MISS WINIFRED EMERY : AN ENGLISH “STAGE FAVOURITE” : RPPC

Description: Miss Winifred Emery (1861-1924) is the subject of this vintage real photo postcard. She was an English actress and actor-manager during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She was married to actor Cyril Maude (m. 1888). It is not hard to imagine that the fact that she was born into a family of actors, played a role in her career choice. She began as a child actress and during the 1880’s and 1890’s her career blossomed as she played many leading roles in London’s West End theatres. Interestingly, her first London appearance was in 1874 in the pantomime,”Beauty and the Beast”. She later joined Marie Litton’s company, Herbert Beerbohm Tree’s theatre company, Henry Irving’s theatre company, and Wilson Barrett’s company. She eventually started her own touring theatre company with her husband. In 1896, her husband became actor-manager of the Haymarket Theatre and Emery became his leading lady. Among the plays that Emery appeared in are number of productions of Shakespeare. Emery had a successful stage career that spanned over forty years. This postcard was published circa 1910 by the Rapid Photo Company as part of the “Silverprint Photograph” Series (No. 3287). The photographer of this portrait of Miss Emery was the Lafayette studio,. Lafayette was a very respected celebrity photographer. This vintage portrait postcard is in good condition (see scans).

Price: 12 USD

Location: Northport, New York

End Time: 2025-01-24T04:20:50.000Z

Shipping Cost: 3.85 USD