Photographs: PH1453

Title

Lewis Waller, Charles Allan, Dorothy Dix and Rita Leggiero

Subject

Waller, Lewis

Dimensions

height: 15.5cm
width: 9cm

Inscription/signature

Printed on the front: "7413 F ROTARY PHOTO E.C" "FOULSHAM & BANFIELD" "a WHITE MAN"/ "MR CHARLES ALLAN/ AS MALCOLM PETRIE" "mR LEWIS WALLER/ AS JIM CARSTON" "MISS DOROTHY DIX/ AS NAT-U-RITCH" "MISS RITA LEGGIERO/ AS LITTLE HALL"/ "NO NATU-U-RITCH, JIM STAY HERE, ALWAYS WITH YOU, ALWAYS ONLY LITTLE HAL GO".

Provenance

Donated to the Club in November 2022 by Mr Michael Gaunt

Other number

E0131

This photographic postcard depicts the actor manager Lewis Waller, Charles Allan, Dorothy Dix and the child actress Rita Leggiero, in the play 'A White Man', by the American playwright Edwin Milton Royle, performed at the Lyric Theatre in 1908. Lewis Waller is depicted as, with one hand on Dorothy Dix's (1892-1970) shoulder, as she embraces the actress playing Little Hal. On the left Charles Allen (1852-1911) as Malcolm Petrie turns away from the emotional scene.