Old actor living off past glories
Hasn't worked in years... Young Actor: "Hello! Guv'nor. Doing anything?" Ols Stager: "No, my boy. As a fact of fact, I've done nothing since Poor Mac died!" Young actor: "Mac? What Mac? MacDermott?" Old Stager: "NO! Macready! You bloomin mushroom!!" William Charles Macready (1793-1873) was an English actor, who is clearly being name-checked in his scene
Picture No
10803963
Media ID
45544995
Size
3650px x 4683px
(3.2MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Illustration by Phil May from The Phil May Folio' (1904)
Date
1902
