DOROTHY WARD : ENGLISH STAGE ACTRESS :IN "THE WHIRL OF NEW YORK" : BROADWAY 1921

Description: This vintage real photo postcard features a sweet looking English actress named Dorothy Ward (1890-1987). Her specialty was pantomime and she often performed with her husband, Shaun Glenville. She made her stage debut in Birmingham in 1905 in the production of “Blue Beard”. She was an overnight success and went on to a successful career in theater. In fact, she was considered a mainstay of of British Music Hall and Variety for many decades. She was described by music historian, W. Macqueen-Pope, as a “handsome and striking woman, with auburn hair, wonderful carriage and fine figure…Tights become her, they are second nature to her and she understands pantomime and its topsy turviness”. The photo portrait used for this postcard was taken by Malcom Arbuthnot (1877-1967). He was an English pictorialist photographer and artist. Starting in 1914, he ran a portrait studio in London. He photographed many celebrities. After World War I, he gave up photography to pursue a career as an artist. This postcard was published by Rotary Photo as part of the British Beauty series (No.A11276). This photograph features Miss Ward in her role in the Broadway musical, "The Whirl of New York (1921). The show premiered at the Winter Garden Theater in 1921. This postcard is in good condition (see scans). Malcolm Arbuthnot: Old photograph, taken from the bridge of a sailing ship, heeling considerably, dated 1908

Price: 18 USD

Location: Northport, New York

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