Photographs: PH1819

Title

Antony & Cleopatra

Subject

Tree, Herbert Beerbohm (Sir)
Forbes-Robertson, Norman
Gill, Basil
Harding, Lyn
L'estrange, Julian
Grimwood, Herbert

Artist

Rotary Photographic Co Ltd (London, England)

Dimensions

height: 8.7cm
width: 13.7cm

Inscription/signature

Printed recto: "3287 E / "ANTONY & CLEOPATRA." / ROTARY PHOTO, E.C. / MR. LYN HARDING, / AS "DOMITIUS ENORBARBUS." / MR. BEERBOHM TREE, / AS "MARK ANTONY." / MR. NORMAN FORBES, AS "LEPIDUS." / MR. BASIL GILL / AS "OCTAVIUS CAESAR / MR. JULIAN L'ESTRANGE, / AS "SEXTUS POMPEIUS." / MR. HERBERT GRIMWOOD / AS "MENAS.""

Provenance

Presented by Mr Michael Gaunt, April 2024.

Other number

E0163

Photographic postcard depicting a scene from Shakespeare's 'Antony & Cleopatra', taken by Rotary Photographic Company. Lyn Harding played Domitius Enorbarbus, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Mark Antony, Norman Forbes-Robertson as Lepidus, Basil Gill as Octavius Caesar, Julian L'Estrange as Sextus Pompeius, and Herbert Greewood as Menas. They are all in Roman soldier costumes.

The reverse has no message.