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TICKETS AND PASSES OF LONDON FROM THE DAVID YOUNG COLLECTION (PART I)
TICKETS and PASSES, Theatre and Entertainment, DRURY LANE, Theatre Royal, First Theatre, 1671, copper, unsigned [by J. Roettiers], laureate bust of Charles II left, theatre royal around, rev. vpper galerie above date, 25mm, 8.25g (W 180; D & W 18/194). Fine, very rare
£120-150
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Provenance: Timothy Millett FPL 2003 (60).
The first Theatre Royal in Drury lane opened at Easter 1663 but was destroyed by fire in 1672. Rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren, it re-opened in March 1674. The theatre was enlarged in 1762 and again in 1775; closed in 1791, it was rebuilt and re-opened for a third time in 1794. Fire once again destroyed the property in 1809, but the current theatre dates to October 1812
TICKETS and PASSES, Theatre and Entertainment, DRURY LANE, Theatre Royal, First Theatre, 1671, copper, unsigned [by J. Roettiers], laureate bust of Charles II left, theatre royal around, rev. vpper galerie above date, 25mm, 8.25g (W 180; D & W 18/194). Fine, very rare
£120-150
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Provenance: Timothy Millett FPL 2003 (60).
The first Theatre Royal in Drury lane opened at Easter 1663 but was destroyed by fire in 1672. Rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren, it re-opened in March 1674. The theatre was enlarged in 1762 and again in 1775; closed in 1791, it was rebuilt and re-opened for a third time in 1794. Fire once again destroyed the property in 1809, but the current theatre dates to October 1812