Re: OT ...


"Liz Owen" <l.owen@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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If someone paid half a crown for a seat in a theatre (indoors) in the
first decade of the 17th century, he was probably quite wealthy. Can
anyone hazard a guess as to how much that would be today, or point me in
the right direction? Or is it a completely futile quest?

It is a completely futile quest.

The reasons for saying so were excellently summarised by the late Don Moody
in the final paragraph of his typically acerbic and sardonic posting at
http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/GENBRIT/2004-02/1075856298

AJ








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