Beschreibung:

A well presented album of theatrical postcards and autographs, including real photo postcards, photographs, autograph letters, notes and clipped signatures, mostly with one or two items tipped on or laid in to rectos of 136 leaves, largely alphabetically arranged, autographs include Francesco Tosti, Turner Layton, Madame Albani, Oscar Asche, Mary Anderson, Lionel Brugh, Lily Braiton, Sir Squire Bancroft, Marie Wilton, Wilson Barrett, Mrs Patrick Campbell, Constance Collier, Ben Davies, Isabella Dallas, Gertrude Elliott, William Farren, Weedon Grossmith Sydney Grunny, Adeline Genee, Adelaide Neilson, Julia Neilson, Charles James Mathews, Nellie Melba, Dan Leno, Philip Astley, John Astley Lillie Langtry Madge Kendal, Laura Keene [1826-1873; 4-page ALS on Laura Keene's Theatre letterhead], Charles Kean (2-page ALS), Ellis Jeffreys, Henry Irving (1-page ALS), Priscilla Reed, J. Forbes Robertson, Clara Rousby, Thomas Chiswell King, Rejane (signature), Ella Snyder, E.H. Sothern, Katie Seymour, Fred Terry, Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Vesta Tilley, Ellaline Terriss, Ellen Terry Violet Vanbrugh, Alfred Wigan, Benjamin Webster, George Robey & Muriel Blanche (signed photograph), etc., bookplates of Sir Charles Nall-Cain and Brocket to front endpapers, top edge gilt, modern red morocco gilt by Riviere, 4to Laura Keene was a noted British-born actress and stage manager who headlined the cast of 'Our American Cousin' during its fateful performance at Ford's Theatre the night of Abraham Lincoln's assassination. Some anecdotal evidence suggests that she cradled the stricken President in the Presidential Box after Booth had made his escape. Autograph material by Laura Keene is very uncommon. (1)