Victorian actress (8 resultados)

12mo, 3 pp. 30 lines. Text clear and complete. Fair, on aged and creased paper. He sends a 'list of pieces' which he considers 'suitable for a Short Company'. The first piece named is 'The Silver Lining (the St James's Comedy)', in which he says there are 'only 4 Men & 3 women exclusive of Helen Maltravers'. Other plays are named with the numbers required, including 'A New Drama in 3 Acts by John Oxenford written for the Princess's Theatre - there are but 2 Men & 2 women excluding Miss Aylmer's part.' Postscript reads 'If it should meet your Views Miss Aylmer would play "Leah" for her benefit - otherwise she would do one of the other pieces named'. The identity of the author is difficult to establish, the address in Bedford Row being occupied by solicitors' offices.…

No Binding. Condición: Very Good. An original antique engraved portrait. Mounted - matted - and ready to frame . Excellent condition. .Shows a fine portrait of Miss Maria Robertson - a Victorian Actress .

See her entry in the Oxford DNB, and in particular the section headed 'A great actress'. 1p, 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged. Folded twice. Very nice letterhead with engraving of the imposing hotel. In her large, bold hand, the note reads: 'I have found it! / & am so glad - / Hoping you are much better / Yrs. sincerely / Ellen Terry: / 7 December . 97:'.…

See her entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged, with slight discoloration around edges caused by the show-through of glue from the reverse. As editor of 'London Society' she writes: 'Dear Mr Cork - / The next Number is in the Press, & I should not have room for the Article in question until the subject was stale / Yrs faithfully / F Marryat. Ross Church'.…

See her entry in the Oxford DNB. On two 11 x 9 cm cards, plain but for the letterhead. Both in good condition, lightly aged. The recipient is not named. The card is signed 'E. T:' and is written in her forceful hand. Begins: 'I have no time - nor words - to tell you "what I think" - "The boys health" indeed! - if there's any use in talking, if signing petitions will do any good one would talk & sign all day! but in spite' - here the reverse of the first card begins, and the side is entirely deleted, except for the last line'. The deleted passage continues from the first side: 'of all protests I feel it in my bones the thing is inevitable money is at the bottom of it all - this is a vulgar age, & all beauty is being chased from off the Earth The Cathedrals will be a Grand [pill?] for the despoiler'. The undeleted text continues: ' 'I will sign any protest you may make against the wicked deed: - but it comes under no Act at all, & it means money & hypocrisy the [whole thing?]'. She concludes by explaining that she is 'trying to write two notes, & three good souls are talking to me at the same time.' Postscript: 'Have you influence I wonder in "Military Circles"? I have none -'. See Image, pp.1 & 4.…

See her entry in the Oxford DNB. An attractive and unusual item of correspondence, neatly written out in her distinctive handwriting. 1p, 12mo. On leaf of onion paper, carefully laid down on thicker backing. In good condition, slightly discoloured. Folded three times for postage. Reads: 'A little little heart! So little! but anything "in the way of" a heart should not be flouted, nor scouted, & so I pray you to accept my very little heart - / It's not worth the thanking for, only don't send it back to me. / Nellaline. / March 17: 89:'. From the autograph album of the novelist George Meredith's daughter Marie Eveleen (Mariette; 1871-1933), later the wife of Henry Parkman Sturgis (1847-1929), American-born banker. Note: Extracted from an Album of Autograph Letters created by Meredith's daughter which included letters to George Meredith from distinguished fellow-writers (as here) such as Henry James, George Eliot but also from people of distinction (such as Wellington and Clemenceau) to other correspondents.…

Condición: Very good. Cavendish Square, W . Very good. - Over 20 words penned on 7 inch high by 4-1/2 inch wide "145, Harley Street, Cavendish Square, W." stationery. The English stage actress Madge Kendal thanks the recipient, "You & Mr. [H____] are kind to me! What a lovely [_____]. Thank you very sincerely . I am 'at home' again on Sunday." Signed "Madge Grimston", using her husband W.H. Kendal's birth name. There are a couple of tiny spots of foxing. Once mounted in an album, gray paper remnants adhere to one edge of the verso. Very good.The English stage actress of the Victorian and Edwardian era Dame Madge Kendal (1848-1935) was born Margaret Shafto Robertson. Best known for her Shakespearean roles as well as comedies, she often performed with her husband William Hunter Grimston who took on the stage name W.H. Kendal. Madge Kendal performed with Ellen and Kate Terry as a teenager. As a young actress, she performed in the West End as Shakespeare's "Ophelia" and "Desdemona". In 1869, Kendal went on to join the company of the Haymarket Theatre in London at the age of 21 where she met and married W.H. Kendal. Making it a rule to perform in their same productions, they became known as "The Kendals" appearing in works by Shakespeare, Sheridan and other classics. Together with the actor John Hare, they took over running the financially failing St. James's Theatre, turning it into a success. Together they toured the United States, performing in over 40 cities. They returned to Britain a decade later, having made their fortune and, in 1908, retired from the stage. Madge Kendal became known as "the matron of the English theatre" for her efforts to make theatre more socially respectable.…

E.Postkarte, in Tinte mit Empfehlung, (London), Datum June 1914, Unterschrift eigenhändig signiert - mit Repro-Porträtfoto unter dunkelbraunes Passepartout (4 to) gerahmt.