Lilias Earle - Postcard, 1910
Title
Lilias Earle - Postcard, 1910
Date
28 March 1910
Description
Promotional postcard of Lilias Earle, appearing in Percy Hutchinson's 1910 touring production of Brewster's Millions.
What's the story?
Lilias Earle played Peter’s Mother in Brewster’s Millions, which ran at the Theatre Royal from 28 March to 2 April 1910.
Brewster's Millions is a comic novel written by George Barr McCutcheon in 1902, under the pseudonym of Richard Greaves. It was adapted into a play by Winchell Smith and Byron Ongley and premiered on Broadway in 1906.
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.
Brewster's Millions is a comic novel written by George Barr McCutcheon in 1902, under the pseudonym of Richard Greaves. It was adapted into a play by Winchell Smith and Byron Ongley and premiered on Broadway in 1906.
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
