VICTORIAN ACTRESS KATE SANTLEY MAGNIFICENT CABINET PHOTO

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A rare original Napoleon Sarony cabinet photo circa 1871 of Victorian musical star Kate Santley, at one time closely associated with Gilbert and Sullivan and Richard D'Oyly Carte. � Excellent condition. Shipping discounts for multiple purchases. Credit cards accepted with Paypal. Inquiries always welcome. Please visit my other eBay items for more early theatre and historical autographs, photographs and programs and great singer, � actor and actress cabinet photos and CDV's. From Wikipedia: Early life Santley's parents emigrated from Germany to� Charleston, South Carolina, where she was educated. At the outbreak of the� American Civil War� in 1861, she came to England as a practising musician, but soon afterwards went on the stage as "Eva Stella", later becoming "Kate Santley".[2] Musical theatre career Santley made a name in the 1860s in British� music halls� and� Drury Lane Theatre� pantomimes. Early in her career, she was popular for singing the song "The Bell goes a-ringing for Sarah." At the� Oxford Music Hall, she had appeared withEuphrosyne Parepa, who later married� Carl Rosa. Santley was slim and pretty and became much photographed for visiting cards, postcards and advertising. Early in her career, she played in� F. C. Burnand's� St. George and the Dragon. In 1871–72, she visited the US, where she appeared appeared on� Broadway, including in a revival of the hit 1866 musical,� The Black Crook. Returning to London in 1872, she appeared in the London production of� The Black Crook� at the� Alhambra Theatre, where, the next year, she also starred in the title role in Burnand's English version of� Jacques Offenbach's� La Belle Hélène. Later in 1873, she sang Cunegonde in� Le roi Carotte. In 1874, she played Haidee in� H. J. Byron's� Don Juan, then in� La Jolie Parfumeuse, followed by the title role in� Whittington, by Offenbach.[3]� In 1876, she played Wilhelmina in� The Jolly Waterman� at the� Opera Comique� and then created the title character in (and produced)� Princess Toto, a� comic opera� by� W. S. Gilbert� and� Frederic Clay. Thereafter, Clay wrote numerous songs (such as her popular hit, “Nobody knows as I know”) and other operas for Santley.[4] In 1878, Santley produced and starred in� Dipunacy, which was a popular� burlesque� of� Diplomacy. 1879, at the� Royalty Theatre, Santley played in� La Marjolaine� and starred in (and produced)� Little Cinderella� and in the hit� Tita in Thibet� by� Frank Desprez.[5]� In 1880, she played in the Drury Lane pantomime� Mother Goose (and the Enchanted Beauty)� with� Arthur Roberts, the popular music hall comedian. In 1884, Santley played in� La Cosaque� at the Royalty, and in 1886, she hired� Sidney Jones� as musical director for the tour of her musical� Vetah. Theatre management In 1876, Santley managed� Gilbert and Sullivan's revival of their one-act hit� Trial by Jury� at the� Opera Comique.� Richard D'Oyly Carte� joined forces with Santley in January 1877 at the Royalty to present� Lischen and Fritzen, Offenbach’s� Orpheus in the Underworldand� Happy Hampstead� by Carte (under the pseudonym Mark Lynne) and his secretary,� Frank Desprez. In 1877, Santley became the manager of the Royalty Theatre, an association lasting some thirty years. She later seems to have acquired the head lease.[6]Also in 1877, the First Chief Officer of the� London Fire Brigade� strongly recommended to the Metropolitan Board of Works the immediate closure of the theatre. Santley, however, had it reconstructed to designs of architect Thomas Verity, whose plans, providing improved means of egress, were approved in 1882.[6] Many of the productions at the Royalty were opera-bouffes adapted from the French. M. L. Mayer, formerly of the� Gaiety Theatre, staged twice-yearly seasons of plays in French. The Coquelins and other luminaries of the� Comédie-Française� appeared here in the 1880s, when the Royalty was 'the recognized home of the Parisian drama.' There was further reconstruction of the theatre in 1883, and Santley was praised for the theatre's renovations... read more

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