British Tokens, Tickets and Passes

Theatre and Entertainment, ISLINGTON, Alexandra Theatre, brass, alexandra theatre around cruciform ornament of lis and corn-ears, rev. similar ornament, 38mm, 14.30g (W 77, this piece illustrated; D & W 9/91). About very fine, very rare £90-£120

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: Bt S.H. Monks November 2002.

The Alexandra Theatre was reconstructed on the site of Highbury Barn, proprietor Edward Giovanelli, and opened in May 1865. Giovanelli, a former clown from Surrey who has been compared to a modern-day Ben Elton, quickly acquired a reputation for engaging bawdy actors and actresses. Local opposition to the venture resulted in the licence being revoked in 1869 and it closed in 1871