West End of London [ Cities / Institutions ]
… and brothels of Covent Garden. The West End created centres of male association, particularly the gentleman's club, the coffee house and the casino whilst locations such as the King's Theatre on the Haymarket were places where female … for elite sociability co-existed with a vigorous popular culture, located in pubs, sites of curiosity, print shops, coffee houses and brothels. The patent theatres in Drury Lane and Covent Garden were patrician but also plebeian spaces. … and low was based around the tavern, generating a sociability based around song and obscenity. Wealthier men also met in coffee houses. The best known included the Grecian off the Strand and Will's off Covent Garden. 6 The Grecian became a …
Aristocracy | Consumption | Clubs | Elite | Gambling | Gender | Opera
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