Robey George, Signed (8 results)

1916 Antique Print - THEATRE George Robey Concert Poster John Hassall (91) For more info please ask seller a question. Royal Mail 2nd Class - £0.00 Royal Mail 2nd Class Signed For - £4.50 Standard Int'l age - £4.00 Royal Mail International Signed - £8.00 No PICK UP OPTIONSorry, our items are NOT available for pick-up.PAYING VIA PAYPALWe accept on our all our items so you can shop with confidence.Simple choose the option when proceeding through the checkout.

A very nice piece of musichall ephemera: a signed self-caricature by one of its leading lights. See Robey's entry in the Oxford DNB. On a 7 x 8.75 cm piece of card, cut from a plain printed postcard. In good condition, lightly aged, with traces of the four paper label mounts on reverse. On the front, which is entirely plain apart from Robey's writing, is his Autograph Inscription, in a close hand with stylized signature: 'Good luck. Geo Robey.' This is at the foot of the page, beneath a well-executed self-caricature in blue and red ink. Robey has drawn himself, head and shoulders, with a small hat perched at an angle on his head, collarless shirt, and smiling clownlike face, eyes half-closed with mirth, whisps of hair above his ears, thick eyebrows, red nose. On the reverse, written over part of the printed square in which the stamp is meant to be placed, with some printed text to one side of the signature, is 'Lily Morris' in a loose, expansive hand.

Sir George Robey (1869-1954)FOTO, EIGENHÄNDIG SIGNIERT als Clown !

Or.bds. Dustjacket. xiv,212pp. b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st ed. With a signed photograph of Robey in a folder from the English autograph dealers Clive Farrahar and Sophie Dupre. Robey was an English comedian who was Top of the Bill from almost the beginning of his career and ruled in this capacity for over sixty years.

See her entry and his in the Oxford DNB. 2pp, 8vo. In fair condition, on aged and lightly creased paper. Folded for postage. Addressed to 'Dear Mr Robey' and signed 'E Londonderry.' Begins: 'We are holding a gigantic Jumble Sale on the 10th. of July to help the Legion funds We are calling it the Jazz Jumble Sale as there is a the dansant as well A kind of fair we intend to make it & a member of the Royal family is going to open it in the afternoon. Will you be very kind and come and auction some of the things for us at four oclock. The day of the week is a Thursday.' She has 'by no means' abandoned her hope that he will 'give a concert for us someday', perhaps in the autumn, she feels that he is 'too busy now, but you once said you would help us by taking part in a show which we arranged', and she thinks 'this proposal [] will make the whole difference to our Sale if you can come and I need not say how very grateful we should be'.A short report in the 'Sketch', 16 July 1919, does not mention Roby: 'Still Brave. / Women showed a high courage during the war. Lady Londonderry's Jazz Jumble Sale at the Caxton Hall last week proves that they can still show it when occasion arises. Lady Titchfield has scarcely the bearing of an Amazon, but the way she held her stall against an attack in force by heated, plush-clad ladies from Whitechapel way surprised her friends almost more than the fact that most of the stalls were "sold out" before Princess Helena Victoria had completed the formal opening ceremony.'.

See her entry, and those of Robey and her husband, in the Oxford DNB. 2pp, 4to. In good condition, lightly aged. With two folds. Addressed to 'Geo Robey. Esq. C.B.E.' and signed 'Margaret Lloyd George.' She gives details of a concert she is having at Downing Street the following month, 'in aid of the Electrical Industries Association', and has been asked by its committee to 'invite your kindly assistance'. As Robey has 'already helped so magnificently all sorts of Causes during the past five years in particular' she almost hesitates to ask him, 'buy your readiness to help me in times past encourages me to hope you will again help on this occasion'.

Condition: Good. - Single-spaced typed letter written from the Hippodrome, London and filling one side of the event letterhead,10-1/4 inches high by 8 inches wide, for "George Robey's Concert in aid of The Metropolitan and City Police Orphanage at the Palladium". Signed "Yours sincerely / George Robey". The edges of the letterhead are chipped & slightly darkened. There are some crosses in the left margin emphasizing one paragraph of the letter, made by either Robey or the recipient. Good. George Robey writes to novelist Hall Caine profusely thanking him for sending him the manuscript of an Address to be read at the charity event, and for having it bound for auction. "I have asked [Mr. Sutcliffe] to be kind enough to let you have it first, in order that you may put your signature on the title page.I will get Miss Vanbrugh [who is to read the address] to sign it on Sunday, and also put my own name and any other people connected with the concert who may be of interest.I feel sure that in addition to helping the collection that night your generous gift will realise a large sum on its own account."George Robey [1869-1954], English comedian, singer and actor in musical comedy, is regarded as one of the greatest music hall performers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Hall Caine [1853-1931 was a Manx author best known as a novelist and playwright. In his day he was extremely popular and his novels outsold those of his contemporaries. His works were mainly romances but also addressed some of the more serious political and social issues of his time.

Condition: Good. Signed color drawing. 3-3/8 x 2-3/4.Sir George Edward Wade, CBE, known professionally as George Robey, was an English comedian, singer and actor in musical theatre, who became known as one of the greatest music hall performers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. As a comedian, he mixed everyday situations and observations with comic.