£70
A rich trove of ephemera relating to women in the theatre from the Victorian erainto the mid-twentieth century, tending towards the former period to include programmes, prints, photographs, playbills, music, cuttings and autographs as well as other ephemeral items. Includes, among many other items, a rare cabinet photograph of the Irish American actress, Rose Norreys, with an article from The Sketch
magazine outlining her sad troubles with mental illness; an autograph note from the actress and Suffragette, Eva Moore, star of the cult James Whale film, The Old Dark House; an intriguing handbill for a production of Hamlet at Sadlers Wells in 1873 with the title role played by a 'Miss Marriott'; a rare print of the actress, Minnie Mario
dressed in male costume; a programme relating to the Guild Players with several autograph letters from Gertrude Kingston, actress, producer and Suffragette; an interesting group of three Theatrical Apartments guides to Blackpool, Sheffield and Newport & Swansea listing local guest houses catering to actors (early twentieth
century); a signed postcard of male impersonator, Hetty King; a programme of the
Diaghilev Exhibition from the Edinburgh Festival, 1954; an 1897 programme for an evening's entertainments in aid of the Phillips Memorial Homeopathic Hospital in Bromley; a rare programme for the Prince of Waes Concert Room, Margate, 1876; a rare programme for a performance of 'Otake' presented by Madame Hanako [1868-1945] and her Japanese Players at the Ambassador's Theatre (1915?); a playbill for the Theatre Royal Covent Garden for 1817 featuring dancers; material relating to Music Hall artiste, Fannie Leslie, including a signed cabinet card (corner excised); a handwritten contract from 1864 for the Music Hall performer, Jenny Hill [1851-1896] and much more. 1 box
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