Some interesting postcards from the NSW Postcard Collectors Fair yesterday...
Quong Tart- not associated with Theatre History, but one of Sydney's most amazing citizens during the Victorian era. He was a legend. This is an early 20th Century cigarette card. I was really surprised to see him represented on a cigarette card.
A postcard of a drawing of the Royal Hotel in Sydney- I think the Theatre Royal was based here and that was Sydney's first theatre.
May De Sousa. An American actress who had a sad demise. She married an Australian and ended up in pauper's grave in the US. The two may have been related?
Nance O Neil. A very famous actress who visited Australia
Parer- a magician
A postcard from the local production of East Lynne
I hadn't seen one of these before. It's a postcard from the Orpheum Circuit in North America. This comes from Canada. 1917/18 season.
I'm working on a new juggling article about the people below. Very interesting story..
Leann