Stage & Screen Stage from Sophie Dupre

sending him "the medals and another picture for you! Abbot Forquet was to be here today but is ill I hear - now the Stenbrook nuns say he is to be with them on the 13th and he is supposed to come on to us from there. How will he manage your meeting... I only hope he will soon… Read more about this item

(Frederick Balsir, 1834-1886, Theatre Manager and Impresario) thanking him "very cordially for your obliging note and enclosed photograph, and beg to assure you that when I visit London, which I am not likely to do very soon, I shall not omit to avail myself of your invitation to call on you...", 2 sides sm. 8vo., with original autograph envelope,… Read more about this item

thanking him for "the opportunity afforded me of reading letters which breathe so wholesome a spirit of Piety and Resignation to the will of God; in him I trust that the example they afford may not be thrown away upon me! I return you the letters because you may wish to preserve them and sincerely condole with your Friend… Read more about this item

faithfully yours", showing him half length, wearing a jacket and waistcoat with a black hat and his hand in his pocket, with an Autograph Note Signed on the verso addressed to Frank Smith, saying that he appreciates his "kind letter... have great pleasure in signing the photograph and at the same time sending you my good wishes 'England expects… Read more about this item

With warmest wishes from Robert Donat", and dated, showing him head and shoulders, looking slightly to one side and smoking a pipe, 10" x 8", no place, Donat is best remembered for his roles in Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps (1935) and Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939), winning for the latter the Academy Award for Best Actor. This… Read more about this item

Yours sincerely" showing him head and shoulders, in profile, in costume as Romeo, 5½" x 3½", no place, no date, circa

showing him three quarters length in costume as Pistol in King Henry V, 5½" x 3½", no place, no date, circa

showing her head and shoulders, three quarter face, with a charming smile, 8" x 6", no date, circa

yours sincerely" showing her three quarters length as a young girl, 6½" x 4¼", no place, 25th September Marie Lloyd was a music hall singer, comedian and musical theatre actress. She was best known for her performances of songs such as "The Boy I Love Is Up in the Gallery", "My Old Man (Said Follow the Van)"… Read more about this item

showing him half length, seated, reading a book, 6" x 4¼", no place, no date, circa

showing her head and shoulders in profile, looking wistful, 6" x 4¼", no date, circa Fay Compton excelled in plays by Barrie, including 'Peter Pan' (1918), 'Mary Rose' (1920) and 'Quality Street' (1921), and in 'Autumn Crocus' (1931) and 'Call it a Day' (1935) by Dodie Smith.

showing him full length in costume as 'Daisy Dillwater, the District Nurse', 3½" x 2¾", no place, no date, For his drag pieces, the comedian established "The Lady Dresser", a female tailor who was desperate to out-dress her high class customers, and "Daisy Dillwater, the District Nurse" who arrived on stage with a bicycle to share light-hearted… Read more about this item

thanking him for his "kind invitation which I would much have liked to accept but I'm rather too far away to do so...", 1 side 8vo., Hotel Tremoille, Paris, The Hotel Tremoille remains a prestigious 5 star hotel in the 8th Arr.

with "dear sir, truly yours", 4½" x 2½", no place, no date Mary Scott-Siddons toured the U.S.A. in 1868, and the U.S.A. and Australia in 1872-1879. She was manager of the Haymarket Theatre in 1881.

on a printed postcard asking for his autograph from Dennis Rebbeck, 1 side postcard, postmarked 13th February

yours sincerely" on a piece of paper, 1 side 8vo., no place, no date, marks of former mounting on blank verso

6 pages 8vo., Prince's Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue,

saying "Eleonora Duse warns the estimated Professor that she will await him, Monday, at the usual time...", 4" x 2½", no place, no date Transcription Eleonora Duse avverte l'Egregio Professore, che lo attende, Lunedì, alla solita ora. Translation Eleonora Duse warns the estimated Professor that she will await him, Monday, at the usual time.

apologising for her late reply "but Sir Edward Ward wants me to recite some verses of Longfellows, which are to be illustrated by a tableau of Miss Florence Nightingale, so it would have anyway been impossible for me to make use of your kind suggestion and so I return the verses with many thanks...", 2 sides 8vo., 4 Wyndham… Read more about this item

showing her half length in profile, wearing a fur trimmed coat and leaning on the back of a chaise longue, 4¼" x 2½", no place, no date, printed on the verso "Prize Medal for Portraiture Vienaa Exhibition"