Mamie Watson Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Mamie Watson NPG x101303
© National Portrait Gallery, London
by Bassano Ltd
Watson is shown here at around the time she appeared at the Gaiety Theatre as Miss Robinson (A fitter at Parker's Stores) in the 1920 revival of The Shop Girl. Ivan Caryll's 'musical farce' had been one of the great successes of the 1890s, running for 546 performances and its 1920 staging with many new songs was almost as big a hit. One of the highlights was the duet sung by Mamie Watson and Roy Royston ; 'Oh, oh, jolly Japan/ Oh-ho, her little man/Tokio-Tokio/... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










