West End of London [ Cities / Institutions ]
… (designed originally as a space for the elite) also produced a bustling plebeian culture based upon low life pleasures. Samuel Pepys saw his first Punch and Judy show there in 1662 (Gatrell 46). The vulgarity of Covent Garden and its neighbourhood … Manners and Civilization in Early Modern England (London: Yale University Press, 2018). In the DIGIT.EN.S Anthology Pepys Diary (1662/1663) … The West End of London generated new forms of networking and sociability. This entry argues …
Aristocracy | Consumption | Clubs | Elite | Gambling | Gender | Opera
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