Restoration Theater

Before _______, the royalty supported the theatre

• 1542

• 1442

• 1642

• 1742

Which monarch was beheaded during the Puritan Revolution of 1642?

• Charles I

• James I

• Elizabeth

• Charles II

What was Oliver Cromwell named?

• Emperor

• Lord Protectorate

• King

• Supreme Leader

What is the period of 1642-1660 known as?

• Puritan Revolution

• Interregnum

• Renaissance

• The Age of Reason

What was outlawed during the Interregnum?

• Music

• Theatre

• Dancing

• Music & theatre

What did Charles II bring to theatre?

• Classical Greco-Roman influence

• French & German theatre styles

• Concession stand

• French & Italian theatre styles

This style of theatre was _____ the Puritan ideals.

• a celebration of

• indifferent to

• a protest against

• created from

This style of theatre was characterized by:

• Witty dialogue

• Catching/Cuckholding a lover

• Honor

• All of the above

By the early eighteenth century, French & Italian style theatre became:

• Unpopular

• More popular

• Musicals

• Book adaptations

What began to take over from Faith in Man in the eighteenth century?

• Faith in Reason

• All of the above

• Rationalism

• The Age of Reason