"Setting" Restoration Theatre

Fresh back from Spring Break, my classmates and I started off our first day with a video on setting the stage for Restoration Theatre. The context of the video focused mainly on the staging aspect of this particular theatre. Without somewhat of a understanding of Restoration Theatre as it emerged from an 18-year ban enforced by the Puritan regime. This rebirth of English drama manifested itself in the form of Restoration comedy as well drama. We had also previously seen another video discussing essentially the same subject as a dramaturg led us through the process of recreating an authentic Restoration set from writings and paintings of the time. Today's video chronologically laid out the development of Restoration stages as they evolved from amphitheater seating to bell-shaped seating, until the horseshoe-shaped seating came into being. What was most emphasized about Restoration Theatre was that it was the first of its kind to be built in perspective, meaning that the backdrops and sets gave a sense of an actual background with some depth. The perspective painting of the scenery greatly added to the sense of depth. Though informative, the topic was quite seemed overdone as we had already dealt with it in great deal in another video.