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5 unusual facts about Edwardian era


A Welsh Sunset

The fashion in the late Victorian era and Edwardian era was to present long evenings in the theatre, and so producer Richard D'Oyly Carte preceded his Savoy operas with curtain raisers, like A Welsh Sunset.

H. G. Pelissier

Pelissier presented a number of theatrical productions during the Edwardian era, such as Pelissier's Follies.

Ilminster

The town has a selection of shops including a traditional Edwardian-style clothing and soft furnishings store called Dyers.

The Scotsman Hotel

The Scotsman Hotel Edinburgh opened in 2001 in the Edwardian (1905) building which had housed The Scotsman newspaper for nearly a century.

The Willow Pattern

The fashion in the late Victorian era and Edwardian era was to present long evenings in the theatre, and so producer Richard D'Oyly Carte preceded his Savoy operas with curtain raisers, like The Willow Pattern.


John Giffard, 3rd Earl of Halsbury

His grandmother was the Edwardian couturiere Lady Duff-Gordon, otherwise known by her professional name Lucile, and who was a survivor of the RMS Titanic disaster.

Misalliance

Misalliance takes place entirely on a single Saturday afternoon in the conservatory of a large country house in Hindhead, Surrey in Edwardian era England.


see also

Daniel Carr

Carr is the younger brother of actor Gary Carr, who appeared as jazz singer Jack Ross in series four of Downton Abbey, Julian FellowesITV blockbuster, set in a fictional Yorkshire country estate and depicting the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era.

Lily Elsie

Lily Elsie (8 April 1886 – 16 December 1962) was a popular English actress and singer during the Edwardian era, best known for her starring role in the hit London premiere of Franz Lehár's operetta The Merry Widow.

Port Sunlight

It starred Phyllis Dare, one of the most popular pin-ups of the Edwardian era, and was written by Paul Alfred Rubens.