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=== Elizabethan and Jacobean ===
[[Fulke Greville]], [[Samuel Daniel]], [[Elizabeth Cary,
Between 1642 and 1660, the English government banned public performance. During this time, playreading became a "substitute" for playgoing. Thus, playwrights were moved to take on "propagandist aims" against parliament and topics beyond the theatre in their writing, meaning reading such work could be considered a revolutionary act. However, playwrights could write in relative security, protected by the anonymous means of print. [[Thomas Killigrew]] is an example of a stage playwright who turned to closet drama when his plays could no longer be produced during this period; he was in exile from England during the [[English Civil War]].<ref name=":2">Kennedy, Dennis. ''Theatre & Performance''. Oxford University Press, 2003 p.282</ref>
Following the [[Restoration (England)|Restoration]] in 1660, some authors, such as [[Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne]], continued to favour closet drama, proving that the form "served a cultural function distinct from that of commercial drama."<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Straznicky |first=Marta |date=1995 |title=Reading the Stage: Margaret Cavendish and Commonwealth Closet Drama |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23116606 |journal=Criticism |volume=37 |issue=3 |pages=355–390 |issn=0011-1589}}</ref> [[John Milton]]'s play ''[[Samson Agonistes]]'', written in 1671, is an example of [[early modern]] drama never intended for the stage.<ref name=":1" />
=== Nineteenth century ===
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