Description: This vintage real photo postcard features actress Miss Nora Kerin (1883-1970). The image on this card captures her in costume for her role in "The Prince and the Beggar Maid". The actress was born in London and her family was chock full of actresses including sister, Eileen Kerin and cousin Julia Neilson, Lily Hanbury, and Hilda Hanbury. Nora Kerin made her stage debut in 1899. In conducting my preliminary research about Nora Kerin, I was struck by the number of negative reviews of her acting that I encountered. One review concerned her performance as Juliet in “Romeo and Juliet”. The production was at the Lyceum Theater in 1908 and the review appeared in London’s “Daily Mail”. The reviewer wrote “‘Oh, Juliet. Juliet, wherefore art thou Juliet?’ This is, of course, an inversion and a parody; but, seriously, the Juliet of Miss Nora Kerin cannot be taken so. She declaims in the conventional old-fashioned style. She somehow destroys – on the stage – her own personality, and instead of looking the pink of charm and youth (as she is when “taking a call”) she manages to conceal both. Many of her lines were badly spoken, falsely intonated and punctuated. She had moments … melodramatic outbursts … but she is not the personality … she has not the witching simplicity of the real Juliet”. Clearly, Miss Kerin was not a luminary actress of her time. However, she was quite pretty and fifteen portraits of her can be seen in the National Portrait Gallery. This vintage postcard was published by Rotary Photo as part of a series (No.1796Z). Kerin's photograph was taken by female celebrity photographer, Rita Martin. This real photo postcard is in very good condition (see scans).
Price: 16 USD
Location: Northport, New York
End Time: 2024-11-19T16:35:50.000Z
Shipping Cost: 3.85 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Number of Items in Set: 1
Unit of Sale: Single Unit
Featured Person: Nora Kerin
Size: Standard (5.5 x 3.5 in)
Material: Paper
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Brand/Publisher: Rotary Photo
Subject: Actress
Type: Real Photo (RPPC)
Era: Pre-War (Pre-1914)
Photographer: Rita Martin
Theme: Theater
Features: Divided Back
style: 5847
Time Period Manufactured: 1900-1919
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Unit Quantity: 1
Postage Condition: Unposted
