Musical Comedy Collection

Gertie Millar, British actress and singer, c1906. Artist: Rotary Photo
Gertie Millar, British actress and singer, c1906. Postcard posted in 1906. Gertie Millar (1879-1952) was a singer and actress of the late 19th and early 20th century

That's where she sits all day, 1900. Creator: Starmer
Boys, have you ever seen my Dinah? That's where she sits all day, my gal is not a shy gal, 1900. Written and composed by Frank Leo

Ma Tiger Lily, 1900. Creator: Unknown
Ma Tiger Lily, 1900. Originally Introduced in the Musical Comedy "Aunt Hannah" Bijou Theatre N.Y.; Now Being Sung with Tremendous Success by All Leading Vocalists; Words by Clay M

Miss Gabrielle Ray, (1883-1973), c1930. Creator: Unknown
Miss Gabrielle Ray, (1883-1973), c1930. English stage actress, dancer and singer, best known for her roles in Edwardian musical comedies. [Beagles Postcards, London]

Miss Gabrielle Ray, (1883-1973), as Daisy in The Dollar Princess"
Miss Gabrielle Ray, (1883-1973), as " Daisy" in " The Dollar Princess". c1930. English stage actress, dancer and singer, best known for her roles in Edwardian musical comedies

Miss Phyllis Dare, c1930. Creator: Unknown
Miss Phyllis Dare, (1890-1975), c1930. English singer and actress, famous for her performances in Edwardian musical comedy and other musical theatre

Miss Phyllis Dare, (1890-1975), c1930. Creator: Unknown
Miss Phyllis Dare, (1890-1975), c1930. English singer and actress, famous for her performances in Edwardian musical comedy and other musical theatre

Miss Edna May, (1878-1948), c1930. Creator: Unknown
Miss Edna May, (1878-1948), c1930. American actress and singer. A popular postcard beauty, May was famous for her leading roles in Edwardian musical comedies

Miss Zena Dare, (1887-1975), c1930. Creator: Unknown
Miss Zena Dare, (1887-1975), c1930. English singer and actress famous for her performances in Edwardian musical comedy, musical theatre and comedic plays. [Johnston & Hoffmann, London]

Gladys Cooper, (1888-1971), c1930. Creator: Unknown
Gladys Cooper, (1888-1971), c1930. Dame Gladys Constance Cooper, English actress began her career as a teenager in Edwardian musical comedy and pantomime by the 1930s

Miss Gertie Millar, (1879- 952), c1930. Creator: Unknown
Miss Gertie Millar, (1879- 952) c1930. English actress and singer of the early 20th century, known for her performances in Edwardian musical comedies. Millar married the 2nd Earl of Dudley in 1924

Miss Marie Studholme, (1872-1930), c1930. Creator: Unknown
Miss Marie Studholme, (1872-1930), c1930. Caroline Maria Lupton was an English actress and singer in Victorian and Edwardian musical comedy. [James Bacon & Sons, Newcastle-On-Tyne]

Gertie Millar, (1879- 952), c1930. Creator: Unknown
Gertie Millar, (1879- 952), c1930. English actress and singer of the early 20th century, known for her performances in Edwardian musical comedies. Millar married the 2nd Earl of Dudley in 1924

Gladys Cooper, (1888-1971), c1930 Creator: Rita Martin
Gladys Cooper, (1888-1971), c1930. Dame Gladys Constance Cooper, English actress began her career as a teenager in Edwardian musical comedy and pantomime by the 1930s

Mr Flotsam and Mr Jetsam, 1935. They were an Anglo-New Zealand musical comedy duo of the 1920s and 1930s. Mr Flotsams real name was Bentley Collingwood Hilliam (1890-1968)

Jose Dalmaine, British actress, 1938. In Firth Shephards new musical comedy, Running Riot, at the Gaiety Theatre, London. Cigarette card from Modern Beauties, 7th series

Ruth Robinson, British actress, 1938. In Firth Shephards successful musical comedy, Wild Oats, at the Princes Theatre, London

Norah Henderson, British actress, 1939. In Firth Shephards new musical comedy, Running Riot, at the Gaiety Theatre, London

British actress Alice Atherton in Oliver Grumble, 1886. Artist: Barraud
British actress Alice Atherton in Oliver Grumble, 1886. A photograph from The Theatre, A Monthly Review, Volume VII, January to June, 1886, edited by Clement Scott, Carson & Comerford, London, 1886

C Hayden Coffin, British actor and singer, 1887. Artist: Walery
C Hayden Coffin, British actor and singer, 1887. A photograph from The Theatre, A Monthly Review, Volume X, July to December, 1887, Carson & Comerford, London, 1887

Members of the cast of Amasis, c1906. Artist: Rotary Photo
Members of the cast of Amasis, c1906. Rutland Barrington as Amasis IX, and his fan bearers. Amasis is a musical comedy by Philip Michael Faraday and Frederick Fenn, set in Ancient Egypt

