Playbills [ Print culture / Sports & Leisure ]
… was to provide information about who, and what, was on the stage. Nevertheless, it retained a sociable function past the performance event, as an object of fascination for collectors and their associates. Objects > Print culture Places > … throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. 1 They were generally a single sheet listing a coming night’s performances for a theatre or group, produced on the day of the performance, and then distributed to potential audiences, with some also available for sale during the production. They …
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