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Drury Lane [ Sports & Leisure / Cities ]

… then considers modes of sociability within the theatre, from normative theatre-going practices to disruptions such as riots. The name ‘Drury Lane’ also became an important cultural marker of an aspirational, genteel, and performative … Places > Sports & Leisure Places > Cities Keywords performance affect media celebrity acting public Coffeehouse play riot Spaces The name Theatre Royal, Drury Lane refers to a succession of four buildings in the area bordered by Drury … and cabals to damn an author, play, actor, or theatre, creating disruptions that could escalate into destructive rioting. In the spring of 1712, Ambrose Philips felt the best actress for the lead in his tragedy,  The Distrest Mother , …

Politics [ Politics & Society / Feelings & Emotions ]

… reflected a serious breach of the unspoken contract of sociability between candidates and crowd. An example of the riot which took place at the hustings on the afternoon of the second day of the poll for the Bedford election of 1830 is … however, to show respect to their audience throughout (and to take their hats off when they addressed the crowd). The riot in Bedford was precipitated by a speech at the end of the second day’s polling by one of the candidates, William … of themselves and the speaker, who had called forth such a dangerous display of the public wrath […]. (44) A full riot was prevented only when Polhill forced his way to the front of the hustings, and succeeded in talking the crowd …

Charles Macklin [ Art and Literature ]

…   Macklin and Garrick Macklin’s friendship with Garrick turned to bitter enmity. In 1773, Garrick and Macklin led a riot of Drury Lane’s actors against the manager Charles Fleetwood, who had not been able to pay them their due. This … by Fleetwood except Macklin who blamed Garrick for his exclusion. Macklin returned to Drury Lane thirteen days after the riot. But this event worsened Macklin’s public image in social circles and in newspaper reports. His public image was … addressing the audience directly on the stage before the performance of the play, with newspapers in his hand. It led to rioting in the building and Macklin was fired from the theatre. Macklin filed a lawsuit against the rioters and won his …

London theatres (and their audiences) [ Sports & Leisure ]

… for a farm worker.  Peter Holland arrives at similar conclusions. In 1809, the increase in ticket prices and the ensuing riots and protests, christened the ‘Old price Riots,’ strongly suggest a public sufficiently invested in the theatre that it warranted an organised revolt, and for …

Beau Nash [ Fashion ]

… Oliver Goldsmith, the author of his first biography, published shortly after his death in 1761, draws the portrait of a riotous young man and a womanizer who, after a few years at Jesus College, Oxford, and an unsuccessful attempt at …

Covent Garden [ Institutions ]

… raised and during the intermissions. Although behaviour within the playhouses may have embraced a degree of politeness, riots surrounding the theatres remained relatively frequent, sometimes sparked by price increases. 11  After the Covent Garden theatre burnt down and was rebuilt in 1808-9, the Old Price riots were a sustained campaign to restore previous prices as well as the mix of seating, specifically demanding a reduction in the number of boxes. The riots took on a political association with the involvement of the Westminster Radicals, who had a long association with …