Every day Sophie Dupre presents two items from her large stock of signed photographs, autograph letters, autographs for sale, royal memoralbilia and antiquarian manuscripts.
The photographs are presented with the catalogue descriptions.
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March 30
On This Day
On this day in 1880 Sean O'Casey the Irish playwright, author of Playboy of the Western World, was born. A committed socialist, he was the first Irish playwright of note to write about the Dublin working classes.
In 2002 Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother died at the age of 101. She was a widow for the last 50 years of her life.
ELIZABETH (The Queen Mother, 1900-2002, Queen of George VI)
Magnificent Presentation photo by Cecil Beaton signed and dated showing her three quarters length in profile, seated on a sofa wearing a bejewelled dress and sash, 8” x 6”, in original blue morocco presentation frame by H. H. Plante, with gilt monogram at the head, 12½” x 9”, no place, no date, circa 1964
37035
O'CASEY (Sean, 1884-1964, Irish Playwright)
Fine Autograph letter signed in full to Mr Anmer Hall saying that he has “given us all something like a production of Mourning Becomes Electra - which is an Irish way of saying that it was splendid. It was brave of you to put it on - or rather, cowardly of the other managers not to do so. I shall remember the Production for a long time. I’m very glad that the run has been extended, and that the play has been a success ...”, 1 side 8vo., 12th December 1937
38117
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