Drury Lane [ Sports & Leisure / Cities ]
… practices were realized, queried and transformed by actors and audiences. This entry describes the theatre’s physical spaces, then considers modes of sociability within the theatre, from normative theatre-going practices to disruptions … and performative literary sociability outside the institution, in theatrical discourse across various media from newspapers to novels. Drury Lane Theatre was a crucible for the formation of social behaviour and the examination of … performative nature. Places > Sports & Leisure Places > Cities Keywords Audience Coffeehouses Fame Rioting Theatre Spaces The name Theatre Royal, Drury Lane refers to a succession of four buildings in the area bordered by Drury Lane, …
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