Drama of the Restoration and Eighteenth

British drama from the re-opening of the theatres in 1660 to 1800, covering genres such as the heroic drama and comedy of intrigue of the Restoration, the sentimental comedy and tradesmen’s tragedy of mid-century, and the comedy of situation and wit of the late Georgian period. Writers may include Dryden, Wycherley, Behn, Congreve, Steele, Lillo, Gay, Goldsmith, and Sheridan.