Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

(Walter) Brandon Thomas NPG x12969

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Herbert Rose Barraud, published by Carson & Comerford

Walter Brandon Thomas is best remembered for writing the comic play Charley's Aunt (1892), which broke all historic records for plays of any kind, with an original London run of 1,466 performances. Born in Liverpool, Thomas worked initially as a clerk, but his passion was the stage and he began performing in music halls in his spare time. His first London success was in Sweet Lavender by Arthur Wing Pinero. Charley's Aunt premiered at the Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds in 1892, with Thomas... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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