Restoration Theatre

Smock Alley Theatre was the first playhouse built in Dublin (1662) after the Restoration.

Aug 25, 2009 - Kathleen Airdrie

Theatrical endeavours were soon reactivated in England and Ireland, but not in Scotland following the restoration of Charles II in1660.

Aug 23, 2009 - Kathleen Airdrie

The return of England's Charles II from exile in Europe, and his Coronation in 1661, meant that theatrical performances could resume.

Aug 20, 2009 - Kathleen Airdrie

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

Jan 8, 2009 - Carissa A. Boak