Theatre and Entertainment, DRURY LANE, Middlesex Music Hall, zinc Threepence by W.J. Taylor, middlesex music hall around refreshment, rev. value, 28mm, 7.27g (W 777); LEICESTER SQUARE, Empire Theatre, a France, Napoleon III, 10 Centimes, 1861k, obv. countermarked empire theatre, rev. countermarked immense success, 30mm, 9.38g (W 754), 1917, enamelled oval brass, empire & palace around crowned monogram, back named (F. Glenister), 29 x 21mm, 6.07g (W 759, and p.102, this piece illustrated); MARYLEBONE, Marylebone Music Hall, zinc, marylebone music hall around hall, rev. blank, 33mm, 10.35g (W 771, and p.104, this piece illustrated; D & W 32/347); STRAND, Strand Music Hall, brass Threepence, strand music hall around value, rev. smh monogram, 24mm, 4.10g (W 785) [5]. First and last very fine, former with loop for suspension, others fine and better £80-100

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: First bt A. Judd May 2000; second bt May 2006; third bt T. Millett June 2003; fourth bt H. Simmons June 2006; last bt H. Simmons August 2001.

The Middlesex Music Hall, formerly The Great Mogul, renovated and renamed in 1851; the building was demolished and rebuilt in 1911. The Empire Theatre, opened in April 1884 and closed in January 1927; the site is that of the present-day Empire Leicester Square. The Marylebone Music Hall, in Marylebone High street, was attached to the Rose of Normandy tavern. The Strand Music Hall opened in October 1864 and was renamed the Gaiety Theatre in December 1868