His treatise helped spur the development of Sentimental Comedy.
Who is Jeremy Collier?
100
A Trick to Catch the Old One is an example of this dramatic type.
What is City Comedy?
100
He eventually came to be associated the most debauched of his heroes.
Who is William Wycherley?
100
Arguably a better lover than a husband.
Who is Antony?
100
The Reformation came to England as a result of this event.
What was the Act of Supremacy (1534)?
200
In Elizabethan times, these were located outside London city limits because of a host of concerns by city authorities.
What were public playhouses or theaters?
200
The fop, the coquette, and the rake.
What are character types in Restoration Comedy of Manners?
200
He became an advocate for "laughing" comedy.
Who is Goldsmith?
200
Not exactly suited for a nunnery.
Who is Hellena?
200
This movement celebrated emotion and feeling.
What is the Culture of Sensibility?
300
These actors worked with no scenery and few props.
What were Elizabethan/Jacobean actors?
300
The characters in these plays are often motivated by innate goodness or virtue.
What is Sentimental Comedy?
300
The best preserved of the Medieval Mystery Plays.
What is the York Cycle?
300
"The foulest death of all / Shall he die for his deeds."
Who is Christ?
300
1660
What is the Restoration?
400
Theater goers during this era attended the theater to be seen and see who else was in attendance. If they watched the play, they would have seen women actors for the first time in English theater history.
What was the Restoration?
400
Stationary and processional.
What are Mystery Plays?
400
A rumor mill.
What is The School for Scandal?
400
Obedient (perhaps) to a fault.
Who is Bevil Jr.?
400
A contempt for conventional morality and religion.
What is libertinism?
500
Had you lived in Jacobean times, you could have paid a penny to see A Trick to Catch the Old One here.
What is the Yard?
500
These plays often dramatize the conflict between love and duty.
What is Heroic Drama?
500
She made a living as a writer, though at the expense of her reputation.
Who is Aphra Behn?
500
Willing to depart with all but one of his ancestors.