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1898: Portrait of MR. JOHN HARE (from 'Celebrities of The Stage')
Tinted colour portrait of Mr.John Hare, from a photograph by Downey.
Sir John Hare (1844-1921), English comedian and manager, was knighted in
1907; he acted at the Prince of Wales Theatre (1865-74), co-managed the Court
Theatre (1874-79), managed the St.James's Theatre (1879-88) and the The Garrick
Theatre (1889-1895). This portrait measures 7.5x10, and is printed on a
9.75x13.75 page; the reverse has biographical details of Hare [excellent
condition; highly suitable for framing] £18
1898: Portrait of MISS JULIA NEILSON (from 'Celebrities of The Stage')
Tinted colour portrait of Miss Julia Neilson, from a photograph by
Johnson. Julia Neilson (1868-1957) trained at the Royal Academy of
Music, then made her debut at the Lyceum in 1888 (in W.S.Gilbert's play
Pygmalion and Galatea); her greatest success was as Rosalind in the
record-breaking run of As You Like It (1896-98). She married Ellen
Terry's brother Fred Terry in 1891, who often appeared with her and
partnered her in management at the Haymarket from 1900. This portrait measures
7x10.5, and is printed on a 9.75x14 page; the reverse has biographical details
of Miss Neilson [excellent condition; highly suitable for framing] £18
1898: Portrait of SIR HENRY IRVING (from 'Celebrities of The Stage')
Tinted colour portrait of Sir Henry Irving as Cardinal Wolsey; from a
photograph by Downey. Verso: Tinted colour portrait of Miss Sybil Carlisle,
from a photograph by J.Caswall Smith. Both with biographical details.
[excellent condition; highly suitable for framing] (£18) SOLD
1898: Portrait of MISS ELLEN TERRY (from 'Celebrities of The Stage')
Tinted colour portrait of Miss Ellen Terry, as Lady Macbeth; from a
photograph by Window & Grove. Verso: Tinted colour portrait of Miss
Winifred Emery, from a photograph by H.S.Mendelssohn. Both with biographical
details. [excellent condition; highly suitable for framing] (£18) SOLD
c1900: Tinted colour portrait of MISS GRANVILLE
Tinted colour portrait of Miss Granville in An Interrupted
Honeymoon, from a photograph by Ellis & Wallery. Portrait (7.9x10.4) is
tipped onto a larger sugar-paper page (c10x14), faced with a page of
biographical details. [excellent condition; highly suitable for framing]
£15
c1900: Tinted colour portrait of MISS CONNIE EDISS
Tinted colour portrait of Miss Connie Ediss in The Silver
Slipper, from a photograph by Ellis & Wallery. Portrait (7.9x10.4) is
tipped onto a larger sugar-paper page (c10x14), faced with a page of
biographical details. [excellent condition; highly suitable for framing]
(£15) SOLD
c1900: Tinted colour portrait of MISS ELLALINE TERRISS
Tinted colour portrait of Miss Ellaline Terriss in Bluebell in
Fairyland, from a photograph by Ellis & Wallery. Portrait (7.9x10.4) is
tipped onto a larger sugar-paper page (c10x14), faced with a page of
biographical details (grubby). [portrait: excellent condition; highly
suitable for framing] £18
c1900: Tinted colour portrait of MISS MARIE STUDHOLME
Tinted colour portrait of Miss Marie Studholme in The Toreador,
from a photograph by Ellis & Wallery. Portrait (7.9x10.4) is tipped onto a
larger sugar-paper page (c10x14), faced with a page of biographical details.
[excellent condition; highly suitable for framing] £18
c1900: Tinted colour portrait of MR. EDMUND PAYNE
Tinted colour portrait of Mr.Edmund Payne in The Toreador, from a
photograph by Ellis & Wallery. Portrait (7.9x10.4) is tipped onto a larger
sugar-paper page (c10x14), faced with a page of biographical details.
