WXDA Record #641
No title.
31 July 1786
Summary
A lady "who appeared in the stage-box" "reminded us of Bannister in Polly." [The reference is to a 1781 travesty production of Gay's Polly with Charles Bannister in the title role, which he played with an incongruously deep voice and large frame.]
Full Title
31 Jul 1786. No title. Times p. 2 c. D.
Publication
Times of London(Times)
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- Date
- 31 July 1786
- Locations
- LondonView on map
- Primary source topic
- Compared to a cross-dresser; Theatre; Dressed as a woman
- Item format
- Theatre review; Editorial
- Attire
- Female garb
- Social rank
- Gentry
- Gender Manifestation
- Women with "large bodies" should not dress in blue and white; one such "reminded us of Bannister in Polly."
- Sex Perceived by Recorder
- Male
- Report Scope
- Central
- Alternate Names / Titles
- Universal Register. London.
- Column(s)
- D
- Page Numbers
- 2