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1829 Times 28 Sept. 2/1 Places for the Boxes and Pit Stalls to be taken at the Box office of Covent-garden Theatre.

1860 C. Dickens Uncommerc. Traveller in All Year Round 25 Feb. 417/2 A pit at sixpence, boxes and pit-stalls at a shilling, and six private boxes at half-a-crown.

1999 D. Haslam Manchester, Eng. ii. 45 Shopkeepers and publicans in the orchestra, stalls and dress circle, artisans and regular workers in the pit stalls, and the low class and no class on the ‘top shelf’ or balcony.