RMG3D6YJ–Theatrical performance, Japan, circa 1890
RMG3D75E–Theatrical performance, Japan, circa 1880s
RM2RGA7XN–Crowd watching a theatrical performance, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph.
RM2M3T3C8–Phyllis Monkman in tragedy 'Me Pink 'at', a Limehouse night kind of scene, with Peter Haddon as a Lascar drug trafficker. Part of Charlot's Revue at the Prince of Wales's Theatre in London.
RM2M3T50N–Amateur performance of 'One Hour' at the British Embassy, Constantinople, Turkey
RMG3B7WA–Augustin Daly, American theatrical manager & dramatist, opened his first theatre on Broadway in 1869. This picture shows a full house enjoying a performance. Date: 1876
RM2M3T39R–Actor Ernest Trimmingham (1880-1942) - Actor in the role of the Bandleader 'The Dippers' at The Criterion, pictured with Henry Wenham (in the role of Lord Mellingham). Trimmingham was an actor on stage and screen from the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda. He was one of the first black actors in British cinema.
RM2M3T39H–Actors Ernest Trimmingham (1880-1942) (in the role of the Band Leader), Henry Wenman (in the role of Lord Mellingham), Cyril Maude (in the role of Henry Talboyes) & Binnie Hale (in the role of Pauline Dipper) in 'The Dippers', a popular farce at The Criterion., London. Trimmingham was an actor on stage and screen from the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda. He was one of the first black actors in British cinema.
RMDRJ7HE–Theatrical performers, Japan
RMDRJ7GP–Theatrical performer, Japan
RMDR9JEE–German Theatrical show - Constantinople
RMDRJ7KE–Theatrical perfomer, Japan
RMDRJ7GR–Theatrical perfomer, Japan
RMPXJ6P5–Chinese Theatrical Troupe
RMPXJ64N–Allah's Orchard - performance at the Empire Theatre, Swindon
RMER9662–Farewell performance by Robbin' Hood and his merry men
RM2M9871J–Crimean War -- theatrical production by amateur performers of the Second Division of Zouaves (French North Africans) before Sebastopol.
RM2M97X62–Cartoon of Harry Wall, theatrical agent, plotting to find a way around the new Copyright (Musical Compositions) Act -- Over the Garden Wall.
RM2M9BE8D–The Secular Games (Ludi Saeculares) are held in Rome to commemorate a 100-year span of Roman history. Despite their name, the Games were a religious celebration involving sacrifices and theatrical performances.
RM2M3RMW8–A scene from 'Scaramouch' an amateur theatrical production performed at Eaton Hall, Cheshire, the seat of the Duke and Duchess of Westminster. Scene shows the Duchess of Westminster acting together with Mr Norman Forbes-Robertson. Other performers included the Duchess's sister, Daisy, Princess of Pless and her brother George Cornwallis-West (see picture no. 11768555). The performance was in aid of Chester charities and the Grosvenor Hospital in London. Date: 1912
RMK05H6N–Paul Cinquevalli (1859 1918), German entertainer whose speciality juggling act was popular feat with balancing of billard balls, made him popular in the English music halls Date: 1905
RM2RGBY2M–Les Liaisons Dangereuses scene from act 1 performance at Maisons-Lafitte of the adaptation by Fernand Noziere
RM2M3T0WF–Lydia Thompson (1838 - 1908), English dancer, comedian, actress and theatrical producer. In the role of Robinson Crusoe. Date: 1899
RM2RGD0W4–The Stage during the once-a-decade performance of the Passion Play in the Passion Play Theater, Oberammergau, Bavaria, Germany.
RM2M99AN6–Cover of the Stoll Herald, Bristol Hippodrome editions, with a woman dancing around a rather sinister theatrical mask.
RMG3BNMF–ANTON RUBINSTEIN over-enthusiastic pianist plays a tune. So caught up in his performance he is lifted bodily from the stool, long hair & coat-tails flying. Date: 1829 - 1894
RM2RG9733–Illustration by Kenny Meadows to Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, by William Shakespeare. Introductory illustration to Act III, with two theatrical masks and a mousetrap, a reference to the play within the play, designed to confirm Claudius's guilt in killing his brother.
