Covent Garden [ Institutions ]
… by its remaking as a pleasure district, including many sites of sociability, such as theatres, taverns, brothels and coffeehouses. These were populated by a cross-section of London life, including actors, traders, writers and prostitutes. … rowdy hustings for the Westminster elections occurred, inspiring many satirical artists. Places > Institutions Mots-clés Coffeehouses Commerce Market Prostitution Theatre Covent Garden is a square in the centre of London, still famous for its … Charles Macklin even establishing his own Piazza Coffee House in 1754. Famed literary regulars in the Covent Garden coffeehouses ranged from Joseph Addison to Samuel Johnson. The midnight revels in Tom’s Coffee House were depicted in a …
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