The cover page of “The Wits, or Sport on Sport”, a collection of drolls published in
1662 and 1672. This is one of the earliest extant illustrations of the English
Restoration stage.

The illustration depicts the interior of a London Restoration theatre generally
assumed to be Red Bull. Note the audience watching the play from the upstage
balcony.

Overhead chandeliers and footlight oil lamp illuminates the stage.