RM2RGDM6G–A page of sketches by artist Norman Morrow, recording the acts on the bill at the first Royal Command Performance of in the Art of Variety (later known as the Royal Variety Performance) at the Palace Theatre, London on 1 July 1912 in the presence of King George V, Queen Mary and assorted other members of the royal family. Among the acts pictured are Miss Clarice Mayne, male impersonator, Vesta Tilley, Pipifax or Panlo, Happy Fanny Fields, George Robey, Harry Tate, Alfred Lester, Little Tich, Harry Lauder, the Palace Girls and the ballet dancers, Novikoff and Anna Pavlova. Morrow, who produce
RM2M3P49G–A page of sketches by artist Norman Morrow, recording the acts on the bill at the first Royal Command Performance of in the Art of Variety (later known as the Royal Variety Performance) at the Palace Theatre, London on 1 July 1912 in the presence of King George V, Queen Mary and assorted other members of the royal family. Among the acts pictured are Miss Clarice Mayne, male impersonator, Vesta Tilley, Pipifax or Panlo, Happy Fanny Fields, George Robey, Harry Tate, Alfred Lester, Little Tich, Harry Lauder, the Palace Girls and the ballet dancers, Novikoff and Anna Pavlova. Morrow, who produce
RM2M3RPP4–P.O.W. Camp Theatricals. "French Without Tears" performed by British POWs at German prisoner of war camp Oflag IX/AZ in September 1943. It is a matter of pride to the players that the performance should not be a mere amateur show, but a slick and well-finished production. The greatest difficulty is naturally in the female parts; these call for a very high degree of skill in acting and, as of course there are no women in the camp, consultations take place as to how a woman walks, sits down, lights a cigarette etc. Costumes are usually hired out by the Germans. Date: 1943
RMD89589–William Shakespeare stage-struck
RM2M3RYDG–Scene from 'Apartments: Visitors to the Exhibition may be accomodated' by William Brough at the Princess' Theatre. Date: 1851
RMG3D1G2–Japan - Kabuki Theatre Performer
RM2M3RYG1–The play Androcles and the Lion by George Bernard Shaw at the St James's Theatre, London. The emperor places his foot on the lion's head while Androcles keeps the beast quiet, and shows his power in this way as well as by pardoning the Christians. Leon Quartermaine is the emperor; Edward Sillward is the lion; O.P. Heggie is Androcles. Date: 1913
RMHH4EGW–Crinoline by Barbier
RM2M3RMPY–Lohanna, French actress that did theatrical dances in Paris with a snake. 1912
RM2M3T01D–Sarah Bernhardt as Cleopatra in Victorien Sardou's Drama at the New English Opera House Date: 1892
RMER65AR–Pierrot and Harlequin, by Philippe Mercier
RM2M96CYP–'The demons were generally funny.' Mystery or Miracle Play, where Biblical stories and subjects were acted out for the benefit of the largely illiterate populace during the European Middle Ages.
RM2M96G92–Crowds gather to watch a miracle play in medieval Britain.
RMER65AT–The Guitarist, by Philippe Mercier
RMG36P68–Secular Games held in Rome
RMG3C35H–Palace entertainers - Hue, Vietnam
RM2K64H2C–'A White Man' - play at The Lyric Theatre, London, featuring (from left) Mr Lewis Waller as 'Capt. The Hon. James Wynnegate', Mr Jack Ellis as 'Bud Hardy' and Mr George Fawcett as 'Big Bill'.
RMER7MBR–Zum Besten der Kriegsnotspende ... drei mittelalterliche Vol
RM2K64H27–'A White Man' - play at The Lyric Theatre, London, featuring (from left) Mr A G Poulton as 'Sir John Applegate', Mr Charles Allan as 'Malcolm Petrie', Miss Nora Lancaster as 'Countess of Kerhill', Miss Rita Leggiero as 'Little Hal' and Mr Lewis Waller as 'Jim Carston' - 'Yes Diana, My Boy, My Son!'
RM2K64H32–'A White Man' - play at The Lyric Theatre, London, featuring (from left) Mr A G Poulton as 'Sir John Applegate', Mr Lewis Waller as 'Jim Carston', Mr A W Jack Ellis as 'Bud Hardy', Miss Nora Lancaster as 'Countess of Kerhill' and Mr George Fawcett as 'Big Bill' - 'To The Queen's Champion Mr...?'
