Rare, Historic Theater: Signed Photos, Letters, Autographs: Laurence Olivier, Paul Robeson, Gypsy Rose Lee Contract, William Gillette, + 35 More. A collection of 40 late 19th Century early 20th Century autographs and very scarce ephemera all related to theater in America and Great Britain. 1.) An original broadside for a production of KING LEAR in London, 1857 (paper missing in "AR" of Lear, rough edges, can be easily restored by conservation paper backing) 2.) An 1886 Memorandum of Engagement dated November, 1886 by Valentine's Theatrical, Musical and Variety Agency for one of their performers to appear at the Brighton Aquarium, 3.) King George's Pension Fund for Actors and Actresses Theater 1947 Festival Week program with Their Majesties The King and Queen in attendance of the performance of Oscar Wilde's THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST. with inside facing page signed by 10 performers including John Gielgud, Edith Evans, Margaret Rutherford, Margaret Rawlings,