… forme dramatique oubliée (Paris: Champion, 2015), p. 519. What mattered most was the idea of community: the sharing of tears and laughter where, for the length of a performance, all social differences were abolished. The duchess du Maine, …
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… Abroad, 3 vols. (London, 1722), vol II, p. 41. Assembly rooms typically had a few central rooms, including a ballroom, tearoom, and rooms for playing cards. Early definitions of ‘assemblies’ were very basic, expanding over the course of the …
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