"The Orphan" was of no particular period.

Dresses which had done duty in Shakespearean tragedies, in classical plays of the Cato type, in the comedies of the Restoration dramatists, were equally admissible.

The circumscribed space afforded the players by the intrusion on the stage of the seats for the "quality" did not embarrass her.

The combined odours of oranges and candle snuff had their charm.
The house was full, but in the dim and smoky candlelight the faces of the audience were little better than rows of shadowy masks.

The pit occupied the entire floor of the house right up to the orchestra.