Lot 1487
Impressive Actors. Lot of signed items from four great stage personalities who flexed their theatrical muscles from the late 19th to the mid-20th century.
Sir Gerald du Maurier has signed one photographic postcard and one duodecimo cream-colored card ("Gerald du Maurier"). Both are signed in dark ink, in du Maurier's strong hand. The postcard (by M. Lewis of London) has toned somewhat, but both items are in fine condition.The lot includes a letter from du Maurier's secretary proffering the signatures and offering thanks for a "charming letter". The great Eva Le Gallienne has signed a notecard embossed with her name and included a quotation from The Master Builder and brief note: "'Then let me see you stand free and high up!'…with all good wishes…& thanks for a very charming letter! Eva la Gallienne 14.1.40". A couple of minor ink smudges when the card was folded over, but generally fine condition. Otis Skinner signed and inscribed a Windeatts of Chicago cabinet card (which has unfortunately been trimmed at the vertical edges to the picture surface), the inscription: "To Mrs. Banks from Otis Skinner / 1902". There is also a signed card from Skinner, dated "1931". The surface of the cabinet photo has caused some fading to the signature, but the overall condition of this group is very good. Anton Lang, who played Christ at four successive Oberammergau Passion Plays, is pictured in the prologue costume on a signed ("Anton Lang") photographic postcard accompanied by a black and white postcard of Hans Lang as John. Lang became world famous for his portrayal of Christ as much for the exquisite pottery he produced outside of the theater. The Hans Lang postcard is in fair condition, the Anton Lang postcard is in fine condition.
Estimated Value $150 - 200.
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