Thomas William Robertson was an English dramatist and stage director known for his development of naturalism in British theatre.
Robertson, 1860s
Friends and associates of Robertson: clockwise from top left, F. C. Burnand, H. J. Byron, W. S. Gilbert and Tom Hood
John Hare in Robertson's Ours, 1866
Marie Wilton as Polly Eccles in Robertson's Caste
Marie Effie Wilton, Lady Bancroft (1836–1921) was an English actress and theatre manager. She appeared onstage as Marie Wilton until after her marriage in December 1867 to Squire Bancroft, when she adopted his last name. Bancroft and her husband were important in the development of Victorian era theatre through their presentation of innovative plays at the London theatres that they managed, first the Prince of Wales's Theatre and later the Haymarket Theatre.
Marie Wilton (later Effie Bancroft)
Portrait of Bancroft by Thomas Barker, c. 1870s
As Nan, in Good for Nothing (1879)