Malcolm Scott in character as "Salome". Photographic postcard, 191-.

Malcolm Scott in his "Salome" dress. Philco series 3480E. Yours Malcolm Scott

Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.

The female impersonator Malcolm Scott (1872-1929). Scott's impersonations of famous female figures from history and popular culture were a big draw at major music halls in the days before World War I. His 'homely' appearance made him a good pantomime Dame, but he would also burlesque some of the great beauties of the day. Here he is performing his burlesque of the Canadian dancer Maud Allan in the 1908 production of 'The temptation of Salome', a succès de scandale on account of its risqué subject matter, and (for the time) extremely revealing costumes. Scott wears a beaded dress and dark thin skirt, and poses in front of a painted backdrop

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Identifier: pz50gw37k
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
Institution: Wellcome Library
Date Issued: 1910 to 1919?
Genre: Photographs
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Topic(s): Female impersonators
Resource Type: Still Image
Analog Format: 1 photograph : photoprint ;
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