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The Elephant was located in the ward of Southwark, south of the Thames and west of the London Bridge. It was part of a row of twelve licensed brothels or stewhouses along Bankside that reopened after for a season
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The Elephant was located in the ward of Southwark, south of the Thames and west of the London Bridge. It was part of a row of twelve licensed brothels or stewhouses along Bankside that reopened after for a season
in
The Elephant is alternatively known as the Olyphaunt, the Oliphant, the Olyphante, and the Olyphant. Although the Elephant’s exact location is unknown within the row of Bankside stews, E.J. Burford looks to the
a narrow dirty Passage into Maiden Lane, having only a Brewhouse in it(Strype). Brothels, inns, and brewhouses were often conflated in early modern London, due to the presence of disreputable people engaging in illicit activities, so it is possible that the brewhouse to which
the Boares heade, the Crosse keyes, the Gunne, the Castle, the Crane, the Cardinals Hat, the Bel, the Swanne &c(Stow 2:55). It is possible that The Elephant was contained in the
&cthat
The Elephant
in
In the south suburbs at the Elephant, / Is best to lodge(Shakespeare 3.3.1508-1509).
arch insinuation in(Ko 71) when he givesAntonio ’s remark
eye light upon some toy(Shakespeare 3.4.48). Given that references to prostitution often used the language of commodities, it is possible that the toy to which