The Only Use of
bedlam
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- For, people then paid to see the play at the Old Bailey, just as they paid to see the play in Bedlam—only the former entertainment was much the dearer.†
Chpt 2.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(bedlam) a noisy and disorderly situation
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
At one time, bedlam was also used as a disapproving term for any psychiatric hospital. As a proper noun, Bedlam was the name of the first psychiatric hospital in London (early 15th century).