He had been down to Whitefriars, and had there beheld a new theatre rising near the old time-honoured site.
Whitefriars, in Fleet-street, appears to have been one of the most notorious places in London.
The first theatre in Whitefriars seems to have been one built in the hall of the old Whitefriars Monastery.
A name given to the precinct of Whitefriars, a place of refuge for debtors.
The mere sight of the turnings to Whitefriars would rouse the evil spirit nestling in Sanquhar's heart.
