Stage & Screen
ELLEN TERRY AS 'PORTIA'
TERRY
(Dame Ellen, 1848-1928, Actress)
Fine albumen cabinet photo by Window and Grove boldly signed
showing her head and shoulders in an oval in her costume as 'Portia', looking to one side, 6½ x 4¼, no place, dated in the verso in another hand
Item Date: 1898
£225
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Background
In 1878 she joined Henry Irving's company as his leading lady, and for more than the next two decades she was considered the leading Shakespearean and comic actress in Britain. Two of her most famous roles were Portia in The Merchant of Venice and Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing. She and Irving also toured with great success in America and Britain.
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