in 1642 public stage performances were banned during the puritan ragime. in 1660 they reopened and this signalled a renaissance of english theatre. Restoration was the most common of the dramas and the performances were mostly comedic. Restoration dramas were notorious for their sexual references and this quality was encouraged personally by charles the 2nd.
The audiences included both aristocrats, their servants and hangers-on, and a substantial middle-class segment. These playgoers were attracted to the comedies by up-to-the-minute topical writing, by crowded and bustling plots.
This period saw the first proffesional female playwrite and her name was Aphra Behn.
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