Simon Mattacks
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2,981 appearances
17 recordings
3 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard 4d ago
Simon Mattacks’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Nicknamed the Merry Monarch.
He'd brought joy back to a country where it was sorely needed.
His reign saw the return of leisure activities and entertainment.
From traditional maypole dancing
To horse racing and county fairs.
Everything from Christmas celebrations to
To gambling in the alehouse.
Furthermore.
Charles had overseen the rebuilding of London.
And a cultural blossoming.
Perhaps.
His greatest success.
Theatres, which had been closed for eighteen years.
Reopened.
A new genre emerged.
Bawdy satires known as
Restoration comedies.
Actors included women for the first time in English history.
The king, granting licenses,
that allowed them on stage.
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