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- Restoration_comedy abstract "Restoration comedy refers to English comedies written and performed in the Restoration period from 1660 to 1710. Comedy of manners is used as a synonym of Restoration comedy. After public stage performances had been banned for 18 years by the Puritan regime, the re-opening of the theatres in 1660 signalled a renaissance of English drama. Restoration comedy is notorious for its sexual explicitness, a quality encouraged by Charles II (1660–1685) personally and by the rakish aristocratic ethos of his court.[citation needed] The socially diverse audiences included both aristocrats, their servants and hangers-on, and a substantial middle-class segment. These playgoers were attracted to the comedies by up-to-the-minute topical writing, by crowded and bustling plots, by the introduction of the first professional actresses, and by the rise of the first celebrity actors. This period saw the first professional woman playwright, Aphra Behn.".
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- Restoration_comedy subject Category:British_drama.
- Restoration_comedy subject Category:Comedy.
- Restoration_comedy subject Category:English_literature.
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- Restoration_comedy comment "Restoration comedy refers to English comedies written and performed in the Restoration period from 1660 to 1710. Comedy of manners is used as a synonym of Restoration comedy. After public stage performances had been banned for 18 years by the Puritan regime, the re-opening of the theatres in 1660 signalled a renaissance of English drama.".
- Restoration_comedy label "Comedia de la Restauración".
- Restoration_comedy label "Comédie de la Restauration anglaise".
- Restoration_comedy label "Restaurationskomödie".
- Restoration_comedy label "Restoration comedy".
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