Lady Lyttelton in Covent Garden Theatre, London - between 10 October, 1809 and 11 October, 1809
from Letter from Lady Sarah Spencer to her brother, the Hon. Robert Spencer, 12 October 1809, page 82:
We have spent the two last days in a very frisky way, my dear Bob. We have done nothing less than go and sleep one night in London, for the purpose of seeing the new theatre at Covent Garden; hearing the play is a … more >>
Sarah Spencer Lady Lyttelton, Letter from Lady Sarah Spencer to her brother, the Hon. Robert Spencer, 12 October 1809. In Hon. Mrs. Hugh Wyndham (ed.), Correspondence of Sarah Spencer, Lady Lyttelton 1787–1870 (London, 1912), p. 82. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1541418314358 accessed: 20 December, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composersBells and horns sounded by the theatre audience | performed by Theatre audience |
Experience Information
Date/Time | between 10 October, 1809 and 11 October, 1809 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Notes
Lady Sarah Spencer married William Henry Lyttelton on 3 March 1813, after which she was known as Lady Lyttelton. He succeeded his half-brother as 3rd Baron Lyttelton in 1828.