Poster
1925 (made)
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Poster advertising Sam Mayo and Company at the Holborn Empire, 1925.
Born Sam Cowan in Lambeth, London, in 1881, Mayo made his first appearance at a Sunday morning concert at the Victoria Club in the Blackfriars Road. He first appeared in music hall in 1898 at the Alhambra, Sandgate. He often wore a dressing gown and motoring cap, and sang comic songs including ‘She Cost Me Seven and Sixpence’ and ‘I’ve Only Come Down for the Day’. He was frequently billed as ‘The Immobile One’ because of his trick of standing still on stage with a lugubrious expression on his face while singing the songs.
Mayo went on to tour with his own revues, and appear in variety and pantomime. A review of his act heading the variety bill at the Theatre Royal, Aldershot, in June 1931 called him: 'The inimitable Sam Mayo, one of England's best-known comedians and humorists' [sic], adding: 'Part of Sam's charm is his pained expression while he sings the most funny songs, playing his own accompaniments on a grand piano.'
Born Sam Cowan in Lambeth, London, in 1881, Mayo made his first appearance at a Sunday morning concert at the Victoria Club in the Blackfriars Road. He first appeared in music hall in 1898 at the Alhambra, Sandgate. He often wore a dressing gown and motoring cap, and sang comic songs including ‘She Cost Me Seven and Sixpence’ and ‘I’ve Only Come Down for the Day’. He was frequently billed as ‘The Immobile One’ because of his trick of standing still on stage with a lugubrious expression on his face while singing the songs.
Mayo went on to tour with his own revues, and appear in variety and pantomime. A review of his act heading the variety bill at the Theatre Royal, Aldershot, in June 1931 called him: 'The inimitable Sam Mayo, one of England's best-known comedians and humorists' [sic], adding: 'Part of Sam's charm is his pained expression while he sings the most funny songs, playing his own accompaniments on a grand piano.'
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Printing ink on paper |
| Brief description | Poster advertising Sam Mayo and Company at the Holborn Empire, 1925 |
| Physical description | Typographic poster with red and blue lettering advertising Sam Mayo and Company at the Holborn Empire |
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| Object history | Associated Production: Sam Mayo and Company. Performers: Sam Mayo, Dorothy Meade, Binnie Ash. Holborn Empire, London. 16.2.1925. Performance category: revue. The cast are performing the music shop scene from the revue 'A Week in a Night'. |
| Summary | Poster advertising Sam Mayo and Company at the Holborn Empire, 1925. Born Sam Cowan in Lambeth, London, in 1881, Mayo made his first appearance at a Sunday morning concert at the Victoria Club in the Blackfriars Road. He first appeared in music hall in 1898 at the Alhambra, Sandgate. He often wore a dressing gown and motoring cap, and sang comic songs including ‘She Cost Me Seven and Sixpence’ and ‘I’ve Only Come Down for the Day’. He was frequently billed as ‘The Immobile One’ because of his trick of standing still on stage with a lugubrious expression on his face while singing the songs. Mayo went on to tour with his own revues, and appear in variety and pantomime. A review of his act heading the variety bill at the Theatre Royal, Aldershot, in June 1931 called him: 'The inimitable Sam Mayo, one of England's best-known comedians and humorists' [sic], adding: 'Part of Sam's charm is his pained expression while he sings the most funny songs, playing his own accompaniments on a grand piano.' |
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| Accession number | S.49-1994 |
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