RM2M3P8DX–Miss Elizabeth Asquith rehearsing with Mr Nelson Keys for their sketch in the forthcoming Serbian Relief Fund Matinee to be held on 9 May 1916 and organised by Lady Greville and Lady Oranmore and Browne. Elizabeth Charlotte Lucy Asquith (1897-1945), later Princess Bibesco was an English writer, the daughter of British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith and his second wife, Margot. She married Prince Antoine Bibesco, a Romanian diplomat in 1920. She was actively involved in fundraising activities during the First World War, particularly anything theatrical as she was a keen amateur actress and or
RM2RGDNF2–Miss Elizabeth Asquith rehearsing with Mr Nelson Keys for their sketch in the forthcoming Serbian Relief Fund Matinee to be held on 9 May 1916 and organised by Lady Greville and Lady Oranmore and Browne. Elizabeth Charlotte Lucy Asquith (1897-1945), later Princess Bibesco was an English writer, the daughter of British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith and his second wife, Margot. She married Prince Antoine Bibesco, a Romanian diplomat in 1920. She was actively involved in fundraising activities during the First World War, particularly anything theatrical as she was a keen amateur actress and or
RMG3AKWN–Hermann Vezin
RMD86T7B–Anna Pavlova
RM2M3T0WT–Scene from 'Robinson Crusoe' at the Folly Theatre, London. Date: 1876
RM2M3PDGA–La Marchande de Masques. Regine Flory in The Passing Show, the popular revue at the Palace Theatre in 1914. Date: 1914
RMG3D2X9–Chinese Outdoor Theatre draws a large crowd
RM2RGD706–Traditional Japanese Kabuki Theatre Performer.
RMD85WYW–Dangerous Liaisons play
RM2RGD6YC–Traditional Japanese Kabuki Theatre Performer.
RMHH4GKY–Actors pretending to be Samurai - Japan
RM2M3NGH6–Double-page spread relating the social matters of the day. The photographs included show the cast of 'Little Catherine', as well as Jessie Matthews, the leading lady in 'Hold my Hand' and Olga Lindo, who played the daring dashing widow in 'For the Love of Mike'. Date: 1931
RM2M3NR75–Four sketches depicting various scenes from the traditional Chinese play, 'Lady Precious Stream', by S. I. Hsiung. Date: 1934
RMDRHF9X–Vietnam - 40th Birthday Celebrations for Emperor Khai Dinh
RM2RGD6Y6–Traditional Japanese Kabuki Theatre Performer.
RM2M3NJRR–Front cover illustration featuring a ballerina, harlequin and clown performing a rather dramatic scene with a sword on stage. The harlequin protects the helpless princess ballerina from the advances of the clown, who steps out menacingly from the red theatre curtains. Date: 1932
RMD88CKD–Maud Allan
RMPXJ3NN–Theatre in Pompeii, Italy, seen from the wings
RM2M3P8HT–Miss Anna Held, appearing in 'Follow Me' at the Casino in New York, displaying her spectacular peacock gown with the 'tail spread'. Date: 1917
RM2M3RMGH–Miss Winifred Fraser, as Maire Bruin, and Miss Dorothy Paget, as a fairy child, performing in The Land of Heart's Desire, by William Butler Yeats. Date: 1894
RMG3C6CA–White bulldog puppy with stage fright
RMDRHFA0–Vietnam - 40th Birthday Celebrations for Emperor Khai Dinh
RMD86684–Taking a bow
RMTWB35E–Weighing Tea Leaves - Tea Plantation - Sri Lanka
RM2M3RX57–Leave it to Psmith - a comic novel by English author P. G. Wodehouse, adapted into a play by Wodehouse and Ian Hay. It opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London on 29 September 1930 and ran for 156 performances. The production starred Jane Baxter and Basil Foster - shown here. Date: 1930
RMPXGTKA–THUMB PLAY BILL
RM2M3RMNY–Paul Cinquevalli (1859 - 1918), German entertainer whose speciality juggling act was popular, known as (King of the Jugglers), who could catch a cannon ball on his neck, made him very popular in the English music halls. Date: 1893
RM2M3NTWM–Rosie and Jenny Dolly, stage performers the Dolly Sisters pictured performing a routine in feathered costumes. Date: 1927
RM2RGDN00–The famous dancer of the Folies Bergere, Mlle. Mado Minty, performing her famous spider dance, which proved a roaring success in London at the Alhambra in 1916.
