Theatre Royal poster

This poster records the ticket prices and tax to be paid for seats in Exeter’s Theatre Royal. The Entertainments Tax was passed as law in 1916 and introduced an additional cost that was passed directly onto customers. The poster requests that the tax is paid separately from the cost of the ticket.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
174/1992/1
Category
Antiquities
Collection Class
Social and industrial history
Collection Area Region
Northern Europe
Material
paper
Common Name
Theatre Royal poster
Simple Name
document
Period Classification
World War I (1914-1918)
Production Date
1917

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Entertainments Tax Revised Scale 1917 for Theatre Royal, Exeter