Douglas Byng in drag during a pantomime. Photograph, 1952.

Date:
1952
Reference:
2045290i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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Douglas Byng in drag during a pantomime. Photograph, 1952. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Photograph of Douglas Byng standing in front of an embossed leather screen wearing a white fur stole, a long white dress, and a matching tiara, necklace and bracelet.

Publication/Creation

Preston (Fylde Street) : Repro by Debron (Photo Advts.), 1952.

Physical description

1 photograph : print ; 13.8 x 8.7 cm

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Contributors

Lettering

Best wishes to Brenda. Douglas Byng. Pantomime 1952 (written in black ink, bottom recto)

Notes

The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "English actor and cabaret performer Douglas Byng. (1893-1987). Byng, one of the great stars of the English variety stage appears here in early 1950s 'Glamour Dame ' drag, a genre which he was instrumental in developing in the 1920s. Before that, Pantomime dames were grotesque parodies making no attempt at 'female impersonation'."
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Reference

Wellcome Collection 2045290i

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  • Photograph album labelled ‘Drag'

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