Signed cabinet photograph of the English-American actress best known for her interpretations of Shakespearean roles and as an outspoken champion of women's rights. The photograph by W.A. Sands of NY shows her in one of her most celebrated roles, as Mary Tudor, and is signed and inscribed to "Mrs. Nathan" and dated 1901. A few nicks to edges, else fine. 4.5 x 6.5 inches; 11 x 16.5 cm.
In 1901, and in a subsequent 1904 revival, Marlowe starred as Mary Tudor in Paul Kester's adaptation of When Knighthood Was in Flower. This was an enormous success, and made Marlowe financially independent.
Throughout the 1880s and 1890s, Marlowe traveled the US performing various starring roles, but it wasn't until 1901, when she directed and starred in Paul Kester's adaptation When Knighthood Was in Flower, playing Mary Tudor, the sister of Henry VIII, that she became a national celebrity. The success of this production, which toured for two-years across the United States, made Marlowe financially independent and she went on to establish a well-regarded Shakespearian company with the actor Edward Hugh Sothern, who became her husband in 1911.
Julie Marlowe would go on to become an outspoken supporter of women's rights. In 1909, she secured national headlines when she and other suffragists met in Dobbs Ferry, New York, at the home of Eva Ingersoll Brown, the daughter of Robert Ingersoll, the famous American proponent of "free thought." The New York World reported that Marlowe "is going on the tramp -- or possibly even the street corner -- this winter to help get votes for women. She says she has always been a suffragist, though she never 'spoke out in a meeting' before yesterday." Marlowe explained "I guess I was just born doing it. And this winter I'm going to 'do' it in earnest, make heaps and loads of speeches -- oh, you'll see!"
Signed cabinet photograph of the English-American actress best known for her interpretations of Shakespearean roles and as an outspoken champion of women's rights. The photograph by W.A. Sands of NY shows her in one of her most celebrated roles, as Mary Tudor, and is signed and inscribed to "Mrs. Nathan" and dated 1901. A few nicks to edges, else fine. 4.5 x 6.5 inches; 11 x 16.5 cm.
In 1901, and in a subsequent 1904 revival, Marlowe starred as Mary Tudor in Paul Kester's adaptation of When Knighthood Was in Flower. This was an enormous success, and made Marlowe financially independent.
Throughout the 1880s and 1890s, Marlowe traveled the US performing various starring roles, but it wasn't until 1901, when she directed and starred in Paul Kester's adaptation When Knighthood Was in Flower, playing Mary Tudor, the sister of Henry VIII, that she became a national celebrity. The success of this production, which toured for two-years across the United States, made Marlowe financially independent and she went on to establish a well-regarded Shakespearian company with the actor Edward Hugh Sothern, who became her husband in 1911.
Julie Marlowe would go on to become an outspoken supporter of women's rights. In 1909, she secured national headlines when she and other suffragists met in Dobbs Ferry, New York, at the home of Eva Ingersoll Brown, the daughter of Robert Ingersoll, the famous American proponent of "free thought." The New York World reported that Marlowe "is going on the tramp -- or possibly even the street corner -- this winter to help get votes for women. She says she has always been a suffragist, though she never 'spoke out in a meeting' before yesterday." Marlowe explained "I guess I was just born doing it. And this winter I'm going to 'do' it in earnest, make heaps and loads of speeches -- oh, you'll see!"