Performance Collection (page 7)

Sandows marvellous feat of strength at London Hippodrome
Eugene Sandow, strong man extraordinaire, seen supporting on his chest four men and ten women in addition to sundry cannon balls, part of his act at the London Hippodrome

Houdinis act at the London Hippodrome 1904
Impression of Houdini performing his famous escapology act at the London Hippodrome in 1904 where he was manacled with handcuffs allegedly made by a locksmith over several years

London Hippodrome, Madame Heliot & her lions
Madame Claire Heliot feeding raw beef to her lions (and a couple of dogs), in the arena of the London Hippodrome in 1901 in what The Sphere describes as " a very daring performance"

Polars bears at the London Hippodrome, January 1910
Seventy polar bears, transported there to take part in the theatres Christmas water spectacular, The Arctic. Fifty of them plunged from icebergs into the water while the remaining bears roamed about

Reginald Jecks, performer, of the Reg Jecks and Vera Vivian Variety Theatre Company, seen here on stage at Gateshead. 1924

Playbill, Empire Theatre, Belfast, Ireland, November 1921
Playbill for Empire Theatre, Belfast, November 1921 - The Weldonn Singers are top of the bill, alongside Will Luff, Henri Hilton, Three Godwyns, Reg Jecks and Vera Vivian

The Jugglers by Averil Burleigh
The Jugglers: A Study in Modernity, by Averil Burleigh (1883 - 1949). Exhibited at the Society of Women Artists in 1929. Date: 1929

Yola DeFroine and Harry Denniss Dancing Dudes in London Rhapsody musical at The London Palladium. 1937

The London Pavilion 1878, London Palladium
The London Pavilion 1878, Crazy Gang in London Rhapsody musical at The London Palladium. 1937

Cartoon, Another Juliet. Trixie Southbank, who is tired of being an extra and wants to play Juliet, asks John Hollingshead (1827-1904), manager of the Gaiety Theatre, for a matinee slot

The Crazy Gang, Six Broken Blossoms, London Palladium
The Crazy Gang dressed as flower sellers in Six Broken Blossoms in the shadow of Eros (at Piccadilly Circus) in London Rhapsody musical at The London Palladium. 1937

Sherman Fishers Palladium Girls, London Palladium
Sherman Fishers Palladium Girls in London Rhapsody musical at The London Palladium. 1937

Raymond Newell, singer, London Palladium
Raymond Newell, singer in London Rhapsody musical at The London Palladium. 1937

Nervo and Knox comedy act, London Palladium
Nervo and Knox comedy act, part of the Crazy Gang, London Rhapsody musical at The London Palladium. 1937

Naughton and Gold comedy act, London Palladium
Naughton and Gold comedy act, part of The Crazy Gang, London Rhapsody musical at The London Palladium. 1937

Giovanni Battista Belzoni at Sadlers Wells Theatre
Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Italian explorer and archaeologist, at Sadlers Wells Theatre, London, as the Patagonian Samson, wearing a strongmans costume made of fur, and an ostrich feather headdress

Flanagan and Allen comedy act, London Palladium
Flanagan and Allen comedy act, part of the Crazy Gang, London Rhapsody musical at The London Palladium. 1937

Enid Lowe, actress, in London Rhapsody musical at The London Palladium. 1937

Chester Mystery Plays, performance in the street

Advert for a theatre production, Cheer Up. circa 1920

Berkeley Square, Sing a Song of London, London Rhapsody musical at The London Palladium. 1937

A Mayfair Salon, Cleopatra, London Rhapsody musical at The London Palladium. 1937

Dolly Sisters on front cover of the Sketch 1921
The Dolly Sisters photographed in their costumes for the new pantomime " The Babes in the Wood" by C B Cochran. The Dolly Sisters enjoyed immense success in London

Photograph of the dolly sisters in fluffy white costumes for their Pony Trot. Until the end of the League of Notions revue

The Company of the Co-optimists, October 1921
Nine of the ten Co-Optimists, a variety revue in London. From left to right (top row) Phyllis Monkman, Laddie Cliff, Elsa Macfarlane, Stanley Holloway; (second row) Betty Chester

