Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Lillah McCarthy NPG x193901

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Bassano Ltd, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd

Actress and theatre manager. Lillah McCarthy made her debut on the London stage in 1895 and found instant success. She joined the leading actor and playwright, Wilson Barrett, at the Lyric Theatre the next year, followed by a tour of Australia. Upon her return in 1900, she became the leading lady in Quo Vadis?, The Sign of the Cross, Hamlet, and Othello. In 1906, McCarthy married the actor and theatre director, Harley Granville-Barker, who she had met while playing his opposite in Man... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.