Marie Dainton Edwardian Actress Very Early Hand Signed Postcard

PFAS180 This is a rare opportunity to secure this antique 5.5" x 3.5" hand signed postcard for Marie Dainton who has personally autographed the souvenir where her signature rests perfectly accompanying her portrait undedicated - this has some age fading and corner places on reverse from former album but no handling so otherwise great - border age fading is strong (see scan) so graded vg - What is so collectible about this card is that it appears circa 1902 so surely one of the earliest autographs obtained of the actress you will source.

Marie Dainton (8 June c. 1881 1 February 1938) was an actress of the Victorian and Edwardian eras who appeared regularly in both music halls and in dramatic theatre.

Dainton was the original Peggy Machree at Wyndham's Theatre in London from 28 December 1904, and played the leading role in the original production of The Girl Behind the Counter, again at Wyndham's, from 21 April 1906. Dainton was a leading figure in the Music Hall War of 1907, Early career Later years Marie Dainton alongside, among others, Joe Elvin, Gus Elen and Marie Lloyd. At the Colonial Theatre in New York in March 1909 Dainton appeared in vaudeville, again performing her mimicry of celebrities, including Harry Lauder, Anna Held, Marie Tempest, Marie Lloyd and Mrs Patrick Campbell.

In October 1909 Dainton made a second tour of the United States, playing in Philadelphia and Chicago in The Silver Star and Madame Sherry. In 1910, she toured the English provinces as Clarice in the opera The Mountaineers before returning to the music halls. Among other productions, she took part in Autumn Manoeuvres on tour in 1912, I Should Worry at The Palace Theatre and on tour in 1913.