Members of the cast of Oh! Oh! Delphine!!!, c1916. Artist: Rotary Photo
Members of the cast of Oh! Oh! Delphine!!!, c1916. Dorothy Jordan as Bimboula, Courtice Pounds as Colonel Pomponnet and Walter Passmore as Alphonse Bouchette

Eva Kelly and GP Huntley, British actors, c1907. Artist: Rotary Photo
Eva Kelly and GP Huntley, British actors, c1907. Kelly as Gretchen and Huntley as Mr Hook in the musical comedy Miss Hook of Holland

Gertie Millar, British actress and singer, c1905. Artist: Rotary Photo
Gertie Millar, British actress and singer, c1905. Millar (1879-1952) was a singer and actress of the late 19th and early 20th century, famous for her performances in musical comedies

Rosina Filippi and Sari Petrass, actresses, c1912(?). Artist: Rotary Photo
Rosina Filippi and Sari Petrass, actresses, c1912(?). Rosina Filippi as Julesa and Sari Petrass as Ilona in Gipsy Love

Miss Coralie Blythe as Mitzi, c1908. Artist: Philco Publishing Company
Coralie Blythe, British actress, c1908. Postcard posted in 1908. Coralie Blythe as Mitzi in The Girls of Gottenberg, a musical written by George Grossmith, Jr and LE Berman

Edith Wynne Matthison, British actress, c1907. Artist: Rotary Photo
Edith Wynne Matthison, British actress, c1907. Postcard posted in 1907. Edith Wynne Mathison (1875-1955) in Everyman

Constance Drever, British actress, c1907. Artist: Rotary Photo
Constance Drever, British actress, c1907. Constance Drever (1880-1948) in the title role in the musical Amasis

Hilda Coral, British actress, c1900s(?). Artist: Lallie Charles
Hilda Coral, British actress, c1900s(?)

Marie Dainton, British actress, c1906. Artist: R Dunn and Co
Marie Dainton, Russian-born British actress, c1906. Postcard posted in 1906. Marie Dainton (1881-1938) was a theatrical and music hall actress who appeared in musical comedies, pantomimes and revues

Gabrielle Ray, English actress, dancer and singer, c1900s(?). Artist: Rotary Photo
Gabrielle Ray, English actress, dancer and singer, c1900s(?). Gabrielle Ray (1883-1973) was best known for her roles in Edwardian musical comedies

Jessie Millward, British actress, c1906. Artist: Foulsham and Banfield
Jessie Millward, British actress, c1906. Postcard posted in 1906. Jessie Millward as Lady Manners, in The School for Husbands

Crissy Bell, British actress, c1900s(?). Artist: Philco Publishing Company
Crissy Bell, British actress, c1900s(?). Crissy Bell in The Beauty of Bath, a musical comedy by Seymour Hicks and Cosmo Hamilton

Marie Studholme, British actress, c1900s(?). Artist: Rotary Photo
Marie Studholme, British actress, c1900s(?). Marie Studholme (1875-1930) was born Marion Lupton. She starred in Victorian and Edwardian musical comedies

Gaiety Girls, 1908 (1951). Gaiety Girls were chorus girls in British Edwardian musical comedies. They were named after Londons Gaiety Theatre, where they first appeared in the 1890s

George Grossmith in No, No, Nanette!, Palace Theatre, London, c1926. Musican comedy first produced in 1925, starring Binnie Hale and George Grossmith Jr

Gertie Millar, British actress and singer, playing the piano, c1890-1909(?). Millar (1879-1952) was a singer and actress of the late 19th and early 20th century

Billie Burke, American actress, c1903-1919. Billie Burkes (1884-1970) stage career began in London in 1903. She later returned to the United States to become a star in Broadway musical comedies

Edna May, American actress and singer, c1900-1919. Edna May (1878-1948) was best known for her roles in Edwardian musical comedies

Performance of The Gay Gordons, c1907. Misss Fairbrother as Charlotte Siddons, AW Baskcome as Edmund Siddons, Fred Emney as Nervy Nat

Ellaline Terriss and Seymour Hicks in The Gay Gordons, c1907. Terriss as Peggy Quainton and Hicks as Angus Graeme. Hicks and Terriss married in 1893

Guy Reginald Bolton, British-born writer of Broadway musical comedies, 1933. Bolton (1894-1979) was a writer of Broadway musical comedies who frequently collaborated with PG Wodehouse

Louie Freear in The Lady Slavey, c1902. Artist: Ellis & Walery
Louie Freear in The Lady Slavey, c1902. Actress Louie Freear (1871-1939) as the Slavey, music by Gustave Kerker, libretto by George Dance

Ellaline Terriss in Bluebell in Fairyland, c1902. Artist: Ellis & Walery
Ellaline Terriss in Bluebell in Fairyland, c1902. Born on the Falkland Islands, Ellaline Terriss (1872-1971) was a star of musical comedies

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