Philip Valle TH 210 Final Exam with Questions and Answers

Philip Valle TH 210 Final Exam with Questions and Answers Restoration Comedy ANSWER witty language, bawdy sexual behavior, aristocratic society portrayed in play, beginning of farce, double entendres Aphra Behn ANSWER first professional playwright Ned Kynaston ANSWER the most famous male playing a female role Restoration Theatres ANSWER opening of theatres after the Great Bubonic Plague Margaret Hughes ANSWER first female actor to appear on stage in Othello Othello ANSWER choking scene thought that Margaret Hughes actually died William Wycherley ANSWER "The Country Wife" The most obscene play in the English language Best Seat ANSWER 18 penny theatre, only a few thousand could afford, best seat was a raised platform