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 … 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, … in line-drawings, see Richard Leacroft, The Development of the English Playhouse (London: Eyre Methuen, 1973). For space’s impact on staging, see Edward A. Langhans, ‘The Post-1660 Theatres as Performance Spaces’, in Susan J. Owen …
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