… were my foes; “And strew'd our names, with long-continu'd rage, “Upon the Mornin 's foul and tainted page. “Devon in laughter will my fate bewail, “And antic Derby triumph in the tale. “Now let her triumph—but the time may come, …
… boxes and names of that year’s occupants. 9 . For more on women’s reactions in the theatre, see A. Rousseau, ‘Offstage Laughter: Restoration Comedies and the Female Audience’, Revue de la Société d’Etudes Anglo-Américaines des XVIIe et …
… sunder, Anger and Hatred ensures all the Secrets on either side [...] are let fly abroad to become the Entertainment and Laughter of the World’. 12 Eighteenth-century conceptions of sociability, which regarded female relationships as …