Review: Victory: Choices in Reaction
The play, written in 1983, takes place during the English Restoration, when Charles II returned from exile to overthrow Oliver Cromwell's Republic, which Cromwell founded through the de-crowning and be-heading of Charles's father. The complicated politics of the period--the Commonwealth was a Puritan nightmare of repression (they shut down the theatres!) but also an imperfect attempt at liberalism that sought to free…