Editing Regency era (section)

=== Theatre ===

[[File:Microcosm of London Plate 032 - Drury lane interior 1808.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Interior of [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane]], 1808]]
The plays of [[William Shakespeare]] were very popular throughout the period. The performers wore modern dress, however, rather than 16th-century costumes.<ref>Tapley, Jane. ''Jane Austen’s Regency World Magazine'', vol. 17, p. 23.</ref>

London had three [[patent theatre]]s at [[Covent Garden Theatre|Covent Garden]], [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane|Drury Lane]] and the [[Haymarket Theatre|Haymarket]]. Other prominent theatres were the [[Theatre Royal, Bath]] and the [[Crow Street Theatre]] in [[Dublin]]. The playwright and politician [[Richard Brinsley Sheridan]] controlled the Drury Lane Theatre until it burned down in 1809.