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Description: | Little Tich (real name Harry Relph) was a music-hall entertainer born on 21 July 1867.
He was most famous as an 'eccentric dancer' and as a character comedian, with notable routines including the "big boot" dance and stock characters such as "Little Miss Turpentine". His talents and his agility were closely related to his physical characteristics, in particular his stature (he was four feet six inches tall) and the fact that he was double jointed.
He was successful not only in the London Music Halls (where he was one of the leading performers by the 1890s) but also in the United States and in France. He was also a major pantomime star, notably at Drury Lane. His highly visual comic routines influenced both stage and early film performers internationally, and he was one of the most well-known music-hall and variety acts of all time.
Little Tich married three times and had two children. An accidental blow to the head while on stage in 1927 led to a stroke, and he died on 10 February 1928.
This collection contains 4 photograph and cuttings albums relating to Little Tich, his third wife Winifred Relph (nee Ivey, who performed as Ivy Latimer) and his daughter Mary Relph.
Archive reference number: THM/326 | Format: | Press cuttings Photographs | Subjects: | Relph Winifred Mary Music hall | Temporal: | 1820-1928 | Source: | Backstage | Address: | Blythe House, 23 Blythe Road,
W14 0QX | Creator: | Little Tich, 1867-1928 | Identifier: | THM-326 | Format: | Press cuttings Photographs | Go to resource |
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