Drury Lane [ Sports & Leisure / Cities ]
… p. 6. Diaries and journals yield insights into the ways that individuals navigated Drury Lane Theatre’s social milieu. Samuel Pepys , a frequent visitor to the first Theatre Royal, recorded a visit on 8 December 1666 that illustrates a nexus of … with the House, more than ever I expected, the women doing better than ever I expected, and very fine women. 10 For Pepys, playhouse pleasures included the novelty of seeing actresses playing women’s roles (he also admired the skill of …
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