Harry Randall Old Historic Pantomime Actor Dame Tucks Postcard

NR28 Antique Tucks postcard of Harry Randall used but this is truly outstanding condition. (whilst other postcard companies used this same photo this it the genuine Tucks published postcard with the Royal Crown logo on reverse).

In 1903 Randall appeared for the first time at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in Humpty Dumpty, as "second Dame" supporting Leno, who was in poor health. Campbell was also in the production. After Leno and Campbell's deaths in 1904, Randall continued for several more years at Drury Lane, in the role of Dame. In 1905 he travelled to Colwyn Bay, Wales, where he appeared on the Victoria Pier in a short sketch entitled "The Plumber". The Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald reported that his performance provided the audience with "a thrilling experience" who rewarded the comedian by "clapping so hard that the building rang with loud applause". In 1909 he appeared at the Empire, Leicester Square, where he performed "Harry the Handy Man" and a slavery song which the Yorkshire Evening Post called "extremely clever" owing to the "inimitable style which is peculiarly his own."  In 1913, after the death of his wife Annie, he retired. Randall published an autobiography, Harry Randall Old Time Comedian, in 1930. He died in a nursing home in Hendon, North London in 1932, and was buried in Hampstead Cemetery. The obituarist from the Hull Daily Mail opined that he was "one of the greatest music hall and pantomime comedians of his time."