The Sir David Kirch Collection of Skit Notes

Adelphi Theatre, Edinburgh, a note in the style of a Bank of England white note, denominated ‘Ten Thousand a Year’ advertising a performance, promising ‘to play on Monday, November 15th and all the Week a New and Interesting Drama of Real Life in Four Epochs’ dated 15 November 1841, serial number 411, unusual in that it takes the form of a pamphlet with an illustration of a note on it, rather than a note itself, possibly to get round the sticky issue of accusations of forgery, one repair at top centre, overall fine and rare
Outing Unlisted £80-£100

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

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This play was an adaptation of a serialised novel first printed in the famous Blackwood’s Magazine. The play was a success and received extremely positive reviews.