Molly houses appeared in 18th century London and other large cities.

Despite persecution, the molly houses continued operation well into the late 19th century.

Thus, Molly houses were used for rendezvous every night by 30 to 40 men, predominantly from working class.

One of the most famous of these was Clap's molly house.

Any white elephant items can be left at Mollies house from now onwards.

Unlike other molly houses, it was not a brothel.

He led policemen into molly houses, introducing each of them as his "husband" so that they could investigate more thoroughly.

Molly houses were homosexual clubs for men, where they could meet for sexual encounters (p. 16).

Patrons of the Molly house would sometimes enact mock weddings, sometimes with the bride giving birth.

His plays include Mother Clap's Molly House and The Cut.

In February 1726, Margaret Clap's molly house was raided by the police; around 40 of its occupants were arrested.

No molly house he had ever been in did such things--there was seldom any ornamentation, nor even much furnishing beyond the simplest of beds.

Hitchen would accept bribes to let thieves out of jail, selectively arrest criminals, and coerce sexual services from molly houses.

The peak of this wave of prosecution is to be recognized in the late 1720s with a raid on the most famous molly house, Mother Clap's.

Mark Ravenhill's "Mother Clap's Molly House," which involves male prostitution in the 18th century, has just opened.

The jury evidently did not believe Courtney's testimony that Whittle himself kept a molly house, and Whittle was acquitted.

Certainly, militant resistance to police bar-raids was nothing new - as early as 1725, customers fought off a police raid at a London homosexual/transgender molly house.

He first worked in television and film before making his stage debut in Mother Clap's Molly House at the National Theatre in 2001.