Theater and Stage Autographs

French actress (1821-1858), well known in her time as "Rachel", was a prominent figure in society, reputed to be the mistress of Napoleon III and other important figures. A beautiful collection of letters, documents, lithographs, and memorabilia related to the French actress. This collection includes her original passport with many visas, stamps, and signatures, 6 autographs letters in French signed by her (no translation), 3 autograph notes handwritten by her in the third person but not signed, 3 original lithographs of her from her time, 1 carte-de-visite by photographer Mayern & Pierson, 3 original playbills from her time (Boston, London, Edinburgh), plus one modern print of her (which is the last scanned image). SOLD ONLY AS A LOT, NOT SOLD SEPARATELY.

French stage and film actress (1907-1998).  Great black and white photograph signed by her, shown in the play "Sodome et Gomorrhes" (1943).  Size is 3.6 x 5.6 inches, minor creases, in very good condition.

British actor (1874-1968) who performed in both theater and films. Great black and white photograph signed by him, shown in role. Size is 3.5 x 5.3 inches, in excellent condition.

French music hall performer, actress, singer, and dancer (1890-1926) who committed suicide at the Drury Lane Theatre in London. Signed photograph, shown in role, bold handwriting and signature. Size is 3.5 x 5.5 inches, in excellent condition.

English actress (1883-1967). Wonderful black and white photo postcard signed by her, shown in role. Size is 3.3 x 5.4 inches, minor damage over the lower corners, otherwise in excellent condition.

English actress (1905-1962), considered a versatile Shakespearean actress. Autograph letter in English signed by her, no date, thanking a certain Mr. Wheelhouse for his kind letter. Size is 4.9 x 8 inches, 1 page, central fold, some spotted rust, with letterhead, tape residues over the lower back part of the sheet, otherwise in very good condition.

English actress (1862-1950). Fina black-and-white photo postcard signed by her, shown in role. Size is 3.3 x 5.4 inches, some stains, in overall very good condition.

English actress.  Great photo postcard signed by her with a short sentiment, also handwritten and signed on verso.  Size is 6.4 x 5.5 inches, signature is clearly visible in actual photo (hard to see in scanned image), otherwise in excellent condition.

English actress (1871-1939). Beautiful photo postcard signed by her, shown in a play. Size is 3.3 x 5.5 inches, in very good condition.

