • Satirize social pretension
      • Wise rewarded & foolish duped
      • Charges of immorality
    • Playwrights
      • William Wycherly (1640-1716)
      • The Country Wife
      • William Congreve (1670-1729)
      • The Way of the World
      • Aphra Behn (1640-1689)
      • The Rover
    • Audience Experience
      • Small audiences
      • Aristocratic
      • Interaction w/ theatre workers
      • Boisterous behavior
      • Food, drink & playbills
    • Theatre Architecture
    • Proscenium
    • Stages
      • Apron
      • Doors
      • Rake
      • Grooves
      • Traps
    • Acting Area
      • Blocking
      • Apron
      • Doors
      • Lighting
    • Scenery
      • Borders
      • Perspective
      • Scene changes
      • Stock settings
      • Wings and shutters or backdrops
    • Costumes
      • Contemporary clothing
      • Conventionalized
      • Sumptuous & flattering
      • Common stock
      • Actors' collections
    • Pit, boxes & galleries