LITERATURE QUESTIONS
RESTORATION EIGHTEENTH CENTURY DRAMA
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Audiences attended more plays knowing that the works had been properly vetted.
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Audiences distrusted the plays that the censors approved.
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Innovation was stymied and older theatrical forms were revived.
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Actors turned to publishing as a means to supplement their revenue.
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There was a marked increase in the number of Italian operas staged.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Licensing Act of 1737 had what effect on the theatre? Audiences attended more plays knowing that the works had been properly vetted. Audiences distrusted the plays that the censors approved. Innovation was stymied and older theatrical forms were revived.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Licensing Act of 1737 ended the theatrical career of Henry Fielding, whose comedies had come under constant fire from the authorities for their satire on the government. Fielding’s comic talents were perforce directed to the novel, the form in which he parodied the sentiment and…
Detailed explanation-3: -2. How did the Licensing Act of 1737 contribute to the rise of the novel in the 18th century? It censored what could be said in theaters, so many playwrights became more interested in writing novels.
Detailed explanation-4: -It was not utterly new to England, however; the restrictions of the Licensing Act of 1737 had been habitually evaded by combining drama with music, singing, and dancing. Another prominent dramatist whose melodrama influenced other countries was the German August von Kotzebue.