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–noun
Restoration tragedy, esp. that popular in England c1660–1700, using highly rhetorical language and written in heroic couplets.
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heroic drama  
n.  Restoration tragedy or tragicomedy composed in heroic couplets and generally characterized by exotic settings, bombastic rhetoric, and exaggerated characterization.
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heroic drama

a type of play prevalent in Restoration England during the 1660s and 1670s.

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