Articles related to "English Restoration"

Aphra Behn is considered the first professional Western woman writer and the first woman to have earned a living by pen and paper.

Aphra Behn's stories map out a bleak world for women. It is rescued from despair by the courage of her female protagonists, who negoiate through a world controlled by men

Brief biography of English playwright and poet William Congreve, best known for The Old Bachelor and The Way of the World.

Biography of Henry Purcell, considered greatest English composer before Elgar, known for Sonata no. 9 in F, The Golden Sonata.

Impressarios in the Restoration were keen for spectacle and splendour, and Shakespeare seemed ideal material, with a few little tweaks here and there...