Promotional postcard for The Pearl Girl by Basil Hood; music Howard Talbot and Hugo Felix. First produced at the Shaftesbury Theatre, 25th September 1913. Artist: Dudley Hardy. Actress Cicely Courtneidge is depicted. The daughter of the producer, Robert Courtneidge. she was appearing in his productions in the West End, by the age of 16, and was quickly promoted from minor to major roles in his Edwardian musical comedies.