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Auction: 11006 - Bonds & Share Certificates of the World
Lot: 558

Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, a large indenture, 1793, certifying the subscription of Henry Evans of Hatton Garden to share no.137 in the theatre, signed by Albany Wallis, Richard Ford and Thomas Hammersley as trustees, large folio document, on vellum, large vignette, 5" x 14" of the new theatre at the top, a very fine and unusually clean copy. Estimate £ 2,800 This theatre was rebuilt on a large scale by Irish playright and poet, Richard Brinsley Sheridan in 1793 and opened in 1794. The finances were divided into 300 shares. It was burnt down in 1809 and was such a huge loss to Sheridan that the Commons adjourned as a mark of sympathy.

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£2,800