Restoration of English theatre

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Restoration_of_English_theatre
GPTKB entity
Statements (36)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_period
gptkbp:beganIn 1660
gptkbp:characterizedBy comedy of manners
witty dialogue
sexual explicitness
heroic drama
gptkbp:country gptkb:England
gptkbp:endDate circa 1710
gptkbp:followedBy 18th-century English theatre
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Restoration of English theatre
gptkbp:influencedBy French theatre
gptkbp:notableActor gptkb:Anne_Bracegirdle
gptkb:Nell_Gwyn
gptkb:Elizabeth_Barry
gptkbp:notableCompany gptkb:Duke's_Company
gptkb:King's_Company
gptkbp:notableContributor gptkb:Aphra_Behn
gptkb:Thomas_Otway
gptkb:William_Congreve
gptkb:John_Dryden
gptkb:George_Etherege
gptkb:William_Wycherley
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Theatre_Royal,_Drury_Lane
gptkb:Dorset_Garden_Theatre
reopening of theatres
development of Restoration comedy
introduction of actresses
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:The_Country_Wife
gptkb:She_Would_If_She_Could
gptkb:The_Rover
gptkb:Love_for_Love
gptkb:The_Way_of_the_World
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:English_Interregnum
gptkbp:reopened gptkb:Charles_II
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:William_Davenant
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5