Fantastic collection of over 275 autograph letters, notes, documents and photographs representing French theater, mostly between the period 1825-1880. Some of the autographs included in this amazing collection are: Playwright Eugene de Planard (1783-1853) ANS - actor Leopold Delannoy (1817-1888), 6 ALS - clairvoyant Adolphe Didier, 1 ALS - actress Helena Gaussin, 2 ALS - theater director Leon Dormeuil (1824-1882), 16 ALS/ANS - playwright Leon Gandillon (1862-1912), 2 signed visiting cards - actress Camille Schelter, 1 ALS - Comedia-Francaise theater manager Sebastien Edmond (“Sevestre”) (1799-1852), 6 ALS/ANS, Henri Samary (1865-1902), 4 ALS - actress Eugenie Sauvage (1804-1866), 1 ALS - theater administrator René, also knows as Gilbert, 2 ALS - dancer Jeanne Dulac, 1 ANS -  Desirée Pochonet (1828-1860), 1 ALS - actress Alice Giesz, 1 ALS - actor and theater director Edmond Gaudé, 1 ALS - actor Georges Deneubourg (1860-1936), 1 signed visiting card - actress Marie Daubron, 4 ALS - actor and operetta singer Daubray (René M. Thibault) (1837-1892), 4 ALS and 1 signed visiting card - actress Marie Lloyd (1870-1922), 3 ALS and 1 signed visiting card - actress Louise Thuillier, 3 signed receipts - duo singers Henriot-Giraldas, 1 ALS - actress Guillemin, 2 ALS - actor Simon Lockroy (1803-1891), 2 ALS - actress Venulie Debay (?-1877), 1 ALS - playwright Charels H. Dubois-Davesnes (1800-1874), 1 ALS - actress Augustine Scriwaneck (1823-1909), 7 ALS - Mademoiselle Minette, 1 ALS - prince of Moskow Edgar N. Henry Ney (1812-1882), 1 ALS - actress Theresa Valladon, 2 signed receipts - actor Hippolyte Cisserant (1809-1877), 8 ALS - actress Yvonne de Bray (1889-1954), 1 ALS - actress Marie Tallandiera (1846-1878), 1 ALS and newspaper clips - actor Arthur Albert Thierry (1811-1867), 3 ALS - actress Madame Thierret (Felicien Georgin) (1814-1873), 7 ALS/ANS - dramatic actor Gilles de Saint Germain (1833-1899), 15 ALS/ANS - actress Gabrielle Thenard (1809-1861), 4 ALS - playwright Georges Grisier (1853-1909), 2 ANS - actress Alice Theric (1830-1896), 1 ALS - twin brothers and singers Anatole and Hippolyte Lionnet (1832-1896), 19 ALS/ANS and 1 signed visiting card of Anatole - actress Emilie Guyon (1821-1878) and A. Guyon, a total of 10 ALS/ANS - actress Charlotte Dupuis (1816-1879), 3 ALS - actress Jeanne Samary (1857-1890), 1 ALS - actress Colin (Rosa Didier) (?-1870), 4 ALS - dramatic author and journalist Felix Duquesnel (1832-1915), 2 ALS - baritone, librettist and impresario Henri Drayton (1812-1872), 1 ALS - historian and journalist Achille Denis (1817-1889), 2 ALS - actress Marie Dumas (1846-?), 2 ALS/ANS - Mademoiselle Denain (Pauline-Leontyne Mesnage (1823-1892), 3 ANS - actor Pierre-Mathieu Ligier (1796-1872), 3 ALS - comedian and theater director Emil Celestine Duard (1862-1941), 2 ALS - actor Lheritier (Marie Romain Thomas) (1807-1885), 1 ALS - actor and theater director Emile Taigny (1810-1875), 2 ALS - actress Dica Petit (1836-1895), 7 ALS/ANS - actress Lucile Durand, 1 ANS - actress Caroline Dupont, 3 ALS - actress Charlotte Dupont (Charlotte Rougeault de la Fosse) (1791-1864), 2  ALS - actress Antonia Molinos-Lafitte, 1 document signed. And many, many more we could not identify.  ALSO INCLUDED, 29 cabinet photos of Gertrude Green, Lea D´Ascot, Marie Leconte, Francine Lorée, Sara Jewett, Adelaide Ristori (9), Jeanne Bertiny, Simone Le Bargy, and others. Signed cabinets of Francine Lorée, Cecile Galley, Emile Colson, Andrée Genel, Renée Felyne, and politician  Jean Henri Laguerre. A total of 29 signed and unsigned cabinet photos, plus one signed photo postcard of actor Carlo Bohm. SOLD AS A COLLECTION ONLY, not sold separately.  

Hungarian-born American actress and socialité (1917-2016). Program for a performance of Jay Presson Allen's play "Forty Carats" featuring Zsa Zsa Gabor and signed by her on the front cover with a green felt tip pen. Size is 5.8 x 9 inches, 32 pages, in excellent condition.

American circus performer whose real name was Charles Sherwood Stratton (1838-1883), a dwarf who achieved great fame. Set of 2 cards: one signed and inscribed by him; and another by his wife who dated her autograph on November 12, 1915. Thumb's card is 3.3 x 1.7 inches, fading ink but still visible, his wife's is 4.6 x 2.75 inches and with mounting traces on verso. SOLD TOGETHER, NOT SOLD SEPARATELY.

French comedy actor (1813-1883). Autograph letter in French signed by him, dated on verso in 1844 (untranslated). Size is 5.25 x 8.3 inches, two written pages in one sheet (front and back), in excellent condition.

American actress (1877-1975), and singer.  Great black and white photo postcard signed by her with a short sentiment, shown in a play. Size is 3.5 x 5.4 inches, silvering on edges, in very good condition.

Set of signed programs and playbills with signatures of leading German and Austrian stage actors and 1 actress mostly from the 1950s. Several are complete programs containing all pages and covers, all written in German and many include photos of the artists. The performers include Erich Auer, Ernst Wurm, Hildegard Knef, Oskar Werner, and Walter Reyer among others. Most are about 5 x 8.5 inches in size. In excellent condition, not sold separately. 

