Playbills [ Print culture / Sports & Leisure ]
… Résumé More than just simple adverts for the theatres, the ‘playbill’ or ‘bill of the play’ had a significant role in sociability throughout the eighteenth century. On the London stage, in provincial theatres, and even in private … and the physical presence of playbills in these locales stand as representative of the theatre’s significant role in sociability. 9 . Charlotte Charke, A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Charlotte Charke (London, 1755), pp. 56-57. Handbills … both an aide for, and distraction from, sociable looking, the playbill becomes implicated in both positive and negative sociability within the eighteenth-century playhouse. 10 . Leigh Hunt, ‘The Play-Bills’, The Tatler, (n° 12, 17 September …
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