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Chinese Actors holding up masks, a rake and a broomA Chinese Actor and Actress in a posed studio portrait holding up masks in one hand and a rake and broom in the other. Date: circa 1908
Theatrical Troupe supporting Womens Suffrage MovementA Theatrical Troupe performing a play supporting Womens Suffrage Movement Date: circa 1908
Myanmar - Street Musicians with Pattala and Mon ViolinMyanmar - Street Musicians playing a curved Burmese Xylophone or Pattala and the Mon violin, a 3-string fiddle with a western-like body played upright. Date: circa 1906
Myanmar - Yangon - Pongyi Street Dramatic Troupe of traditional Burmese entertainers/dancers/performers. Date: circa 1910s
Cartoon, English actors will soon be crowded out. 1880
Cartoon, acrobats advised to emigrateCartoon showing acrobats being advised to emigrate, possibly with their livelihoods under threat because of the Dangerous Performance Bill
Cartoon, behind the scenes in a theatre -- A member of the audience who likes to go behind the scenes and chat up the actresses. 1880
Music cover, Barnum Circus by Maurice VandairMusic cover, Barnum Circus, music by Maurice Vandair, words by Charlys and Vandair. 1941
Music cover, The Forty Thieves Lancers, by W Meyer Lutz. circa 1880s
Caricature of James Fawn and Arthur RobertsCaricature of James Fawn (1850-1923) and Arthur Roberts (1852-1933), music hall performers. Goodness Gracious! A reference to their comic duet in a Drury Lane pantomime, Mother Goose
Cartoon, Actors from Drury Lane changing allegianceCartoon, Actors from Drury Lane Theatre changing allegiance. They were at Drury Lane for years, but this season they go over to the opposition shop. 1880
Caricature of Harry Payne and Augustus HarrisCaricature of Harry Payne (1833-1895) clown and pantomime entertainer, and Augustus Harris (1852-1896), British actor, dramatist and impresario, seen here dressed as a policeman
Caricature of the actor Fred VokesCaricature of the actor and dancer Fred (Frederick Mortimer) Vokes, member of the Vokes Family of performers -- High Art. circa 1880s
Japan - Riogoku Family of Japanese PerformersJapan - The Riogoku Family - An Internationally-famous troupe of touring Japanese Performers, posing for this group photograph in full costume. Date: circa 1905
Man listening to brass bandMan sitting on a deckchair, listening to a brass band. Date: 1970s
Three frogs playing banjos on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Circus Elephant / ChaosA circus elephant runs amok with with one of the performers sitting astride his trunk. The ring-masters top hat gets a soaking. Date: 1928
HANDEL COMMEMORATION, Westminster AbbeyThe Handel Commemoration in Westminster Abbey when the orchestra and performers were seated in tiers round the organ Date: 1785
Pantomime fairies in the flies, perhaps about to make a surprise entrance from above the stage. 1871
Verdi / Trovatore / Iln 1855IL TROVATORE a scene from the first London performance of the opera at Covent Garden in May 1855 - Pauline Viardot was one of the performers Date: 1855
Zeynards Liliput Speciality Troupe, with two miniature ponies on a seesaw. Date: circa 1908
The Will O The WispsPromotional postcard for The Will O The Wisps, a touring concert party company Judging by the number of faces among the reeds, there were seven concert party performers
See-Saw by Arthur E EliotPromotional postcard for See-Saw by Arthur E. Eliot and others, edited by R. C. Carton; music Ivor Novello and others. First produced at the Comedy Theatre, 14th December 1916
Beauty and the Beast, Lyceum PantomimeBeauty and the Beast Pantomime, Lyceum Theatre, London. 1937
Harry Mason and Lily BartPromotional postcard for Harry Mason and Lily Bart. These novelty comedy gymnasts were obscure performers. This postcard was commissioned it to advertise their act to music hall managers
Miss Renouf and Mr Bennett performing The Wedding GlideMiss Renouf and Mr Bennett on stage performing The Wedding Glide of 1912 (From the Passing Show of 1912 ) - Music & Lyrics by Louis A. Hirsch
Duchess of Westminster - amateur dramatics, Eaton HallA scene from Scaramouch an amateur theatrical production performed at Eaton Hall, Cheshire, the seat of the Duke and Duchess of Westminster
George Robey (1869-1954)Promotional postcard for George Robey (1869-1954). Sir George Edward Wade, CBE. known professionally as George Robey, was an English comedian, singer and actor in musical theatre
Paradise Girls of the Paradise Cabaret Restaurant, New York - 49th Street and Broadway. " Gorgeous! Glamorous! Thrilling!" Date: circa 1938
Madame Karina and Dancing School Pupils - Karina was a Russian Ballet dancer at the Royal Opera House, and founder of the school of dance at 123 ladbroke Grove under the patronage of Queen Alexandra
Sammys Bowery Follies, New York City, USASammys Bowery Follies, Bowery, New York City, USA, showing the performers grouped together on stage. Date: 1944
Victorian Scrap, circus ring with performers and animals. circa 1880s
The Music Hall by Harry FurnissPortrayal of an interior of an Edwardian music hall. Date: 1929
Three Japanese chorus girls talk backstage. All three are wearing elaborate costumes. Date: 1932
Advert for Columbian Trio Concert Company, Ohio, USAAdvertisement on a postcard for the Columbian Trio Concert Company of West Salem, Ohio, USA, offering instrumental and vocal music. Date: 1910
Souvenir book of postcards, Agua Caliente, Tijuana, MexicoBack cover of a souvenir book of postcards from Agua Caliente, a popular leisure centre in Tijuana, Mexico, Central America
Barnardos Visit to AustraliaBarnardos musical performers accompanied by the Rev. W.J. Mayers meet the Governor of South Australia during a fund-raising visit to the country. Date: circa 1910
Two Sani women, Yunnan Province, south west ChinaTwo young Sani women of Yunnan Province, south west China, playing Chinese lutes. Date: 1953
Wayang puppet theatre of Bali, IndonesiaWayang puppet theatre and gamelan musicians of Bali, Indonesia. Date: circa 1920s
Two film stars in Paris Plaisirs magazine: Madge Bellamy (Fox Film) and Agnes Petersen, as seen in the film Scheherazade (Alliance Cinematographique Europeene). Date: circa 1928
Concert in the War Zone for soldiers and others, France, WW1Concert in the War Zone for the boys in khaki and blue. British soldiers, nurses and others listen to an open air concert in the shade of trees, somewhere in France. Date: 1915
The Hengler Sisters dancing and singing starts at the turn of the century in America and Euope Date: circa 1900
Roseray and Capella at the Embassy ClubAn Embassy Thrill - the Dancers Roseray and Capella. Roseray and Capella, the cabaret stars of the Embassy Club pictured performing some of their act which combined acrobatics with dance
Cortez and PeggyThe dancing cabaret performers, Cortez and Peggy, who in 1924, following a successful residency at Rectors in Paris, went on to delight Londoners at the Hotel Metropole. Date: 1924
Celebrating the royal wedding at the Grafton Galleries, 1923Cabaret performers dressed up for a mock wedding at Londons fashionable Grafton Galleries, in order to celebrate the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of York in April 1923
Henry Wood, English conductor, and his first wifeHenry Wood (1869-1944), English conductor, and his first wife, Olga Michailoff (Ouroussoff, Urusova), a singer. Date: early 20th century
Harry Fragsonarry Fragson (2 July 1869 31 December 1913), born L鯮 Philippe Pot, was a British music hall singer and comedian, born in Soho, London