Carrie Moore - Postcard, 1910
Title
Carrie Moore - Postcard, 1910
Date
21 November 1910
Description
Promotional postcard of Carrie Moore, starring in George Edwardes' 1910 touring production of Our Miss Gibbs.
What's the story?
Australian actor Carrie Moore played the title role in Our Miss Gibbs at the Theatre Royal from 14 to 19 February 1910.
Our Miss Gibbs is a musical comedy by James T. Tanner, with lyrics by Adrian Ross and Percy Greenbank and music by Ivan Caryll and Lionel Monckton. Produced by George Edwardes, it opened at the Gaiety Theatre in London in January 1909, with this UK tour following in 1910.
According to our records this was the second time Our Miss Gibbs played for a week-long run in the Theatre Royal during 1910, having previously been performed week beginning 14 February. It is not known whether Carrie Moore was in the earlier run.
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.
Our Miss Gibbs is a musical comedy by James T. Tanner, with lyrics by Adrian Ross and Percy Greenbank and music by Ivan Caryll and Lionel Monckton. Produced by George Edwardes, it opened at the Gaiety Theatre in London in January 1909, with this UK tour following in 1910.
According to our records this was the second time Our Miss Gibbs played for a week-long run in the Theatre Royal during 1910, having previously been performed week beginning 14 February. It is not known whether Carrie Moore was in the earlier run.
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
