Ada Blanche was an English actress and singer known early in her career for vivacious performances in Victorian burlesque and pantomime and later in character roles in Edwardian musical comedy.
Blanche as Robinson Crusoe in 1893–94 Drury Lane pantomime
With Tom Terriss in The Medal and the Maid, 1903
The Arcadians is an Edwardian musical comedy styled a "Fantastic Musical Play" in three acts with a book by Mark Ambient and Alexander M. Thompson, lyrics by Arthur Wimperis, and music by Lionel Monckton and Howard Talbot. The story concerns some idyllic Arcadians who wish to transform wicked London to a land of truth and simplicity.
Scene from The Arcadians, 1909
Postcard advertising the original production
Climax of Act II, with Simplicitas riding "The Deuce"
The luckless jockey Peter Doody