RM2RGDNHP–Miss Anna Held, appearing in 'Follow Me' at the Casino in New York, displaying her spectacular peacock gown with the 'tail spread'.
RM2M3T39G–Ernest Trimmingham (1880 - 1942), Actor in the role of the Bandleader 'The Dippers' at The Criterion, pictured with Binnie Hale (in the role of the Professional American dancer Pauline Dipper). Trimmingham was an actor on stage and screen from the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda. He was one of the first black actors in British cinema. Date: 1922
RMG3CWK3–Theatre - Play - The Assassin - Duel scene
RMDRHG6D–Birthday of Vietnamese Emperor Khai Dinh - Dancers
RMDRDP67–Ceremonies of Ramlila - Rama and Sita, India
RMG3BTE7–Poster for The Artist's Dream, one of Maskelyne & Cooke's Mysteries, performed on stage. The artist has painted a portrait of his recently deceased wife. As he sleeps, his wife steps out of the picture, kisses him, then disappears back into the canv
RMD86826–The Wagnerites By Aubrey Beardsley
RMD866HJ–French theatre
RM2M99ANW–Beautiful cover of the Stoll Herald/Ardwick Green Empire, with a harlequin and dancer.
RM2M99P12–Benoit-Constant Coquelin, French actor, as Cyrano de Bergerac, a role he played in Paris, London and America.
RM2M3P7TE–A group at Lena Ashwell's special matinee at the Lyric Theatre on 29 June 1917, in aid of the Concerts at the Front Fund. A number of society ladies took part and the scene depicted shows the Swinburne Ballet which was a special feature of the entertainment. In the centre is Lady Diana Manners, later Lady Duff Cooper. Numerous matinee performances such as this were organised and acted out by society ladies during the First World War. Date: 1917
RMKRCWH6–Open air theatre, Scarborough, North Yorkshire
RMKRCWH5–Open air theatre, Scarborough, North Yorkshire
RM2C8761G–Illustration by Kenny Meadows to Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, by William Shakespeare. King Claudius, Queen Gertrude, Hamlet, Ophelia, Polonius and courtiers, watching the play within the play, designed to confirm Claudius's guilt in killing his brother.
RM2ARBF43–Ballet dancer Robert Helpmann (1909-1986) in the role of 'Prince Siegfried' in 'Swan Lake' (Le Lac des Cygnes) at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London (Sadler's Wells Ballet).
RM2ARBF40–Ballet dancers Robert Helpmann (1909-1986) in the role of 'Prince Siegfried' and Margot Fonteyn (1919-1991) in the role of 'Odette' in the finale of 'Swan Lake' (Le Lac des Cygnes) at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London (Sadler's Wells Ballet).
RM2RGDN45–A group at Lena Ashwell's special matinee at the Lyric Theatre on 29 June 1917, in aid of the Concerts at the Front Fund. A number of society ladies took part and the scene depicted shows the Swinburne Ballet which was a special feature of the entertainment. In the centre is Lady Diana Manners, later Lady Duff Cooper. Numerous matinee performances such as this were organised and acted out by society ladies during the First World War.
RM2ARBF47–Ballet dancers Robert Helpmann (1909-1986) in the role of 'Prince Siegfried', Margot Fonteyn (1919-1991) in the role of 'Odette' and Leslie Edwards (1916-2001) in the role of 'Benno' in 'Swan Lake' (Le Lac des Cygnes) at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London (Sadler's Wells Ballet).
RM2M98BJG–Cartoon, Freddy Leader (right) thinks he will touch up Gussy Harris (left) this Christmas -- a reference to the Drury Lane pantomime season. Frederick C Leader was lessee and manager of Her Majesty's Theatre, London. Augustus Harris (1852-1896) was a British actor, dramatist and impresario.
RMG3CT4N–Cartoon, At Erfurt (1808)
RMA66WW9–Dalys Theatre Broadway
RMAHF7T3–Rubinstein Plays Piano
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