Mabel Love - Postcard, 1908
Title
Mabel Love - Postcard, 1908
Date
31 August 1908
Description
Promotional postcard of Mabel Love, who played the title role in 1908 touring production of Lady Frederick.
What's the story?
Mabel Love performed the title role in Lady Fredrick by W. Somerset Maugham at the Theatre Royal from 31 August to 5 September 1908. Produced by Emma Hutchinson and Percy Hutchinson, this was performed in repertoire, alongside The Peacemaker.
Love was a notable actor during her time and attracted many admirers, including Winston Churchill. Letters that were exchanged between the pair are currently held in the Churchill Archives at Cambridge University.
Lady Frederick premiered at the Court Theatre in London in October 1907 and was very successful, with Love playing the title role on tour in the following year.
This postcard forms part of a large scrapbook collection donated to the Theatre Royal archive by Diane Meadwell from Sandiacre. Her great grandfather was Bernard Hill, the former landlord of The Sun Inn on Parliament Street and who later became the Stage Door Keeper at the Theatre Royal. Bernard’s daughter Edith also worked at the Theatre Royal as an usherette.
Whilst in his stage door job, Bernard collected a large number of postcards of the numerous artists who performed at the venue, many of which he got them to autograph, as well as writing the date and if necessary the show on the reverse, making the future archivist’s job that little bit easier. We have then been able to cross-reference this information with the list of Theatre Royal shows being compiled by volunteer researcher Lynn Whitley.
We are grateful to Diane for sharing her family memories with us and for donating such a valuable resource to the archive.
Love was a notable actor during her time and attracted many admirers, including Winston Churchill. Letters that were exchanged between the pair are currently held in the Churchill Archives at Cambridge University.
Lady Frederick premiered at the Court Theatre in London in October 1907 and was very successful, with Love playing the title role on tour in the following year.
This postcard forms part of a large scrapbook collection donated to the Theatre Royal archive by Diane Meadwell from Sandiacre. Her great grandfather was Bernard Hill, the former landlord of The Sun Inn on Parliament Street and who later became the Stage Door Keeper at the Theatre Royal. Bernard’s daughter Edith also worked at the Theatre Royal as an usherette.
Whilst in his stage door job, Bernard collected a large number of postcards of the numerous artists who performed at the venue, many of which he got them to autograph, as well as writing the date and if necessary the show on the reverse, making the future archivist’s job that little bit easier. We have then been able to cross-reference this information with the list of Theatre Royal shows being compiled by volunteer researcher Lynn Whitley.
We are grateful to Diane for sharing her family memories with us and for donating such a valuable resource to the archive.
Type
Postcard
Location of item
Theatre Royal & Royal Concert Hall Nottingham
Rights
Theatre Royal & Royal Concert Hall Nottingham
Contributor
Researchers: David Longford / Lynn Whitley
