British postcard in the Philco Series, no. 3044 A. Photos: Bassano and Lizzie Caswall Smith. Oscar Asche as Bolingbroke in 'Richard II' by William Shakespeare.
Elizabeth "Lily" Brayton (23 June 1876 – 30 April 1953) was an English actress and singer, known for her performances in Shakespeare plays and for her nearly 2,000 performances in the First World War hit musical 'Chu Chin Chow'. From the 1900s, Lily Brayton was the wife and regular co-actor of British actor actor Oscar Asche. In 1914 she acted opposite Asche in her only film, Kismet, directed by Leedham Bantock.
John Stange(r) Heiss Oscar Asche (1871-1936), better known as Oscar Asche, was an Australian actor, director, and writer, best known for having written, directed, and acted in the record-breaking musical 'Chu Chin Chow', both on stage and in film, and for acting in, directing, or producing many Shakespeare plays, modern dramas, and successful musicals.
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Vintage British postcard. Martin Harvey as Pelleas in Maurice Maeterlinck's 1893 stage play Pelleas and Melisande (Pelléas et Mélisande). Rapid Photo Co., London 2961, Lizzie Caswall Smith, 1911.
British actor-manager Sir John Martin Harvey (1863-1944) was one of the last great romantic actors in the English theatre. His most famous play was 'The Only Way' (1899), an adaptation of Charles Dickens' 'A Tale of Two Cities'. 25 years later, he also featured in the film version, as well as in a few other silent and sound films.
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British postcard in the Real Photographic Series by Davidson Brothers, London, no. 2216. Photo: Lizzie Caswall-Smith. Caption: Mr. Forbes Robertson as "Shylock". Sent by mail in 1908.
Johnston Forbes-Robertson (1853-1937) was a British actor and theatre manager. He was considered the finest Hamlet of the Victorian era, and also played Hamlet a few times on the screen.
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British postcard by Rotary Photo, EC, no. 105 A. Photo: Lizzie Caswall-Smith.
Johnston Forbes-Robertson (1853-1937) was a British actor and theatre manager. He was considered the finest Hamlet of the Victorian era, and also played Hamlet a few times on the screen.
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British postcard by Beagles' Postcards, no. 179 G. Photo: Lizzie Caswall-Smith. Publicity still for a stage production of Hamlet.
Johnston Forbes-Robertson (1853-1937) was a British actor and theatre manager. He was considered the finest Hamlet of the Victorian era, and also played Hamlet a few times on the screen.
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