Miss Louise Freear Edwardian Actress Comedian Rotophat Old Miniature Postcard

bg342 Antique miniature Rotophat postcard of this rarely found Edwardian Actress & Comedienne unused and in truly outstanding condition.

Louise Freear was born in Lambeth, London, and was part of the Freear theatrical family; her parents were actor Henry Butler Freear and Mary Jane Freear (née Burke), a vocalist. Her brother Walter Freear was an actor, dancer and comedian, and brother Alfred worked as a musician. Described as "vital and diminutive", she performed the role Flo Honeydew in The Lady Slavey (1894) and Puck in Herbert Beerbohm Tree's lavish 1900 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. [3] She was also a success in George Dance's comic opera, A Chinese Honeymoon, in 1901.[2] In 1912, she married Charles Shepherd. She died at her home London on 23 March 1939, and was buried at Brookwood Cemetery.

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