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 … to high society. Places > Cities Places > Institutions Keywords Aristocracy Consumption Clubs Elite Gambling Gender Opera ‘The West End of the Town‘ (as it was usually known in the long eighteenth century) generated new forms of … court life in London was relatively weak which meant that even the monarchy went out in search of entertainment. Opera, in particular, was integral to elite sociability. Aristocrats felt obliged to purchase annual subscriptions for a …
Aristocracy | Consumption | Clubs | Elite | Gambling | Gender | Opera
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