Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Sir Nigel Playfair NPG 3504

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Harry Furniss

Actor and theatre manager, Playfair made his professional debut as Mr Melrose in A Pair of Knickerbockers (1902). In 1918 he formed a syndicate to purchase a long lease on the Lyric, Hammersmith, where he presented Restoration comedies and contemporary satires. His production of John Gay's The Beggar's Opera ran for 1,463 performances. Other successes included Congreve's The Way of the World (1924), Sheridan's The Rivals (1925) and the review Riverside Nights (1926), which Playfair co-wrote with A.P. Herbert.

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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