Two photographic portraits of Australian actress and singer Ethel Haydon (later Mrs. George Robey), taken in London, 1895 or 1896.

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[London : s.n., 1895-96]. Two printing-out paper print photographs, each 150 x 105 mm, laid down on a late nineteenth century album page with owner s identifying caption Ethel Haydon in white ink; both prints are embossed Alfred Ellis Photographer / Copyright; the three-quarter length portrait on the left is beautifully lit and shows off her mesmerising hooded eyes, while the full-length portrait on the right shows her in stage costume, possibly for her role as Bessie Brent in the opéra bouffe The Shop Girl , which played at London s Gaiety Theatre during 1896 (this was Ethel s second London appearance); the prints are in superb condition, and the mount is free from foxing. Ethel Haydon was an Australian-born actress and singer who left Melbourne for London in 1895, at the age of nineteen. She met with great sucess on the London stage and married the famous English actor and writer George Robey in 1898. The following article reporting on Miss Haydon s third stage success in London appeared in The West Australian , 4 December 1896: AN AUSTRALIAN ACTRESS. MISS ETHEL HAYDON. London, December 2. Miss Ethel Haydon, the well-known Australian actress, is announced to take the leading part in the musical burlesque A Circus Girl, which is about to be produced at the London Gaiety Theatre. Ethel Haydon, who is billed as the pretty and attractive Australian actress, has been first favourite at the London Gaiety as Beatrice, Lord Barnum s sister in the Shop Girl. Miss Haydon, who left Au

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