British and Irish Banknotes

Banque de Theatre, an English skit note for 100 Francs, 23 April 1903, serial number 1516, advertising the play ‘The School Girl’ at the Prince of Wales Theatre, run by the company of George Edwardes and Chalres Frohman, on watermarked paper with floral patterns and the word SPECIMEN, extremely fine and scarce
Outing unlisted £70-£90

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

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This note is in the style of a French note because the Play it advertises is based in Paris.
George Edwardes was a tremendously successful English theatre manager and producer. From 1885 for about 30 years, he owned many of the very large theatres in the West End, including the Adelphi, Gaity and Daly’s.
Charles Frohman was an American Jewish Theatre manager who was successful on both sides of the Atlantic, often shipping stars from England to America, and vice versa. Frohman was one of the high profile casualties of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania in 1915.