Austrian actor and tenor (1850-1918), whose career focused on theater and operettas. Beautiful larger size cabinet photograph signed and inscribed in German on verso by the actor, with a short sentiment. An original cabinet by photographer Krziwanek, Vienna. Size is 5.25 x 8.5 inches, some stains on verso, otherwise in very good condition.

American actress (1898-1968) of screen and stage, and also a director. Fine black-and-white half-tone photograph signed by her, shown young. Size is 4.3 x 6.3 inches, minor damage on corners, in overall very good condition.

English music hall entertainer (1887-1957). Nice black and white photo postcard signed by her, shown in role. Size is 3.4 x 5.3 inches, minor creases in all four corners, in very good condition.

English music hall entertainer (1887-1957). Fine black-and-white photo postcard signed by her, shown young. Size is 3.4 x 5.5 inches, in excellent condition.

American actor (1857-1919) and musical performer, active between 1873-1919. Original cabinet-style photograph by Sarony, New York, signed by the actor with a short sentiment, shown young.  Size is 4.25 x 6.5 inches, in very good condition.

English theater and film actor (1858-1944). Autograph note signed by the actor on a page plus a card with his signature (separated). Note is is 10.2 x 6.4 inches (open size), card is 3.4 x 2.3 inches, in very good condition.

English actress (1887-1970). Nicely colorized photo postcard signed by her, dated in 1906, shown in role. Photograph is also handwritten and signed by her on verso (not shown). Size is 3.5 x 5.5 inches, silvering on board, in very good condition.

Spanish actress (1867-1928), producer and director, all her career was in theater (not in film), in zarzuelas, comedies and adaptations of Spanish classics. Together with her husband, she created the Teatro Cervantes in Buenos Aires (1921). Signed photo postcard, shown in role, size is 3.3 x 5.4 inches, in very good condition. ALSO INCLUDED are 2 photo postcards of her, signed by her husband, Spanish actor and impresario Fernando Diaz de Mendoza (1862-1930).

Italian actress who also performed in opera (1840-?), signed cabinet photograph, shown in role, inscribed with additional text on verso, dated in Bologna in 1889. Photo by Emblemi and Ballarini photographers. Size is 4 x 8 inches, some cracks at the top and on the edges of the photo and bullet holes on the bottom not affecting image and signature, otherwise in good condition.

French cabaret singer (1865-1944), and actress of the Belle Epoque, who also performed in silent films.  Beautiful photo postcard signed by her.  Size is 3.5 x 5.4 inches, postage marks on verso indicating the year 1912, in very good condition.

American actor (1879-1955), theater manager, and major Broadway star in New York. Fine menu page signed by him, for a dinner in his honor hosted by the Lotos Club on February 10th, 1929, at the Supper Club, New York.  Menu has Hamden's image in various roles printed on the Menu.   Menu's size is 9.4 x 13.75 inches, minor damages on the borders, mounting traces on verso, in overall excellent condition.

American actor (b.1950). American actress (1934-2010). Program for a performance William Inge's play "Picnic" (1953) signed by Gregory Harrison, Rue McClanahan, Michael Learned, Jennifer Jadon, Leigh Dick van Patten, and Dana Hill, during April/May 1986. Size is 8.25 x 10.7 inches, 70 pages, in excellent condition.

English stage actor and singer (1862-1935). Fine black-and-white photo postcard signed by him. Size is 3.5 x 5.3 inches, small scratch over the upper-right corner, otherwise in excellent condition.

English actor (1862-1935). Fine black-and-white photo postcard signed by him, shown in role. Size is 3.3 x 5.3 inches, in excellent condition.

Polish stage performer (1872-1918), Broadway singer, and wife of impresario Florenz Ziegfeld. Page signed by her with the letterhead of the hotel, dated in 1914, mounted on soft black cardboard.  Size is 5.25 x 6.75 inches, folds, rust stains, in overall good condition.

Swedish-American stage actress (1883-1974). Fantastic sepia photograph signed by her with a short sentiment, dated in 1915. Size is 7 x 8.6 inches, mounting traces on verso, in very good condition.

