London theatres (and their audiences) [ Sports & Leisure ]
… 1788. Abstract 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 … diary entry for February 23, 1662/1663, is but one example among others. Directly after Pepys and his wife attended a performance of Stapylton’s The Slighted Maid at the Duke’s Theatre, they made their way to a show given by the rival … qualities of theatre sociability can be defined through studying the spatial design and geographical distribution of performance venues, as well as the sociology of the audiences that frequented those spaces. 1 . …
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