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Japan - Geisha - See no evil, Hear no evil, speak no evilJapan - Three Geisha girls - miming the phrase See no evil, Hear no evil, speak no evil. Date: circa 1904
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers - still from the Radio Picture Ltd production Shall We Dance?
Fred and Adele Astaire in Stop FlirtingFred and Adele Astaire starring with Majorie Gordon in the successful show, Stop Flirting which opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London in 1923 and moved to the Queens Theatre a few months later
Peninsular War, with riflemen of 95th RegAn action during the Peninsular War, with riflemen of 95th (Rifle) Regiment acting as snipers, 1810 (c).Watercolour attributed to Denis Dighton
The Mikado at the SavoySketches from The Mikado at the Savoy Theatre in London: The Mikado (Mr R. Temple), Nanki-Pooh (Mr Durward Lely), Katisha (Miss Brandram), Pooh-Bah (Mr R)
Vivien LeighVIVIEN LEIGH British actress photographed shortly after starring in " Gone With the Wind"
Anna May Wong / BystanderANNA MAY WONG Chinese American actress, pictured on a suitably Orientally designed cover of The Bystander magazine, 1929
Marjorie RoachMARJORIE ROACH Irish film actress; star of " The Crooked Billet" and " The First Born"
Margaret Rawlings, actress, (1906-1996) theatrical and informal portraits. Captioned, White in a single night'. With description, A camera-study of Margaret Rowlings
British Actress Margaret RutherfordDame Margaret Taylor Rutherford, DBE (1892-1972) - British character actress of stage, television and film, probably best known for her later career as Agatha Christies character Miss Marple
Mary Casson - Sir Gerald du Maurier in Barries Dear BrutusJ. M. Barries fantasy, Dear Brutus - 1929 performance - Mary Casson (1914-2009) in the role of Margaret, about to have her portrait painted by Sir Gerald du Maurier (1873-1934)
OUDS: The Tempest at Worcester College, 1949A midsummer diversion in an Oxford garden: the Oxford University Drama Societys production of Shakespeares The Tempest in the grounds of Worcester College, 1949
The Mad Hatters Tea Party, Alice in Wonderland at theatreAlice in Wonderland, performed on stage in 1918 at the Savoy Theatre, and starring Estelle Dudley as Alice, Adrienne Puret as the March Hare
The Famous Astaires by NermanCaricature of brother and sister dance act, Fred and Adele Astaire by Nerman during the time of their successful run in Stop Flirting at various London theatres during the mid 1920s
Greer Garson (1904-1996) - British and American actress and singer. A major star at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer during the Second World War for her portrayal of strong women on the homefront
Gertie Millar - English stage actress and singerGertie Millar (1879-1952) - English stage actress and singer, married 2nd Earl of Dudley in 1924, becoming the Countess of Dudley. Date: circa 1908
Anna Pavlova: An Impression Date: 1913
Photo of HRH Prince of Wales aboard HMS RepulseBlack and white photograph in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of 24th October 1925 of HRH Prince of Wales aboard HMS Repulse on the way home from a South American tour
Gay Cadets - BournemouthBirchmore & Lindens Gay Cadets - West Beach, Bournemouth. A right navy lark! Date: circa 1920s
Sir Ralph Richardson as Timon of AthensSir Ralph Richardson (1902 - 1983), British stage and screen actor, drawn by Youngman Carter in the Shakespearean role of Timon of Athens
Henry Irving - RichelieuHenry Irving in the role of Cardinal Richelieu in Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare Date: 1873
Game / Children ActingA little girl stands on a stool and reads from a script, while her friends and their toys form the audience
Palace Theatre Company - London - Theatrical Garden Party Date: 1912
Ramon Novarro - Mexican ActorRamon Novarro (1899-1968) - Mexican Actor, murdered by asphyxiation by two hired rent boys who believed that a large sum of money was hidden in Novarros house. Date: circa 1930s
