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The Theater in the Victorian Age
11-30-2014, 09:06 AM
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RE: The Theater in the Victorian Age
Quote:- Speaking of brothels, if I remember correctly, Tom wrote that what Ford called "family circle" formerly had served similar purposes.

Very good, Eva! At the Globe in England, prostitutes would sit in the audience, looking for clients. This continued into the Victorian era - although I doubt that this sector of society was in the audience at Fords; good possibility, but I've never heard that it was so.....

"The Past is a foreign country...they do things differently there" - L. P. Hartley
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