London theatres (and their audiences) [ Sports & Leisure ]
… of our main sources on the theatre as a central element of London social life. Though he misidentified the titles of the plays he went to see with astonishing regularity, he mentioned every noteworthy personality he encountered there with … of Stapylton’s The Slighted Maid at the Duke’s Theatre, they made their way to a show given by the rival company: ‘The play being done, we took coach and to Court, and there got good places, and saw “The Wilde Gallant,” performed by the King’s house, but it was ill acted, and the play so poor a thing as I never saw in my life almost, and so little answering the name, that from beginning to end, I …
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