Ref NoDDP/SCRA/2
CollectionDavid Drummond Pantomime Collection
TitleEleanor Stewart's Scrapbook
Name of creatorTowzey, Eleanor Stewart (20th November 1858 – 21st June 1931)
Date18th February 1890-4th December 1924
Extent1 scrapbook
DescriptionScrapbook containing photographs, programmes, flyers, correspondence, news cuttings, songs, and general ephemera relating to performances that Eleanor Stewart, known more widely as Nellie Stewart, starred in. Performances that Eleanor Stewart starred in and characters that she played include the servant in Good for Nothing at St. Peter's Recreation Hall, Bobbin in Popping the Question at the Phoenix Club, Julia and Mrs Moke in Turn Him Out at Harrow Mission, All Hallows Mission in Southwark, Vicarage Room in Battersea Square, and St. Peter's Mission Hall, A Fair Encounter and as Lady Flora Shattered Nerves at King's Bromley Manor, Queen's Gate Hall, the Parish Hall and the Constitutional Hall in Bramley, a Strange Old Lady in Creatures of Impulse, Clara Manners in A Pair of Lunatics, Lydia in Done On Both Sides, Miss Milliken in The Backwards Child, Miss Biffen in Popping the Question at the Church of St. Baldred in North Berwick, North Coker House, the Public Hall in Godalming, Longbenton Schools, Frimley Village Hall and Frant Schools, Chloe in The Princess at Queen's Gate Hall, Lilie Leland in Barbara at King's Bromley Manor, Mrs Marchant in The Cowboy at King's Bromley Manor, Parker in A Commission at Queen's Gate Hall, Mrs Stubbs and Chinnee Dollee in A Joint Household at the Hay Lodge in Nainn and the Charlton Sunday School, Edith Adair in The Haunted House at the Wellington College Mission in Walworth and in Ghosts at the Jubilee Hall in Rothbury, Alice In Wonderland in The Mad Tea-Party in Middleton-on-the-Wolds, Mrs Norwood Jones in Petticoat Perfidy at Frimley Village Hall, The Drill Hall and Shenfield Schools, Mrs Watmuff in Freezing A Mother-In-Law at Wylam Institute, Carrie and Fanny in A Lady In Search Of An Heiress at Shackleford Institute and at the New School for the Ladies' Home Mission Association, Perkins in Chalk and Cheese in Wylam Institute, Mrs Gushington Nervesby in Browne with an 'e' at the Jubilee Hall in Rothbury and in the Public Hall in Godalming, Perkins in Jessamy's Courtship, Angelina Browne in Chiddingfold, Mary in A Case for Eviction at the Victoria Hall in Bracknell and Frimley Village Hall, Mrs McSharon in Second Thoughts at the New School for the Ladies' Home Mission Association and at the Constitutional Hall in Bromley, Miss Agatha Prynne in Such Is Fame at the Great Hall, Miss Bates in Jane Austen's Emma at the Toddington Bazaar, Widow Bangs in Breaking It Gently, Mrs Duncombe at Hill House in Guildford, Angelina Browne in A Brown Paper Parcel at the Valley End School, Madame la at Fitzwilliam Rooms in Peterborough, Liza Jane in the duologue Enery Brown at the Constitutional Hall in Bramley, Mrs Finchin in the Haymakers at The Vicarage in Shalford, the Cook in Between the Soup and the Savoury at the Village Hall in Frimley, Victoria Hall in Sudbury and the Lower Slaughter Reading Room, Clytaemnestra in The Aulis Difficulty at the Vicarage Garden in Grafham, and Miss Martha Ibbetson in The Two Misses Ibbetson. Programmes also include songs that Eleanor Stewart sang, including Filial Little Frank, The Backward Child and The Geese in Free and Easy at St. Peter's Institute, Somebody's Mother at Wellington College Mission in Walworth, as well as duets and several performances with other individuals including her sister Albinia Stewart. There are also several recitations and monologues which Eleanor delivered.
NotesSome terms used in this record reflect contemporary attitudes and language used during the period. All such terms are used in the interest of historical accuracy, as altering them would risk falsifying the historical record. It would also be problematic to source non-offensive modern equivalents with a similar meaning. These items do not reflect the views or opinions of the University of Kent, Special Collections & Archives or our staff. We apologise for any offence that our inclusion of these terms may cause.
PhysicalDescriptionThe dimensions of this scrapbook are 375mm x 267mm. The scrapbooks is in a fragile condition and there is some fraying and breakages on the edges and corners of the scrapbook. There is also decolourisation on the front and back boards, with the corners of both boards having deteriorated. Binding in poor condition and the heather has deteriorated, causing red rot.
CategoryScrapbooks
Access conditionsThis material is available for consultation at the University of Kent's Special Collections & Archives reading room, Templeman Library, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NU (specialcollections@kent.ac.uk).
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