Autograph request
Envelope sent by Bray to (Cigarette card featuring George Alexander) on 18th June 1901 requesting his autograph.
Sir George Alexander (19 June 1858 - 15 March 1918), born George Alexander Gibb Samson, was an English stage actor, theatre producer and theatre manager.
Alexander was born in Reading, Berkshire. He began acting in amateur theatricals in 1875 while pursuing a career in business. Four years later he embarked on a professional acting career, making his London debut in 1881. He played many roles in the leading companies, including Sir Henry Irving's Lyceum Theatre.[1]
In 1890, he produced his first play at the Avenue Theatre, and in 1891 he became the actor manager of St James's Theatre, where he produced several major plays of the day such as Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde (1892). He appeared in The Second Mrs Tanqueray by Sir Arthur Wing Pinero in which he played Aubrey Tanqueray and which made Mrs Patrick Campbell into a theatrical star.
