JEW SUSS 1929 Peggy Ashcroft, Matheson Lang - Cyril Stanborough PORTRAIT

Original 9 inch x 7 1/4 inch Black and White Portrait of MATHESON LANG & PEGGY ASHCROFT in the 1929 Duke of Yorks Theatre, London Stage Production JEW SUSS, from the novel by Lion Feuchtwanger.

This is the play where Peggy Ashcroft first gained recognition playing the role of ‘Naomi’.

Portrait by Cyril Stanborough, with his stamp on the reverse. Stanborough entered the film industry as still cameraman in 1920 after several years Press photographic work. He worked in most of the British Studios including Twickenham Film Studios. He served in the army in both world wars, going to East Africa with the Royal Pioneer Corps and afterwards transferred to the Intelligence Corps, and for a time was in charge of East Africa Command Photographic section. He executed stills on Great Expectations (Cineguild), The Upturned Glass (Sydney Box), They Made Me A Fugitive (Alliance), This Was A Woman (Excelsior), etc. Then became chief still cameraman for Gainsborough Pictures, Islington.

The portrait, on heavyweight paper, is in good to very good condition with a few minor surface marks. The edges are slightly uneven which probably means it has been trimmed slightly. Stanborough’s stamp is on the reverse