Theatre and Entertainment, LONDON, Blackfriars Road, New Surrey Theatre, 1865, Richard Shepherd, uniface brass, date around BOX, 32mm, 8.80g (D & W 36/389; MG 309); Whitechapel Road, Royal Pavilion Theatre, uniface brass, P THEATRE C in three lines, 32mm, 11.18g (D & W 40/422; MG 330) [2]. Fine and better, both rare £50-70

Provenance: Second F.S. Cokayne Collection [from Baldwin August 1931].

The New Surrey Theatre was built in 1866 on the site of the burnt-out Surrey Theatre, formerly the Royal Circus, and opened on 26 December of that year. Richard Shepherd was joint manager 1848-69