The Seventeenth Century: Major Concepts and Genres

Provider: Marguerite Connor / ±dĽ}´@

Restoration Drama

Designer: May Su 

Images (top to bottom):  
1. An ad for The beggar's Opera, by John Gay  
2. The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in 1776 
3. Richard Sheridan 
4. The actress Athene Seyler, as Mrs. Malaprop in The Rivals  by Richard Sherida 

 

(external) Seminar on Restroation Drama (Spring, 1997) Introduction to Literature, Spring 1999 (Ray);Introduction to Literature: Society and Identity (Kate) Relevant Links Author Introduction to Restoration Drama Social Background