This item is an autographed stock black and white headshot photograph of actor E. H. Sothern (1859-1933). E. H. Sothern was born in the United States to British actor E. A. Sothern, was raised and began his acting career in England, and then returned to the United States in 1883, staying for the majority of this career. By 1887, he had been hired to play romantic leading roles in Daniel Frohman's company. For the next twelve years, he would create many successful roles for Frohman, including the auctioneer from The Highest Bidder and Rudolf V/Rassendyl from The Prisoner of Zenda. He is most known for a partnership with Julia Marlowe beginning in 1904, in which they agreed to tour Shakespeare plays around the country. Their first three year contract had them performing such plays as Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing, Hamlet, Merchant of Venice, Taming of the Shrew, and Twelfth Night, among others. Separating to head their own companies in 1907, they joined forces again in 1909, this time offering more mature productions such as Macbeth. They married in 1911 and continued to tour together until Marlowe retired for the first time in 1915. With the outbreak of WWI, Marlowe returned to the stage and she and Sothern continued to perform together until 1924 when Marlowe retired for the final time due to ill health. Sothern continued to perform after this while Marlowe traveled the world, the two writing to each other copiously no matter where they were. Sothern died in 1933 after writing the biography of his wife and his own memoirs. Production(s) represented: The Foresters. Character role(s) represented: George Clarke (Richard Coeur De Lion), John Craig (Prince John), John Drew (Robin Hood), Charles Wheatleigh (Sir Richard Lea), Thomas Bridgeland (The Abbot), Charles Leclercq (The Sheriff of Nottingham), William Gilbert (A Justiciary), Wilfred Buckland (A Mercenary), Ralph Nisbet (Waller Lea), Herbert Gresham (Little John), Eugene Jepson (Friar Tuck), Hobart Bosworth (Will Scarlet), Tyrone Power (Old Much), Lloyd Daubigny (Young Scarlet), George Lesoir (First Friar), William Sampson (First Beggar), Kitty Cheatham (Kate), May Sylvie (The Old Woman of the Hut), Percy Haswell (Titania), Miss Massoni (First Fairy), Ada Rehan (Maid Marian) Artistic role(s) represented: Augusin Daly (Producer, Director), Ada Rehan (Actor), John Drew (Actor), John Craig (Actor), Tyrone Power (Actor), Lord Tennyson (Playwright)