[excellent condition; highly suitable for framing] (£18) SOLD
c1900: Tinted colour portrait of MISS KATIE SEYMOUR
Tinted colour portrait of Miss Katie Seymour in The Runaway Girl,
from a photograph by Ellis & Wallery. Portrait (7.9x10.4) is tipped onto a
larger sugar-paper page (c10x14). [some loss on left margin of backing page,
else excellent condition; highly suitable for framing] £15
c1900: Tinted colour portrait of MISS ELLIS JEFFREYS
Tinted colour portrait of Miss Ellis Jeffreys in The Sacrament of
Judas, from a photograph by Fellows Willson. Portrait (7.9x10.4) is tipped
onto a larger sugar-paper page (c10x14). [excellent condition; highly
suitable for framing] (£15) SOLD
1901: TWELFTH NIGHT (Her Majesty's Theatre) Souvenir Programme
Presented by Herbert Beerbohm Tree on the occasion of the 50th
consecutive performance of TWELFTH NIGHT at Her Majesty's Theatre, March 20th,
1901. Cast list, various interesting articles, The Love Story of the Play,
Piano Score of musical settings of "O Mistress Mine" and
"A Little Tiny Boy" by Andrew Levey, and 12
SUPERB COLOUR PLATES by Chas.A.Buchel (each 8x6 actual size):
Malvolio (Mr.Tree), Viola (Miss Lily Brayton), Orsino (Mr.Robert
Taber), The Terrace of Olivia's House (by Mr.Joseph Harker), Maria (Miss Zeffie
Tilbury), Sir Andrew Aguecheek (Mr.Norman Forbes), The Kitchen of Olivia's
House (by Mr.Joseph Harker), Malvolio (Mr.Tree), The Countess Olivia (Miss
Maud Jeffries), Sir Toby Belch (Mr.Lionel Brough), Olivia's Garden
(by Mr.Hawes Craven) and Feste, the Clown (Mr.Courtice Pounds)
[52pp, 12.25x9; produced by Carl Hentschel Ltd., London; the whole stapled
together and secured with original heavyweight cord; colour plates reproduced
from oil paintings by Chas.A.Buchel (1902) by the Hentschel-Colourtype process;
the covers are in a poor state and one is detached, but the contents have
survived relatively well: certainly the plates would be highly suitable for
framing] (£24) SOLD
1901: Portrait of MR.TREE as Malvolio (Her Majesty's Theatre)
A superb colour plate of Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Malvolio (with
ruff), in his own production of TWELFTH NIGHT at Her Majesty's Theatre, London
in 1901. Produced by Carl Hentschel Ltd., London; the colour plate reproduced
from an oil painting by Chas.A.Buchel, by the Hentschel-Colourtype process
[8"x6" actual size, on a 8.75"x12.25" page; holes punched
on one side, margins slightly grubby, else VG; highly suitable for
framing] (£5) SOLD
1901: Portrait of MISS LILY BRAYTON as Viola (Her Majesty's Theatre)
A superb colour plate of Miss Lily Brayton as Viola, in Sir Herbert
Beerbohm Tree's production of TWELFTH NIGHT at Her Majesty's Theatre, London in
1901. Produced by Carl Hentschel Ltd., London; the colour plate reproduced from
an oil painting by Chas.A.Buchel, by the Hentschel-Colourtype process
[8"x6" actual size, on a 8.75"x12.25" page; holes punched
on one side, margins slightly grubby and knocked, else VG; highly suitable
for framing] (£5) SOLD
1901: Portrait of MR.ROBERT TABER as Orsino (Her Majesty's Theatre)
A superb colour plate of Mr.Robert Taber as Orsino, in Sir Herbert
Beerbohm Tree's production of TWELFTH NIGHT at Her Majesty's Theatre, London in
1901. Produced by Carl Hentschel Ltd., London; the colour plate reproduced from
an oil painting by Chas.A.Buchel, by the Hentschel-Colourtype process
[8"x6" actual size, on a 8.75"x12.25" page; holes punched
