Talk:Old Price Riots

A fact from Old Price Riots appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 31 January 2006. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the rise of ticket prices in the new Covent Garden Theatre led to the so-called Old Price Riots, which lasted for more than two months in 1809?

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Please eschew peacock terms, especially in the lead. You obviously need to read up on the first night of The Rite of Spring. --Ghirla | talk 15:31, 26 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Deaths

London mobs were terrifying at the best of times, yet:

The riots were to last another 64 days. However, unlike earlier riots, little damage was done to the theatre and the whole affair was characterized by a "spirit of fun".

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It was said that as many as 20 people died and many more wounded during this event.

The deaths claim comes from a modern theatre critic complaining about modern day prices, with no attribution. It is important enough to need substantiation.

Perhaps she mixed it up with the later New York Astor Place Riot which allegedly there claims 22 + dead. Claverhouse (talk) 11:05, 14 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The claim about twenty deaths is completely wrong.

The source is a random magazine. It doesn't cite anything, just says the deaths happened. I've read a number of sources about this riot, including some contemporary newspapers, and not a single death is mentioned.

I suggest we just get rid of the sentence. "It was said that as many as 20 people died and many more were wounded during this event."

Can link some historical papers if needed. 82.20.244.100 (talk) 13:57, 2 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]