Richard Baker in The Moon in the Yellow RiverRichard Baker (news announcer) playing Darrell Blake (centre) in the Tower Theatres production of The Moon in the Yellow River by Denis Johnston. Date: 1954
The Push Tank and Machine Guns - German Field PostcardThe Push. Tank and Machine Guns. Drawn on a German Field Postcard (Feldpostkarte). 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps
Colleen Moore (18991988) - American film actress and one of the most fashionable stars of the era and helped popularize the bobbed haircut. Date: circa 1920s
The first authentic stage TessPhotographs of the first production of Thomas Hardys own dramatic version of his novel Tess of the d Urbervilles on 26th November 1924 by the Hardy Players at the Corn Exchange, Dorchester
Tatler front-cover: Madeleine CarrollThe beautiful young English actress was at this time filming the new Walter Wangle production, The Case Against Mrs Ames. Her most recent successes in this period were The Thirty-nine Steps
Blanche De CastilleWhen her son becomes king, Blanche de Castille, who has been acting as regent during his minority, releases prisoners from the countrys prisons
An incubator nurseryNurses attending to sick babies kept alive in a ward of incubators. The incubators pictured are from a design by Paul Altmann and distributed by Messrs Coney and Schenkhein
Mrs Patrick CampbellBeatrice Stella Campbell (nee Tanner), 1865-1940, stage name Mrs Patrick Campbell, posing for a photograph while acting in the melodrama The Black Domino at the Adelphi Theatre
Carroll / Alice / TrialThe trial of the Knave who (allegedly) stole the jam tarts, before the King of Hearts, acting as judge, and the Queen of Hearts
Harry Baur - French Comedian and Movie ActorHarry Baur (1880-1943) - French Comedian and Movie Actor Date: late 1930s
Commedia dell arte CharactersFour Characters from Commedia dell arte, an improvised kind of popular comedy in Italian theatres in the 16th18th centuries, based on stock characters
Eleanor Boardman - American silent era Movie ActressEleanor Boardman (1898-1991) - American Movie Actress of the Silent Era. Married American Movie Director King Wallis Vidor (1926-1931)
Hughie Green - British Actor and Television PresenterHughie Green (1920-1997) - British Actor and Television Presenter. By the age of 14 Hughie Green had his own BBC radio show and created
Joan Bennett - American stage, film and television actressJoan Bennett (1910-1990), American stage, film and television actress. Date: circa 1930s
Le Ciel - Paris Cabaret Nightclub - The ConfessionTwo performers acting out The Confession at Le Ciel - Montmartre, Paris Cabaret Nightclub. The Cabaret du Ciel (Cabaret of Heaven) was an early version of modern theme restaurants
Warner Baxter and Janet GaynorWarner Baxter (1889-1951) - American film actor from the 1910s to the 1940s and Janet Gaynor (1906-1984) - American film, stage and television actress and painter
Colleen Moore - American Movie starColleen Moore (1899-1988) - American Movie star, one of the most fashionable of the era and helped popularize the Dutchboy bobbed haircut
Miss Blanche Stocker - British Stage Actress. Date: 1910
Self acting incline in a coal mine
Alexander Rodionovich Artemyev (A. R. Artem)Alexander Rodionovich Artemyev (1842-1914) - Russian stage actor, associated with Moscow Art Theatre and better known under his stage name Artyom (Аrtem). In the role of Uncle Vanya (Chekhov)
Siebe Gorman pump converted to drinks cabinetMARITIME: a rare fully fitted Admiralty pattern two diver twin cylinder double acting pump by Siebe Gorman & Co Ltd, London converted to a bespoke drinks cabinet. 23ins. x 42ins. x 20ins
WW2, Tappety-TapAn illustration which portrays a wartime girl using a typewriter, acting as a typist for her father who is serving in WW2. Date: circa 1940s
United Free Abbey Church, DunfermlineThis photograph shows a view of the United Free Abbey Church at Chalmers Street in Dunfermline, Patrick Geddes has sketched directly upon this photograph to show the proposed improvements of a back
MegalomaniaA portrait illustration of a large lady wearing a white dress and a yellow hat with orange floral decoration, looking down at a child acting older than his age, as he smokes a cigar at her knee