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An overview of events following the death of Oliver Cromwell and the return of Charles II and his court from the Continent. Although John Milton continued to write urging the preservation of the Commonwealth, public opinion, as seen in the diaries of John Evelyn and Samuel Pepys, led the army to invite the return of the royal family. The literary response to Cromwell’s death which depicted him as a heroic general and leader of the Commonwealth soon changed to celebration of the royal family and the hypocrisy of Puritan rule. The theatres were reopened and two companies were granted patents; influenced by French theatres, companies now included professional women actors. The demand for new plays offered opportunities for writers. Fiction dealt with contemporary issues, using romance conventions to satirize.
Title: 1659–1660
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An overview of events following the death of Oliver Cromwell and the return of Charles II and his court from the Continent.
Although John Milton continued to write urging the preservation of the Commonwealth, public opinion, as seen in the diaries of John Evelyn and Samuel Pepys, led the army to invite the return of the royal family.
The literary response to Cromwell’s death which depicted him as a heroic general and leader of the Commonwealth soon changed to celebration of the royal family and the hypocrisy of Puritan rule.
The theatres were reopened and two companies were granted patents; influenced by French theatres, companies now included professional women actors.
The demand for new plays offered opportunities for writers.
Fiction dealt with contemporary issues, using romance conventions to satirize.
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