on one side, margins slightly grubby and knocked, else VG; highly suitable
for framing] £5
1901: Scenic design for THE TERRACE OF OLIVIA'S HOUSE by Mr.Joseph
Harker (Her Majesty's Theatre)
A superb colour plate of Joseph Harker's design for The Terrace of Olivia's
House, in Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree's production of TWELFTH NIGHT at Her
Majesty's Theatre, London in 1901. Produced by Carl Hentschel Ltd., London; the
colour plate reproduced from an oil painting by Chas.A.Buchel, by the
Hentschel-Colourtype process [8"x6" actual size, on a
8.75"x12.25" page; holes punched on one side, margins very slightly
grubby, else VG; highly suitable for framing] (£4) SOLD
1901: Portrait of MISS ZEFFIE TILBURY as Maria (Her Majesty's Theatre)
A superb colour plate of Miss Zeffie Tilbury as Maria, in Sir Herbert
Beerbohm Tree's production of TWELFTH NIGHT at Her Majesty's Theatre, London in
1901. Produced by Carl Hentschel Ltd., London; the colour plate reproduced from
an oil painting by Chas.A.Buchel, by the Hentschel-Colourtype process
[8"x6" actual size, on a 8.75"x12.25" page; holes punched
on one side, margins slightly grubby, else VG; highly suitable for
framing] (£5) SOLD
1901: Portrait of MR.NORMAN FORBES as Sir Andrew Aguecheek (Her Majesty's Theatre)
A superb colour plate of Mr.Norman Forbes as Sir Andrew Aguecheek, in
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree's production of TWELFTH NIGHT at Her Majesty's
Theatre, London in 1901. Produced by Carl Hentschel Ltd., London; the colour
plate reproduced from an oil painting by Chas.A.Buchel, by the
Hentschel-Colourtype process [8"x6" actual size, on a
8.75"x12.25" page; holes punched on one side, margins slightly
grubby, else VG; highly suitable for framing] £5
1901: Scenic design for THE KITCHEN OF OLIVIA'S HOUSE by Mr.Joseph
Harker (Her Majesty's Theatre)
A superb colour plate of Joseph Harker's design for The Kitchen of Olivia's
House, in Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree's production of TWELFTH NIGHT at Her
Majesty's Theatre, London in 1901. Produced by Carl Hentschel Ltd., London; the
colour plate reproduced from an oil painting by Chas.A.Buchel, by the
Hentschel-Colourtype process [8"x6" actual size, on a
8.75"x12.25" page; holes punched on one side, margins slightly grubby
and knocked, else VG; highly suitable for framing] (£4) SOLD
1901: Portrait of MR.TREE as Malvolio (Her Majesty's Theatre)
A superb colour plate of Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Malvolio (with
cane), in his own production of TWELFTH NIGHT at Her Majesty's Theatre, London
in 1901. Produced by Carl Hentschel Ltd., London; the colour plate reproduced
from an oil painting by Chas.A.Buchel, by the Hentschel-Colourtype process
[8"x6" actual size, on a 8.75"x12.25" page; holes punched
on one side, edges slightly knocked, else VG; highly suitable for
framing] (£8) SOLD
1901: Portrait of MISS MAUD JEFFRIES as The Countess Olivia (Her Majesty's Theatre)
A superb colour plate of Miss Maud Jeffries as The Countess Olivia, in
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree's production of TWELFTH NIGHT at Her Majesty's
Theatre, London in 1901. Produced by Carl Hentschel Ltd., London; the colour
plate reproduced from an oil painting by Chas.A.Buchel, by the
Hentschel-Colourtype process [8"x6" actual size, on a
