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Regency Hot Spots: Theatre Royal (Bath)

By Anne | October 16, 2021 - 8:38 am |November 9, 2021 Regency Hot Spots

The first Bath Theatre was built in 1730 on the site that, by the Regency, would become the General Hospital. By 1801, Bath’s population had Continue →

Regency Women of Character: Miss Sarah Booth

By Anne | April 14, 2021 - 8:28 am |May 20, 2021 Regency Pastimes, Regency Women of Character

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This feature on Sarah Booth appeared in the April 1812 issue of The Lady’s Monthly Museum. Born in 1793 in Birmingham, she was discovered in Continue →

Regency Hot Spots: The Dilettanti Theatre

By Anne | May 6, 2020 - 10:54 am |June 9, 2020 Regency Culture and Society, Regency Hot Spots, Regency Pastimes

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The Dilettanti Theatre, on Tottenham Court road, was a private theater started by the Pic-Nic Society. This provided suppers, singing, and dramatic entertainments. The Pic-Nic Continue →

Regency Hot Spots: Sans Pareil Theatre

By Anne | March 8, 2018 - 9:42 am |July 24, 2023 Regency Hot Spots, Regency Pastimes

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What would later become the Adelphi Theatre, the Sans Pareil (Without Compare) Theatre was founded in 1806 in The Strand by colour merchant John Continue →