TH 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Puritans, Bubonic Plague, Aphra Behn
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In response to protestants, charles dissolves parliament; assumes sole control of. England: what is the puritans" response, a secret plot to kill the king, charles and his royalist troops flee london. What happened to theaters: theaters are closed, any performer or producer could be jailed. Tuesday, february 9, 2016: the interregnum (1649-1660) = the in-between period, oliver cromwell takes control of the crown; very conservative and power- hungry, wife and children of charles flee to france. In paris, they live with king louis xiv. Return of charles ii: the royal court, stresses culture, discovery, trade, cromwell"s body is exhumed, hanged, drawn and quartered, the head sat on a 20 foot spike above westminster hall for 20 years. Presentation/representation: where does the king sit, othello is an african, beginning with shakespeare, this part (for 400 years) is played by a white actor in blackface, margaret hughes. !2: first female to appear on stage (1662) desdemona in othello.
