Spas [ Health ]
… morning music kiosk to the late outdoor spectacles. In some smaller spas, the theatre became more famous than the spa itself, as was the case for Sadler’s Wells Theatre in Islington. 7 . See K. Glover, ‘Polite Society and the Rural Resort: … and sometimes oversaw the gaming tables to prevent players from being snared at by sharpers. 8 Sometimes they were self-appointed as was the case for Beau Nash who exported his celebrated social skills from Bath to Tunbridge Wells after … and in France (Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2006). Amanda Herbert, ‘Gender and the Spa: Space, Sociability and Self at British Health Spas, 1640–1714’, Journal of Social History (43, no. 2, 2009), pp. 361–83. 10 . Amanda Herbert, …
Assemblies | Fiction | Health | Leisure | Medicine | North America | Spa
Encyclopedia