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Theatre and Entertainment, Co DUBLIN, Dublin, Private Theatre [1796], copper, by W. Mossop, robed figures of Tragedy, Comedy and Lyric supporting scroll, rev. un-named, 35mm, 17.72g/12h (D & W 5/40; Gilbert 14; Frazer p.451; cf. T. Millett FPL 2007, 78; cf. Baldwin FPL 1995, 274; cf. DNW M5, 1079). Minor rim and surface marks, otherwise very fine and patinated, rare £100-150

Dissatisfaction among certain of the nobility and gentry in Dublin with the way affairs were being conducted at the city’s Theatre Royal led to the establishment in 1796 of a Private Theatre at Fishamble street, under the management of the Earl of Westmeath and Frederick Jones, a theatre promoter and gentleman of independent means from Vesington, co Meath