Assembly rooms [ Sports & Leisure / Associational culture / Dance, Music & Songs ]
… 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 century to designate … as ‘a stated and general meeting of the polite persons of both sexes; for the sake of conversation, gallantry, news, and play’. 5 The assembly rooms were spaces for balls, concerts, card parties, and other entertainments in which any …
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