8.75"x12.25" page; holes punched on one side, margins very slightly
grubby, else VG; highly suitable for framing] (£5) SOLD
1901: Portrait of MR.LIONEL BROUGH as Sir Toby Belch (Her Majesty's
Theatre)
A superb colour plate of Mr.Lionel Brough as Sir Toby Belch, in Sir
Herbert Beerbohm Tree's production of TWELFTH NIGHT at Her Majesty's Theatre,
London in 1901. Produced by Carl Hentschel Ltd., London; the colour plate
reproduced from an oil painting by Chas.A.Buchel, by the Hentschel-Colourtype
process [8"x6" actual size, on a 8.75"x12.25" page; holes
punched on one side, margins very slightly grubby and knocked, else VG;
highly suitable for framing] (£5) SOLD
1901: Scenic design for OLIVIA'S GARDEN by Mr.Hawes Craven (Her
Majesty's Theatre)
A superb colour plate of Hawes Craven's design for Olivia's Garden, in
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree's production of TWELFTH NIGHT at Her Majesty's
Theatre, London in 1901. Produced by Carl Hentschel Ltd., London; the colour
plate reproduced from an oil painting by Chas.A.Buchel, by the
Hentschel-Colourtype process [8"x6" actual size, on a
8.75"x12.25" page; holes punched on one side, margins slightly grubby
and knocked, cellotape adhesions to rear, else VG; highly suitable for
framing] (£4) SOLD
1901: Portrait of MR.COURTICE POUNDS as Feste, the Clown (Her Majesty's Theatre)
A superb colour plate of Mr.Courtice Pounds as Feste, the Clown, in Sir
Herbert Beerbohm Tree's production of TWELFTH NIGHT at Her Majesty's Theatre,
London in 1901. Produced by Carl Hentschel Ltd., London; the colour plate
reproduced from an oil painting by Chas.A.Buchel, by the Hentschel-Colourtype
process [8"x6" actual size, on a 8.75"x12.25" page; holes
punched on one side, borders grubby and knocked, 1.5" tear across margin,
cellotape adhesions to rear; portrait VG; highly suitable for framing] £2
1901: HENRY V (Lyceum Theatre) Souvenir
Programme
A Souvenir of Lewis Waller's production of KING HENRY V, originally
presented at the Lyceum Theatre on 22nd December, 1900. A red folder, printed
in back and gold, bearing a colour print of Waller as King Henry V; the folder
contains 12 SUPERB SEPIA PHOTOGRAVURES of
Henry V (Lewis Waller), Katherine (Miss Sarah Brooke), Constable
of France (Mr.Wm.Devereux), William (Mr.J.H.Barnes), Archbishop of Canterbury
(Mr.George Warde), Charles VI, King of France (Mr.Bassett Roe), The Chorus
(Miss Lily Hanbury), Duke of Exeter (Mr.Norman McKinnell), Louis, the
Dauphin (Mr.Gerald Lawrence), Pistol (Mr.Wm.Mollison), The Chorus (Miss
Lily Hanbury) and Fluellen (Mr.E.M.Robson)
[folder 10.5x12.6 (colour print 6.25x8.9); twelve 5.25x7.75 photogravures, on
10x12 sheets, separated with original tissue paper; published by Langfier Ltd.,
Old Bond Street, London; printed and engraved by the Strand Engraving Co. Ltd.,
associated with The Art Photogravure Co., Ltd., 146 Strand; a few minor creases
and some foxing to borders of prints (esp.Constable of France), else in
excellent condition; highly suitable for framing] £35
1902: ULYSSES - Stephen Phillips (Her Majesty's Theatre)
Souvenir Programme
Presented on the occasion of the 60th performance of ULYSSES, originally
produced at Her Majesty's Theatre by Herbert Beerbohm Tree on 1st
February 1902. Title page, cast list, articles, and 10
SUPERB COLOUR PLATES by Chas.A.Buchel: Ulysses, I Sc.2
(Mr.Tree), Penelope (Miss Lily Hanbury), Eumaeus (Mr.Lionel
