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gptkbp:instanceOf
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theatrical movement
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gptkbp:allowedWomenActors
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true
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gptkbp:beganIn
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1660
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gptkbp:characteristic
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witty dialogue
elaborate costumes
proscenium arch stage
moveable scenery
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gptkbp:countryOfOrigin
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gptkb:England
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gptkbp:endDate
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circa 1710
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gptkbp:followedBy
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18th-century English theatre
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gptkbp:genre
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Restoration comedy
Restoration heroic drama
Restoration tragedy
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gptkbp:historicalName
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gptkb:Restoration_of_Charles_II
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Restoration theatre
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gptkbp:influenced
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modern comedy of manners
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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French theatre
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gptkbp:language
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English
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gptkbp:notableActor
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gptkb:Thomas_Betterton
gptkb:Nell_Gwyn
gptkb:Elizabeth_Barry
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gptkbp:notableContributor
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gptkb:Aphra_Behn
gptkb:William_Congreve
gptkb:The_Country_Wife
gptkb:John_Dryden
gptkb:The_Rover
gptkb:George_Etherege
gptkb:William_Wycherley
gptkb:Love_for_Love
gptkb:The_Way_of_the_World
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gptkbp:notableFeature
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stock characters
satire of upper class
audience interaction
epilogue and prologue speeches
limited number of licensed companies
music and dance interludes
patent theatres
public theatres
sexual innuendo
use of actresses
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gptkbp:notableFor
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gptkb:Lincoln's_Inn_Fields_Theatre
gptkb:Theatre_Royal,_Drury_Lane
gptkb:Dorset_Garden_Theatre
sexual explicitness
comedies of manners
female actors on stage
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gptkbp:precededBy
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Elizabethan theatre
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Baroque_theatre
gptkb:Renaissance_theatre
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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