Restoration drama

It describes the features restoration drama, types of drama and contributors of this period with their famous works.

1. DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH Mr. M. Kathiravan M.A., M.Phil., B.Ed. Assistant Professor of English Saiva Bhanu Kshatriya College Aruppukottai Virudhunagar – 626 101 Tamilnadu

2. The Restoration Drama 1660-1689 History Puritan rule came to an end Charles II was resorted to the throne of England Theatres were reopened Identified by sensuality and represent the character of the Upper Class society The influence of Italy passed away and his French influence became very strong

3. Restoration Playwrights William Congreve William Wycherley George Etherege John Vanbrugh Nathaniel Lee John Dryden Aphra Behn George Farquhar Thomas Otway

4. Types of Restoration Drama There are two types of drama in the restoration period Comedy of Manners Heroic Tragedy

5. Comedy of Manners (Origin and Development) Ben Jonson introduced the comedy of manners It represents the life and manners of the Upper Class people of the 17 th century Native drama influenced by the French Drama Comedy of Manners presents the habits, manners, conventions, and follies of a particular section of society Its plot it made up of love-intrigues, clandestine love affairs, character-assassination, drinking and gambling.

6. George Etherage 1636 -1 691 His work Comical Revenge She Would If She Could The Man of Mode

7. William Wycherley 1641-1716 His Works Love in a Wood The Gentle Dancing M a ster The Country Wife The Palin Dealer

8. William Congreve 1670-1729 His Works The Old Bachelor The Double Dealer T h e Way of the World

9. George Farquhar 1677-1707 His Works Love and a Bottle The Constant Couple The Inconstant, or the Way to Win Him

10. John Vanbrugh 1664-1726 His Works The Relapse The Provoked Wife Aesop The False Friend The Confederacy The Mistake

11. Heroic Tragedy (1660-1700) Distinguished by both its verse structure and its subject matter It was drama in the epic mode – grand, rhetorical and declamatory at its best and often bombastic at its worst Theme: Love and Honour It was considerably influenced by French classical drama A noble hero and an equally noble heroine are typically placed in a situation

12. John Dryden 1668-1688 His Works Trolius and Cressida Don Sebastian Love Triumphant Cleomenes

13. Nathaniel Lee 1653-1692 His Works The Tragedy of Nero, Emperour of Rome Oedipus: A Tragedy The Princess of Cleve

14. Thomas Otway 1652-1685 His Works The Orphan The Unhappy Marriage The History and Fall of Caius Marius

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