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 … most obviously fuelled by the eponymous theatre and the nearby Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, but was also served by various coffee shops, taverns, bagnios and brothels, as well as the space of the Piazza, which was a site of political meetings …
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