Photographs: PH1394

Title

Matheson Lang

Subject

Lang, Matheson

Dimensions

height: 15.5cm
width: 10cm

Inscription/signature

Printed on the front: "1212 E" "MR. MATHESON LANG/ AS "JOHN STORM" IN "THE CHRISTIAN" "RITA MARTIN"

Provenance

Donated to the Club in November 2022 by Mr Michael Gaunt

Other number

E0131

This photographic postcard depicts the actor manager Matheson Lang as John Sorm in Hall Caine's play 'The Christian'. It was written in 1898 and is a Romance centered on an Anglican Vicar of a Slum parish who tried to convince a music hall actress to giv eup her career.