British actor (1879-1949) and also a music hall performer, playwright, and producer. Nice sepia photo postcard signed by him, dated 1918. Size is 3.3 x 5.2 inches, blind-stamped on the front by photographer Carbonara (Liverpool), minor silvering, in overall excellent condition.

British actor (1871-1949) and British actress and singer (1871-1971), husband and wife. Set of 2 postcards, each one signed by one of them. Size is 6.4 x 5.25 inches, in excellent condition.

Austrian actress (1854-1920) of theater and stage. Beautiful mini-cabinet photograph shown in role, signed by her on verso, dated in 1888; an original cabinet by photographer Szekely, Vienna. Size is 2.5 x 4.25 inches, in excellent condition.

American actor (1858-1935), who performed mostly in musical theater; active between 1878-1935. Original cabinet-style photograph by Morrison, Chicago, signed twice by the actor (on front and verso -where he inscribed with a short sentiment).  Size is 4.25 x 6.5 inches, in excellent condition

English actor (1937-2015), a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1966 to 1983. Fine black-and-white photograph signed by him. Size is 4 x 5.75 inches, in excellent condition.

American stage actress (1879-1934), very popular in the 1900s. A beautiful ovalized photograph signed and inscribed by her, dated 1907, mounted on soft cardboard.  Size is 4.5 x 6.5 inches, some signs of wear on the photograph, but otherwise in very good condition. ALSO INCLUDED is a typed letter signed by her husband, dated 1939.

English stage actor (1838-1905) of the Victorian era, and in 1895 became the first actor to be awarded a knighthood, indicating full acceptance into the higher circles of British society. Autograph note signed by him, dated 1894. Size is 4.9 x 7.8 inches, 1 page, minor stains, central fold, in very good condition.

English stage actor (1838-1905) and American violinist (1866-1959), conductor, and educator. Fine menu page for a dinner in honor of Iriving hosted by the Lotos Club on November 16th, 1895, at the Supper Club, New York.  The Menu is signed in pencil or crayon by several personalities, including Irving and Mannes (who signed with a short music quote). Menu's size is 6.9 x 10.25 inches, 1 page, damage over the left border with loss of paper, minor cracks, in overall good condition.

English actor (b.1938) and director with a "forceful commanding stage presence" and has enjoyed a successful and distinguished stage career since 1961. Original poster on soft cardboard promoting the play "Breaking the Code" at Neil Simon Theater, New York, during the Broadway season 19887-1988, signed by the English actor plus other 7 actors of the cast.  Size is 14 x 22 inches, in very good condition.

Czech-born American stage actress (1829-1904). Album page signed by her mounted with a half-tone photograph of her and dated in Baltimore in February 1873. Total size is 7.6 x 4.8 inches, in very good condition.

English actress (1868-1943). Fine black-ad-white photo postcard signed by her. Size is 3.5 x 5.25 inches, in excellent condition.

English music hall entertainer (1872-1938), best remembered for writing the song "It's a Long Way to Tipperary". Nice sepia photo postcard signed by him, shown next to the English music publisher Bert Feldman (1874-1945), and actor Harry Williams, both of them signed as well. Size is 3.3 x 5.3 inches, in excellent condition.

French comic actress (1849-1911). Fine card signed by her and dated in Chicago, 1889. Size is 3.6 x 2 inches, in very good condition.

English actress and manager (1805-1899). Autograph note signed by her, dated July 23th, 1895.  Size is 3.75 x 5.9 inches, 1 page, in excellent condition.

English actor and theatre manager (1843-1917), performed from the 1860s until 1908 both in England and toured to the U.S. Signed postcard photograph, shown possibly in role. Photo by Beagles and company, London. Size is 3.5 x 5.5 inches, some ink marks on far edges, otherwise in good condition.

Australian actress (1887-1971), swimmer & aquatic performer. Beautiful black and white photo postcard signed by her, shown in a swimsuit. size is 3.5 x 5.5 inches, some fading on image, otherwise in excellent condition.

Russian theater actor (1901-1945). Fine photo postcard signed by him, shown as Karenin in Tolstoi's "Anna Karenina", dated 1931. Size is 3.4 x 5.4 inches, in excellent condition.