The period between the execution of Charles I in 1649 and the arrival of his son Charles II in 1660 which marked the start of the Restoration. During the Interregnum, England was under various forms of republican government. (Commonwealth of England, Oliver Cromwell) 

Theater was banned during this period.

The Rover 

1640-1689 English dramatist, fiction writer, and poet who was the first Englishwoman known to earn her living by writing. Her wit and talent having brought her into high esteem, she was employed by King Charles II in secret service in the Netherlands in 1666. 

A newspaper in London, Significant b/c its representative of the new culture of theater at the time. It also marked the beginning of theater criticism/review.

Built in 1671. The Interregnum was over so all the rich people (Charles II and his bro James II) were like woo! theater! Let's (actually just the leading actor of the Duke's Company, Thomas Betterton) go to France and see what they've been up to. Oh wow they made theaters on tennis courts! Let's do that too! Dorset Garden produced a number of increasingly elaborate spectacles, including operatic adaptations of Macbeth (1673) and The Tempest (1674), and Thomas Shadwell’s Psyche (1675). Ft. such awesome things as: changeable perspective scenery; theatrical machinery for moving scenery and flying actors and objects, instrumental and vocal music, dancing, and large casts.