Exhibit 23.1


                  INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


     We consent to the incorporation by reference in this
Registration Statement of Photronics, Inc. on Form S-8 of our
report dated December 6, 1999, except as to Footnote 15, as to
which the date is January 10, 2000, appearing in the Annual Report
on Form 10-K of Photronics, Inc. for the year ended October, 31,
1999, and of our report dated June 19, 2000, appearing in the Form
8-K/A, Amendment No. 1 of Photronics, Inc. dated June 30, 2000,
relating to the supplementary consolidated financial statements of
Photronics, Inc.


/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
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Deloitte & Touche LLP
Hartford, Connecticut
July 19, 2000