Theatre and Entertainment, 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

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Tickets and Passes of London from the David Young Collection.

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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