LITERATURE QUESTIONS
RESTORATION EIGHTEENTH CENTURY DRAMA
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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the theatre owners lost too much money due to the cost of elaborate sets and costumes.
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the public found other entertainment.
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there had been a lengthy strike from the costumer’s guild.
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plays were thought to encourage immorality.
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Both A and C
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Detailed explanation-1: -A law was passed in 1642 that suspended performances for five years. After the law expired, Oliver Cromwell’s government passed another law declaring that all actors were to be considered rogues. Many theatres were even dismantled during these eighteen years of stasis.
Detailed explanation-2: -During the Restoration, semi-operas were rising. The design and architecture of the actual stage, as well as advances in stage machinery, gave way to a flourishing theatrical era in the 1660s. These advances allowed for more elaborate scene and set design, making even transformation scenes possible.
Detailed explanation-3: -Perhaps the most seminal change brought about by the Restoration theatre was the introduction of female actors: women now played women’s parts, and this was routinely exploited for sexual titillation.
Detailed explanation-4: -When Charles brought the theatre back, it showed the public that the new government was going to allow people more freedom than they were given under the Commonwealth. The general public attended in larger numbers than ever, which shows how popular the theatre was, and Charles became known as the ‘Merry Monarch’.