British Tokens, Tickets and Passes

Theatre and Entertainment, FLEET STREET, Duke’s Theatre, 1671, copper, unsigned [by J. Roettiers], crowned dy monogram, the dukes theatre above, 9 novem. 1671 in exergue, rev. for the pit and date in 3 lines, 34mm, 12.77g (W 239; Young, Theatres & Circus, p.41, this piece; D & W 23/256). Fair to fine, very rare £300-£400

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 T. Millett October 2006.

The Duke’s Theatre, located at Dorset Gardens (now Salisbury Court, off Fleet Street), said to have been designed by Sir Christopher Wren (although this is disputed), opened on 9 November 1671 and was named for James, Duke of York. It was renamed the Queen’s Theatre in honour of Maria d’Este, James’s wife, after she acceeded to the throne, but was demolished in 1709