In 1660 (on his birthday), Charles II was restored as monarch to an England that had been without a king, and without drama (the theaters had been shut down) for over a decade.  We will examine plays by Dryden, Congreve, Wycherley and other playwrights, who, while taking from the drama of the past, re-invented a drama for a new era--an era hungry for theater of wit and immorality and super-heroes.