London theatres (and their audiences) [ Sports & Leisure ]
… here did commend it to us’ 1 Indeed, the London theatre was not merely a place where one enjoyed aesthetic pleasures and artistic representation; during the long eighteenth century in particular, it was, perhaps above all else, a highly valued space of sociability. The specific qualities of theatre … At the first Play presented at the Cock-pit in Whitehall,’ 19 November 1660) There were other changes to mark the departure from Elizabethan tradition: the two playhouses were shifted westward towards Westminster, and ticket prices rose …
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