Caption:
Willie Edouin as Hilarius in La Poupee, a comic opera by Edmond Audran, Prince of Wales Theatre, 1897. Edouin, English comedian, actor, dancer, singer and writer, 1846-1906. Photograph by Alfred Ellis and Walery (Stanislaw Julian Ignacy). Colour printing of a hand-coloured illustration based on a monochrome photograph from George Newness Players of the Day, London, 1905.