THEATRICAL TAVERNS
Among these establishments, the Eagle, in the City-road, deserves mention. It occupies the site of the Shepherd and Shepherdess, a tavern and tea-garden of some seventy-five years since. To the Eagle is annexed a large theatre.
Sadler's Wells was, at one period, a tavern theatre, where the audience took their wine while they sat and witnessed the performances.
John Timbs
Club Life of London Vol. II
London, 1866