Photographs of Hippodrome Pogo Parade, October 1921
Miss Mona Vivian and her " pogo platoon", performing for the Sketch in the Botanical Gardens although the Pogo Parade was performing at the Hippodrome at the time. Date: 1921

Edgar & Madge Syers the 1908 Olympics
Husband and wife team who were in the Olympic Games of 1908, winning the bronze medal at the Princes Skating Club, Knightsbridge, London. Madge Syers winning in her own right, first in free skating

Music cover (detail), The Pantomime Quadrille, performed at Julliens Promenade Concerts, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London. circa 1849

Music cover, The Pantomime Quadrille, performed at Julliens Promenade Concerts, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London. Including music for Girls and Boys Come Out to Play

Music cover, Sister Ria, sung by Miss Lizzie Fletcher
Music cover, Sister Ria, written by A J Mills, composed by Arthur Lennard, sung by Miss Lizzie Fletcher. 1895

Music cover, Intermezzo, The Prodigal Son
Music cover, Intermezzo by J M Glover, as performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in The Prodigal Son, arrangement for pianoforte

Pickings from the Pantomimes, Judy magazine
Pickings from the Pantomimes, January 1882. 1882

Fayne, Milton and Tod in Will o the Whispers
Greta Fayne, Billy Milton and Quentin Tod in Will o the Whispers at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London. 1928

Cartoon, Only One, Henry Pettitt and George Sims
Cartoon, Only One, Henry Pettitt (actor and dramatist, right) and George Sims (journalist, poet, dramatist and novelist). Am I to stand in next time, George? I shouldn t like to promise, Henry! 1885

Cartoon, One Charles to Another Charles - We can t give you a cat every year! Charles Lauri (left) was a pantomime performer who specialised in animal roles

Coquelin, French actor, as Cyrano de Bergerac
Benoit-Constant Coquelin, French actor, as Cyrano de Bergerac, a role he played in Paris, London and America. 1906

Audience of stars at midnight performance of Charlots Revue
A galaxy of stars in the audience for the midnight performance of the first night of Charlots Revue at the Prince of Wales Theatre in April 1925

Little Women - Christmas entertainments
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - Christmas entertainments, in which the friends and family dress up and act out scenes from a romantic melodrama

Tibetan Music at the Scala Theatre
Tibetan musicians at the Scala Theatre, London, perform playing their traditional instruments in connection with the opening of Captain John Noels film of the Everest expedition. Date: 1924

Villiage choir at rehearsal 1871
Church choir, singing from their hymn books. Date: 1871

Silver Street Boys School fancy dress group
Silver Street Boys School advanced class fancy dress group, most of them with blacked-up faces and hands. Their names are: Harold Blanchard, Philip Wilson, Arthur Thorne, Ernest Trafford

For the Honour of London, Punch cartoon
For the Honour of London. Shade of Beethoven (Father of Modern Symphonic Music) to Sir Henry Wood: This is indeed tragic, but I cannot believe that this rich city

Image of movable stage for capturing scenes with a Mutograph
Herman Casler (1867 - 1939) developed the Mutoscope/Mutograph circa 1890s, as a potential answer to the development of motion picture

Gleemen and trained bear, 10th century
Anglo-Saxon gleemen with sticks and pipes performing with a trained bear, 10th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England

Knights performing the Torch Dance (Fackeltanz). They wear plumed helmets, face masks and short jackets with ribbons from the shoulder. From Hans Burgkmairs Triomphe de l Empereur Maximilian I, 1526

Lady playing the piano in a parlour to guests. Another lady says, Shes very talented. She thinks, Now we have to swallow a concerto

Performing dogs
A gentleman with a whip controls four dogs dancing on their hind legs dressed in the latest fashions on stage. The dog show continues to attract crowds at the Theatre Montansier in Versailles

Opera performance in Cochinchina (southern Vietnam). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri after Angelo Monticelli from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

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