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The Sir David Kirch Collection of Skit Notes

Sir David Kirch

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№ 50

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27 July 2023

Estimate: £60–£80

Please Note, an advertisement in the form of a £5 note for Aerial Flashes at the Theatre Royal, Stratford, ND (first performance 20th October 1924), claiming that ‘everyone is talking about it, and when YOU see it you will get the craze’, printed by Taylors, Wombwell, very fine, rare
Outing unlisted £60-£80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Sir David Kirch Collection of Skit Notes.

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‘Aerial Flashes’ made its first appearance on a London stage from 20 October 1924. Described as ‘A Musical Melange in Seven Flashes’, it had already played at Northampton, Colwyn Bay, Darwen, Whitehaven, Dover, Walthamstow, East Ham, Herne Bay, and at many other theatres.
Taylors was a major printer for all things related to the theatre and entertainment industry. While the business started very small in 1890, in Wombwell, Yorkshire, by the mid 1920s Taylors was one of the largest specialised printers in the UK, and operated at least into the 1970s.