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… were legal documents of control held by patentees (usually the theatre’s managers), not by the theatres per se , by association Drury Lane became known as a ‘patent theatre’; thus, it operated under both the commercial protection of a legally limited theatre market and the halo of its prestigious association with the Crown. The public sense of Drury Lane as an official site of culture intensified following the … the pantomimes and other spectacles offered at its rival patent theatre, Covent Garden) 24 resulted in this theatre’s association with high culture of national significance. ‘Theatre Royal, Drury-Lane. This present Tuesday, September 18, …
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