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… Cambridge Companion to English Restoration Theatre (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000), p. 9. As audience capacity grew from approximately 700 in the first Theatre Royal to around 2000 spectators in the second, 3,600 in the third, … repertoire. George Lillo’s domestic tragedy, The London Merchant , was performed on apprentices’ holidays to encourage City apprentices to be dutiful and loyal to their masters, thereby reinforcing social hierarchies. December brought forth … sphere was saturated with print notices of Drury Lane’s offerings: billstickers posted bills of the play around the city, and notices of forthcoming performances appeared daily in newspapers such as the Public Advertiser . Newspapers …
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