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Theatre and Entertainment, TICKETS and PASSES, Theatre and Entertainment, STRAND, Theatre Royal, Adelphi, uniface copper, t[heatre] r[oyal] a[delphi] above p[it], curtain swag below, 33mm (W 174; D & W 9/89). Very fine £60-80

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: Bt B. Hennem November 2004.

The Theatre Royal, Adelphi, originally the Sans Pareil Theatre which opened in November 1806, was renamed in 1829. A second theatre built in 1858 took the name Theatre Royal, New Adelphi, which became the Royal Adelphi Theatre in 1867. Further rebuilds took place in 1901 and 1930