His work focuses on cultural production in seventeenth-century England, encompassing visual and material culture, literature, and musical and theatrical performance. He is the author of two books, Masque and Opera in Restoration England and English Dramatick Opera, 1661-1706: “Most Grateful Deceptions of the Sight”, both forthcoming from Ashgate. He is currently beginning work on a new project tentatively titled “Instruments of Absolutism: Restoration Court Culture and the Epideictic Mode.”