The Pit Door/ La Porte du Parterre, November 9, 1784, Mezzotint, plate: 13 15/16 x 9 15/16 in. (35.4 x 25.3 cm), Prints, After Robert Dighton the Elder (British, London ca. 1752–1814 London), The struggling crowd hoping to attend the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London, demonstrates how strenuous attending a play could be in the eighteenth century. At this time, unreserved seats on benches in the pit cost three shillings, wealthier patrons sat in more expensive boxes above, and ordinary folk climbed to the upper galleries
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Pit Door/ La Porte du Parterre, November 9, 1784, Mezzotint, plate, 13 15/16 x 9 15/16, 35.4 25.3 cm, Prints, After Robert Dighton the Elder, British, London ca., 1752–1814, London, struggling, crowd, hoping, attend, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, demonstrates, strenuous attending, play, eighteenth century, time, unreserved seats, benches, pit cost, three, shillings, wealthier patrons, sat, expensive boxes, ordinary folk, climbed, upper galleries
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