Drury Lane [ Sports & Leisure / Cities ]
… earlier eras’ conception of actors as servants, though actors now sought public and commercial rather than aristocratic patronage, and audiences invoked economic and nationalist sentiments to defend their actions. Whereas in 1706, Jeremy … structures and name-placement in playbills, reveal actors’ and writers’ professional hierarchies and the theatre’s patronage networks. Some plays in Drury Lane’s repertoire openly performed social and political work. Performances of …
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