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… Edward A. Langhans, ‘The Post-1660 Theatres as Performance Spaces’, in Susan J. Owen (ed.), A Companion to Restoration Drama (Oxford: Blackwell, 2001), pp. 3-18. The last theatre on the site, designed by Benjamin Wyatt, opened in 1812; most … gallery hosted servants, soldiers, and sailors, who rained down loud opinions on those below; while connoisseurs of drama, playwrights, and critics could be found upon the pit’s benches near the stage, the better to observe stage-action. … Shew, Ay, and Pit, Box, and Gallery, I Gad, with any Play in Europe ,’ the playwright character Bayes boasts of his new drama. 9 Lighting within the playhouse meant that audience members were as visible to one another as the performers on …
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