Stage & Screen
LOFTUS
(Marie, 1857-1940, Scottish Music Hall Star)
Postcard Photo Signed and inscribed
Yours sincerely, showing her full length, standing in semi-profile, wearing a costume with an enormous feathery had with one arm raised up, 5½ x 3½, no place, no date
Background
A music-hall luminary known as the Sarah Bernhardt of the Halls, Marie Loftus often appeared as a principal boy, always stunningly dressed.
Stock No. 39932