29.00 USD
Miss Constance Drever (1880-1948) was born in Madras, India, into a military family. She debuted with the D'Oyly Carte Opera company in 1903. in their production of "A Princess of Kensington" which bears the distinction of being the last of their productions to appear at the Savoy theater of London, the theater where they performed so many of the Gilbert and Sullivan Musicals since the late 1870s. The company would, by the time Miss Drever joined it, have been run by Richard D'Oyly Carte's widow, Helen Lenoir.
Miss Drever went on from there to appear in a number of other musicals with great success, and also to appear regularly on the music hall circuit.
Here, she is pictured in "costume orientale" as the Princess Amāsis, from the successful 1906 comic opera "Amāsis; or An Egyptian Princess," by Faraday and Fenn. The card is dedicated and signed by Miss Drever. A really wonderful item.
We have come across a couple of other cards signed by this performer, valued at upwards of 900 dollars! Well, we cannot say how the sellers arrived at those values, and we certainly aren't going to argue with them. perhaps we are letting this card go at a ridiculously low price. In fact, from a strictly "marketing perspective," we think we'd be fools not to mention it, so we have :)
Anyhow, a really lovely autographed image, in very nice condition.
Please examine our high res scans for detail.
Postage is for first class shipping in a secure photo mailer, and we happily combine shipping on all paper goods. If you purchase two cards, we will refund the postage on the second card, and when you purchase three or more cards from us at the same time, your shipping will be entirely free, except for international orders which, because of sudden increases in international shipping rates will still be charged one card's shipping fees on orders of three or more.
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