Theatre of Chance: Plots and Bets in the Elizabethan Era
In the heyday of Elizabethan theatre, stages were resounding with more than just jokes: they were arenas of wit and chance, where passions for drama and betting merged in a lively ballet of intertwined destinies. While today it offers a virtual stage for online betting, in the tumultuous 1600s, London’s theatres were theatres of real […]
