London theatres (and their audiences) [ Sports & Leisure ]
… The analysis of theatrical prologues and epilogues, and of the sociological make-up of audiences and performance spaces, paints a picture of London theatre during the long eighteenth century as a complex ecosystem of sociabilities in which socio-economics and gender dynamics converged, making it a prime space of sociability. Places > Sports & Leisure Keywords Audience Court Theatre Women Samuel Pepys , celebrated diarist … representation; during the long eighteenth century in particular, it was, perhaps above all else, a highly valued space of sociability. The specific qualities of theatre sociability can be defined through studying the spatial design …
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