West End of London [ Cities / Institutions ]
… male association, particularly the gentleman's club, the coffee house and the casino whilst locations such as the King's Theatre on the Haymarket were places where female aristocrats could regulate entry to high society. Places > Cities … a vigorous popular culture, located in pubs, sites of curiosity, print shops, coffee houses and brothels. The patent theatres in Drury Lane and Covent Garden were patrician but also plebeian spaces. The early modern West End became a … was integral to elite sociability. Aristocrats felt obliged to purchase annual subscriptions for a box at the King's Theatre on the Haymarket (also known during the period as the Queen's Theatre, depending on who was on the throne). Its …
Aristocracy | Consumption | Clubs | Elite | Gambling | Gender | Opera
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