Nights Collection (page 2)

STORY OF THE FISHERMAN
I am only going to grant you one favour, and that is to choose the manner of your death ! - the fisherman is alarmed by the djinn he has released from the jar

Aladdin pantomime, Ye Olde Sadlers Wells Theatre, London, from 24 December 1902, twice nightly, including 100 local children, comic harlequinade. Blue and white Chinese plate design. Date: 1902

Comic postcard, People sleeping on the roof at Falmouth Date: 20th century

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Something Accomplished
The Caption says Something accomplished, something done, has earned a nights repose! The card was posted on the third anniversary of the start of WW2. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1942

Bottom the Weaver
An artists interpretation of Botom the Weaver from Shakespeares A Midsummer Nights Dream

Sketch by Fish showing the scene Venetian Nights from CB Cochrans cabaret show Suppertime at the Trocadero, London, 1926. Dress and decor by Doris Zinkeisen Date: 1926

Header sketch by Fish for the Nights Out feature in Eve Magazine, London, 1926 Date: 1926

American Dance Moments from 1929. Joyce Coles (top left) appearing in Broadway Nights. Berinoff and Eulalie (top right) back from a tour of Europe

Puck
Pen and ink sketch of Puck for A Midsummer Nights Dream. Artist: Helen Jacobs Date: 1920

A small boy (or girl) dressed in a turban and harem pants in an Arabian Nights style fancy dress. Date: 1940s

Three people in fancy dress; two adults in exotic Arabian Nights style outfits, while a little boy (or girl?) appears to be dressed as a medieval jester or similar. Date: 1910-1920

Man in costume as a Bashkir (Baskir) for a masquerade ball. Handcoloured lithograph by Chatiniere published by Martinet, Paris, 1880s

Singer Marguerite Priola as Abeille in the comic opera l Ombre performed at the Theatre Imperial de l Opera-Comique, 1870. Handcoloured lithograph by Chatiniere published by Martinet, Paris, 1870

Bearing on my shallop. Illustration by Florence Harrison of Tennysons poem, Recollections of the Arabian Nights. Date: c.1920

Illustration, Aladdin and the Beautiful Buddir al Buddoor
Illustration, Aladdin and the Beautiful Princess Buddir al Buddoor, daughter of the Sultan. He falls in love with her and is determined to win her, despite his humble status. Date: 1950s

Love-in-Idleness (Midsummer Nights Dream). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845

Crimson Rose (Midsummer Nights Dream). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845

Woodbine, Honeysuckle, Ivy and Elm (Midsummer Nights Dream). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe

Oberon
Illustration of Oberon in A Midsummer Nights Dream. Artist: Hans Fischer

Arabian Nights
Illustration for The Enchanted Horse from The Arabian Nights. Artist: Hans Fischer

The Season Returns to London
Caricature by Garretto giving an impression of London nightlife during the season of 1928. Two glamorous women dressed in fur collared evening coats are accompanied by a gentleman in a top hat. 1928

Illustration, Bottom as Pyramus
Illustration, A Midsummer Nights Dream, Bottom as Pyramus in the play within a play. 19th century

Severe low-lying fog crisis over the capital of London, which afflicted London between the 1870s and the mid-1890s. Date: 1882

Poster for Aladdin, advertising a pantomime. Date: circa 1930s

Princess Way, part of the then new shopping centre, Swansea, Wales. The heart of the city centre was severely bombed in 1941, in what is now termed the Three Nights Blitz. Date: circa 1950

Give me nights perfectly quiet... Date: 1913

Homeless men sleeping on Southwark Bridge, London 1900
Homeless men sleeping rough in London. Date: 1900

ALADDIN AND GENIE
Aladdin and the obsequious genie of the lamp

Three men on a mgaic flying carpet
Three travellers on a magic carpet

SHAKESPEARE / BOTTOM
Act III, Scene I Bottom translated: O Bottom, thou art changd/What do I see on thee? Date: 1773

Cartoon, Bottoms Dream (Republicanism)
Cartoon, BOTTOMS DREAM -- Nick Bottom (the working-man): I have a dream... [I will get Peter Quince to write a ballad of this dream Bottoms Dream because it hath no Bottom

Puck - Robin Goodfellow - A Midsummer Nights Dream
Puck, a sprite

ROBIN GOOD-FELLOW
Robin Good-fellow

COURT OF KING SERENDIP
The court of King Serendip

ELIZABETHAN PLAYHOUSE
A performance of Shakespeares A Midsummer Nights Dream in an Elizabethan playhouse Date: 16th century

SINBADS STRANDED SHIP
Sinbads ship is stranded

Puck on spiders thread
Puck seated on a spiders thread. Date: 1920

Robin Goodfellow, a sprite (also known as Puck). Date: 1911

Sinbad, pantomime, Putney Hippodrome, SW London
Sinbad the Sailor, grand pantomime, Putney Hippodrome, SW London. early 20th century

The Forty Thieves, a childrens pantomime

The 40 Thieves, a pantomime

The Forty Thieves, a pantomime

The Fairies Song - A Midsummers Nights Dream - Act II, scene 2 - Titania asleep, surrounded by her fairy train

Lubbuck Lights UFOs
At Lubbock, Texas, several see a formation of UFOs on 25 August; a few nights later Carl Hart takes four photos which have never been satisfactorily explained Date: 31 August 1951

Bonzo tries to make both ends meet
A sleep-deprived Bonzo tried to pacify twin babies (or rather, miniature Bonzos) with a double-ended bottle of milk. One appears to be settled but the other is inconsolable

Ufos / Dodin / Krasnoyarsk
At Krasnoyarsk Krai, East Russia, writer/lecturer Veniamin Dodin two nights running sees a dirigible-like object over a secret research area, which separates

Ali Baba at the Cave by Rene Bull
Open Sesame - Ali Baba at the cave. Date: 1914

The Magic Carpet
A couple - he in Chinese costume, she in harem pants - flying on a magic carpet above the onion domes and minarets of an Arabian city. Date: 1932

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