… narratives about performances could include tidbits about whom was in attendance of the performance; their behavior, dress, and companions were a source of prestige and ruination. 1 . The Académie d’Opéra went through several iterations …
… and there, going in, met with Knepp, and she took us up into the tireing-rooms: and to the women’s shift, where Nell was dressing herself, and was all unready, and is very pretty, prettier than I thought. (…) and she gave us fruit and here I …