17th and 18th centuries English drama

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aphra behn first professional english woman playwright.


during interregnum 1649—1660, english theatres kept closed puritans religious , ideological reasons. when london theatres opened again restoration of monarchy in 1660, flourished under personal interest , support of charles ii. wide , socially mixed audiences attracted topical writing , introduction of first professional actresses (in shakespeare s time, female roles had been played boys). new genres of restoration heroic drama, pathetic drama, , restoration comedy. notable heroic tragedies of period include john dryden s love (1677) , aureng-zebe (1675), , thomas otway s venice preserved (1682). restoration plays have best retained interest of producers , audiences today comedies, such george etherege s man of mode (1676), william wycherley s country wife (1676), john vanbrugh s relapse (1696), , william congreve s way of world (1700). period saw first professional woman playwright, aphra behn, author of many comedies including rover (1677). restoration comedy famous or notorious sexual explicitness, quality encouraged charles ii (1660–1685) , rakish aristocratic ethos of court.


in 18th century, highbrow , provocative restoration comedy lost favour, replaced sentimental comedy, domestic tragedy such george lillo s london merchant (1731), , overwhelming interest in italian opera. popular entertainment became more dominant in period ever before. fair-booth burlesque , musical entertainment, ancestors of english music hall, flourished @ expense of legitimate english drama. 19th century, few english dramas being written, except closet drama, plays intended presented privately rather on stage.







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