Brough), Telemachus (Mr.Gerald Lawrence), Pallas Athene (Miss Constance
Collier), Ulysses III Sc.2 (Mr.Tree), Phemius (Mr.Courtice Pounds),
Ctesippus (Mr.Henry Kemble), Calypso (Miss Nancy Price) and Antinous
(Mr.Oscar Asche); costumes designed by Percy Anderson,
illustrations from oil paintings by Chas.A.Buchel (1902); PLUS
Theatre Programme for ULYSSES [12pp; 8.75x6] , w.illustrated cover by
Buchel, Note by the Producer (Beerbohm Tree), Story of Ulysses as Told by
Homer, The Scheme of The Play, The Character of Ulysses, The Scenes, The
Costumes, The Music (w.7 musical illustrations), Cast List
[44pp; 10.5x7.5; stiff covers, with interior pages secured with green cord;
produced and published by Carl Hentschel, Ltd., London; colour plates
reproduced from oil paintings by Chas.A.Buchel (1902) by the
Hentschel-Colourtype process; excellent condition, with very slight
foxing here and there] (£31) SOLD
1904 (April 28): STATE PERFORMANCE, BY COMMAND OF HIS MAJESTY KING EDWARD
VII (Theatre Royal, Dublin) Souvenir
Programme
Souvenir of this Royal Command Performance by Herbert Beerbohm Tree's
company, containing three excellent photographs (separated with tissue
paper) of the Theatre Royal Dublin, His Majesty King Edward VII, and Her
Majesty Queen Alexandra (all 5.5x7), Double-page cast list of the
excerpts performed: KING RICHARD II, Act II Sc.3 and Act III Sc.1 (w.Herbert
Beerbohm Tree, Lyn Harding, Oscar Asche), THE LAST OF THE
DANDIES, Act I (w.Herbert Beerbohm Tree, H.B.Warner, Lionel
Brough, Constance Collier), and TRILBY, Act I (w.Herbert Beerbohm
Tree, Lionel Brough, Viola Tree); 2 half-page photos of Mr.Tree
and Miss Viola Tree, 9 small photos of members of Tree's company
(including Lionel Brough, Oscar Asche, Constance Collier and H.B.Warner), and
5 photos of the Staff of the Theatre Royal Dublin
[8pp, 8.5x10.5 on glossy paper, contained within blue sugar-paper cover (4pp,
8.9x11.25, overprinted in silver); all hole-punched and secured with original
cream ribbon, partly perished; produced by David Allen & Sons, Ltd.; edges
of cover slightly knocked, else excellent condition] £18
1906: NERO - Stephen Phillips (His Majesty's Theatre)
Souvenir Programme
Presented, with Herbert Beerbohm Tree's compliments, on the occasion of
the 50th consecutive performance of NERO (9 March, 1906). Title page, prefatory
note by Tree, cast list, synopsis of scenes, music, details, production
credits, genealogical table, and 10 SUPERB COLOUR
PLATES by Chas.A.Buchel: Nero (Mr.Tree), Agrippina
(Mrs.Tree), Otho (Mr.Basil Gill), Poppaea (Miss Constance
Collier), Tigellinus (Mr.C.W.Somerset), Acte (Miss Dorothea Baird),
Burrus (Mr.Lyn Harding), Octavis and Britannicus (Miss Phyllis Embury
and Mr.Esme Percy), Anicetus (Mr.Robert Farquharson) and Seneca
(Mr.J.Fisher White); the costumes were by Percy Macquoid, the music by
Coleridge Taylor, and the play was produced by Comyns Carr; various
articles, and illustrations of contemporary coins PLUS First-Night Theatre
Programme for NERO (Jan 25, 1906), [20pp on glossy paper, 7.25x9.5, in
stiff white covers, excellent condition] containing Prefatory Note,
Genealogical Table, various articles, 4 photos of contemporary sculpture etc.
[46pp; 11.25x8.25; Stiff covers, with interior pages secured with green cord;
produced and published by Carl Hentschel, Ltd., London; slight wear to spine
and cover, else in excellent condition] (£31) SOLD