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Malcolm Scott in character as "Salome". Photographic postcard, 191-. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.
The female impersonator Malcolm Scott (1872-1929) wearing a beaded dress and dark thin skirt, and poses in front of a painted backdrop. Scott's impersonations of famous female figures from history and popular culture were a big draw at major music halls in the days before World War I, but also included performances of pantomime dames, and comic burlesque of women popularly considered 'beauties' such as Camile Clifford. Here Scott is performing his burlesque of the Canadian dancer Maud Allan in the 1908 production of 'The temptation of Salome', seen as scandalous due to its risqué subject matter, and for the time extremely revealing costumes.
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