London theatres (and their audiences) [ Sports & Leisure ]
… and gender dynamics converged, making it a prime space of sociability. Places > Sports & Leisure Mots-clés Audience Court Theatre Women Samuel Pepys, celebrated diarist and Chief Secretary to the Admiralty, is one of our main sources on … the Duke’s Theatre, they made their way to a show given by the rival company: ‘The play being done, we took coach and to Court, and there got good places, and saw “The Wilde Gallant,” performed by the King’s house, but it was ill acted, and … and William Davenant, respectively. Charles II would regularly frequent the theatre in company with family, the royal court, or foreign ambassadors. 2 . Though in truth, the ban was never completely effective, as Susan Wiseman and Janet …
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