Vesta Tilley in pantomime at Drury Lane
Vesta Tilley (1864-1952), born Matilda Alice Powles, later Lady de Frece, music hall actress whose speciality was male impersonations. Pictured in costume as the Prince in Beauty and the Beast at Drury Lane. Another actor played the part of the beast each evening while Vesta performed at adjacent variety theatres before hurrying back to Drury Lane to complete her role before the end of the show, thus trebling her salary
Picture No
10795589
Media ID
46884761
Size
4917px x 7800px
(4.2MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Unattributed photograph reproduced in Recollections of Vesta Tilley, 1934
Date
1910s
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