Photographs: PH1352

Title

Lena Ashwell, Christine Silver, Nannie Bennett and Muriel Vox

Subject

Ashwell, Lena

Dimensions

height: 15.5cm
width: 10cm

Inscription/signature

Printed on the front: "7416 F" "ROTARY PHOTO E.C" "DIANA OF DOBSON'S"/ " MISS NANNIE BENNETT/ AS MISS SMITHERS"/ "MISS CHRISTINE SILVER/ AS MISS KITTY BRANT"/ MISS LENA ASHWELL/ AS DIANA"/ MISS MURIEL VOS/ AS MISS JOY"/ "WHERE SHAL YOU GO?"/ " HAVEN'T THOUGH YET, BUT OF COURSE I SHALL BEGIN WITH PARIS".

Provenance

Donated to the Club in November 2022 by Mr Michael Gaunt

Other number

E0131

This photographic postcard depicts the actresses Nannie Bennett, Christine Silver, Lena Ashwell, and Muriel Vox in the play "Diana of Dobson's". The play was first performed at the Kingsway theatre in 1908, and was an adaptation of Cecily Hamilton's novel of the same name. The novel is a romantic comedy, which centres around an Edwardian shopgirl called Diana, who unespectedly inherits £300. This postcard decpits the scene in Act one, which takes place in the dormitory Diana shares with other shopgirls, discussing her plans.