Autograph Collection.- Vintage Theatre

Autograph Collection.- Vintage Theatre

A collection of signatures by late Victorian and Edwardian stage actors, opera singers and dancers, including: promotional postcards photographs and cabinet cards signed by Lily Elsie, Johnston Forbes-Robertson, Maurice Farkoa, Irene Vanbrugh, Denis Orme, Winifred Emery, Zena Dare, Phylis Dare, Viola Tree, Gabrielle Ray, Gladys Cooper, Marie Tempest, Gerald du Maurier, Gaby Deslys, Alexandra Carlisle, Pauline Chase, Lina Cavalieri, Jean De Reszke, Madame Kirby Lunn, Nellie Melba, Emmy Destinn and others; cards and letters signed by Luisa Tetrazzini, Nellie Melba, Alfred von Bary, Madge and W.H. Kendal, Lillie Langtry, Seymour Hicks, Violet Vanbrugh, Maya Plisetskaya, Ellaline Terriss, Viola Tree, Ellen Terry, Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Lina Cavalieri, Coquelin Cadet, Edith Evans, Irene Vanbrugh, Nellie Melba, Lily Elsie, Henry Irving, André Antoine (autograph letter discussing engagements, 21 April 1906), Esme Beringer (brief note apologising for not attending an event), Emmy Destinn, Lily Brayton, Adelina Patti (card reading "A beautiful voice is a gift of God"), Ivor Forster, Agnes Nicholls, Maud Allan, Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Harry Lauder and others, also including signatures by Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev, v.s., late 19th century-c.1950s (quantity)

(Quantity:large quantity)

Dimensions: in an envelope measuring 30 x 22 cm approx