(THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE) Partly printed vellum Document S

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(THEATRE ROYAL--DRURY LANE.) Partly-printed vellum Document Signed, granting Houghton James share number 197 in the renovated theater. Signed by Albany Wallis, Richard Ford, and Thomas Hammersley. Approximately 24x21 inches; musty, some scattered soiling. London, 13 June 1793

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The chief shareholders are named in the document and include Richard Brinsley Sheridan, and his father-in-law, Thomas Linley. Drury Lane, which opened in 1663 was rebuilt and enlarged by Sheridan and reopened in March 1794.