Viewing Event Record:
Bench seats cost a sixpence
Abstract
The prologue to James Shirley's 'The Example' speaks of those audience members who sit 'on the Bench for six pence' and boast themselves 'commissioner[s] of wit.'
Date Event Recorded
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- From: 1637 (Source of claim: original)
Date Event Happened
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- From: 1637 (Source of claim: original)