Postcard written and illustrated by Bland Holt, 1904

MLMSS 8325

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1904

152344

1 ephemera item (postcard) - 15 x 9 cm

Joseph Thomas (Bland) Holt (1851-1942), producer, theatre entrepreneur and actor best known as BLAND, was born on 24 March 1851 at Norwich, England, son of Joseph Frederick Holt and his first wife Marie, nee Brown.

At 6 he had made his first stage appearance at the Royal Theatre, Sunderland. At 14 he became a professional actor and for the next nine years toured the United States and England, returning to Sydney in 1876.

Holt played in many of his own productions as a fine comedian, a capable dramatic actor and a superb pantomime clown.

His first wife, known on the stage as Lena Edwin, died in June 1883. On 29 September 1887 in Adelaide he married Florence Griffiths Anderson, daughter of William Curling Anderson.

Reference:
Shoesmith, Dennis, 'Holt, Joseph Thomas (Bland) (1851–1942)', Australian Dictionary of Biography http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/holt-joseph-thomas-bland-3785/text5985, (accessed 9 March 2012)

Originally donated to the Dennis Wolanski Library of the Performing Arts, Sydney Opera House, by Elizabeth Cape, and later transferred to the State Library of New South Wales.

Postcard 'The Flood Tide Series' by Bland Holt from the Theatre Royal Sydney. Addressed to L. J. [Harnett?] Esq., Eurabah, Ocean Dr, Woollahra, 1904

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