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The Foundling Museum's new exhibition 'The Last Two Nights' explores theatre and concert going in Georgian Britain. Director Caro Howell and Exhibition Curator Katharine Hogg talk us through the trends in 18th and 19th Century showbiz and why orange peel caused so much chaos amongst audiences. Image: John Bluck, Covent Garden Theatre, 1808 Gerald Coke Handel Foundation.
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