tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36486960.post6324427988067399493..comments2023-12-20T17:48:18.108-05:00Comments on To Delight and to Instruct: Quiet/ NoiseHoracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15662740021328265642noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36486960.post-56208820605184285692007-01-29T23:02:00.000-05:002007-01-29T23:02:00.000-05:00My goodness, that crazy 18th century!
Love to he...My goodness, that crazy 18th century! <br /><br />Love to hear more about whatever's going on in the soul-searching or London-trip-planning, too.<br /><br /><br />--- trysteroAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36486960.post-15100808848593134252007-01-29T21:22:00.000-05:002007-01-29T21:22:00.000-05:00Well, I recently found out that the owner of the H...Well, I recently found out that the owner of the Haymarket theatre broke the patent monopoly (technically, a duopoly, but...) because of a practical joke gone awry--its proprietor, Samuel Foote, was boasting of his horsemanship, when the Duke of York offered him a particularly unruly horse to show his skill with. The horse threw foote so badly that his leg was broken in several places, and had to be amputated. Out of guilt, the Duke pulled some strings to secure a summer patent for plays to go on at the Haymarket (up until that point, something of an illegitimate theatre) when Covent Garden and Drury Lane were on hiatus. The Haymarket was the only theatre in London to be granted a new patent until the patent system was dissolved in 1834. And now my trivia is done.Horacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15662740021328265642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36486960.post-66199152682609208732007-01-29T09:15:00.000-05:002007-01-29T09:15:00.000-05:00"...unless you'd like a little history about paten..."...unless you'd like a little history about patent theatres in London during the long 18th century..."<br /><br />Yes, please!George H. Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08654039359393885991noreply@blogger.com