This work begins to fill a gap in theatre studies: the lack of any comprehensive study of 19th-century theatre audiences. It focuses on London from 1840, immedi... » 

This work begins to fill a gap in theatre studies: the lack of any comprehensive study of 19th-century theatre audiences. It focuses on London from 1840, immediately prior to the deregulation of theatres, to 1880, when the Metropolitan Board of Works assumed responsibility for their licensing. «