Farren Soutar Burlesque Musical Baritone Actor Hand Signed Postcard

PFAS203  This is an original antique hand signed Beagles published postcard for Edwardian actor baritone and 1900s musical comedian Farren Soutar who has personally autographed the souvenir where his signature rests perfectly accompanying his portrait in mint unused condition and the signing undedicated too - You wont source better.

"...Joseph Farren Soutar, was an English actor and singer who became known for his performances in Edwardian Musical Comedies in the West End and on Broadway. Later he acted in some serious plays. His mother was Nellie Farren, the famous principal boy in Victorian burlesque.

A baritone leading man,he played a number of roles in Edwardian Musical Comedies, including Bobbie Rivers in A Gaiety Girl (1894), Algernon St. Alban in An Artist's Model at the Lyric Theatre (1895), the parody A Model Trilby; or, A Day or Two After Du Maurier, based on the popular play Trilby, staged at the Opera Comique and produced by his then-retired mother in 1895, Dick Cunningham in The Geisha at Daly's Theatre (1897),[5] Lieut. Crosby in The Wrong Mr. Wright at the Strand Theatre (1899), Jack Hemingway in The Girl from Up There at the Lyceum Theatre on Broadway (1901), and Michael Brue in Sergeant Brue at the Royal Strand Theatre (1904).

Further stage appearances included Tom Hatherton in Howard Talbot's hit musical A Chinese Honeymoon at the Royal Strand Theatre (1903), the Duke of St. Jermyns in The Catch of the Season at Daly's Theatre in New York (1905), and Hon. Raymond Finchley in The Belle of Mayfair at the Vaudeville Theatre (1906). In June 1906 he was one of a group notable comedians who took part in a 'Minstrel Entertainment' as part of the jubilee celebrations for Ellen Terry..."