West End of London [ Cities / Institutions ]
… Image Robert Wilkinson, ‘Proscenium of the English Opera House in the Strand, Late Lyceum. as it appeared on the Evening of the 21st March 1817, with Walker's Exhibition of the … and brothels of Covent Garden. The West End created centres of male association, particularly the gentleman's club, the coffee house and the casino whilst locations such as the King's Theatre on the Haymarket were places where female … for elite sociability co-existed with a vigorous popular culture, located in pubs, sites of curiosity, print shops, coffeehouses and brothels. The patent theatres in Drury Lane and Covent Garden were patrician but also plebeian spaces. …
Aristocracy | Consumption | Clubs | Elite | Gambling | Gender | Opera
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