Acting Collection (page 15)

Silhouette portrait of Mrs Siddons by August Edouart
The famous tragedienne, Mrs Siddons (1755 - 1831) depicted by silhouette artist, August Edouart, alongside Tyrone Power (1795 - 1941), Irish comedic actor in the character of D

The Heathen and the Christian - Play
The Heathen and the Christian - promotional postcard for this play - performed at The Grand Theatre Southampton between 1908-1909

What Every Woman Knows by Nerman
Einar Nermans (1888-1983) artistic and vibrant depiction of the Play What Every Woman Knows - at The Apollo Theatre, London (from left to right) Mr Henry Vibart as Alec Wilye

Dr O Grady Arrives - Cast caricatures
Dr O Grady Arrives Nerman of the Play by Canon Hannay, the inclusion of lifelike interpretations of the acting cast by Nerman, (from left to right) Miss Helen Ferrers as lady Rothconnell

Japanese Kabuki Actor / Dancer
Japanese Kabuki Actor/Dancer - possibly in the role of a lion or tiger. Date: circa 1910s

Royal Artillery Review, Rouen, France
A stage review by members of the Royal Artillery stationed in Rouen, France during World War One. The participants are mostly dressed as Pierrot clowns. Date: 1917

Major Gerald Messervy MC, British army officer, WW1
Acting Major Gerald Messervy MC (c1890-1918), British army officer with the Royal Field Artillery during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Lady Precious Stream theatre production
Clifford Bartlett as Hsieh Ping-Kuei and Carol Coombe as Lady Precious Stream, in the traditional Chinese play, Lady Precious Stream, by S. I. Hsiung. Date: 1935

Premiere at Graumans Chinese Theatre
Hollywood, California - A World Premiere for a movie feature film at Graumans Chinese Theatre. circa 1920s

Prince Philip performing in a Nativity play at Gordonstoun
Prince Philip of Greece, later Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born 1921), pictured playing one of the three kings in the Oberufer nativity play, while at Gordonstoun school in 1938

Charles Ray Directing
When his acting career sagged, Charles Ray turned to direction : sadly his movies lacked box-office appeal. But this is a nice intimate shot of 20s film- making. Date: circa 1922

Fall / Clumber Spaniels / 29
WITLEY ACTING MAJOR, Clumber Spaniel owned by Hedley. Date: 1929

Britannia and Eve Christmas cover 1932
Front cover illustration featuring a ballerina, harlequin and clown performing a rather dramatic scene with a sword on stage

Shadow drawing. C. H. Bennett, Goose
Goose. (Corhurnus Mandeville - The Eminent Tragedian). Illustration from a series of shadow portraits of fictional characters by Charles H Bennett entitled Shadow and Substance, 1860

Rehearsing a play in ordinary clothes
Actors at a London theatre rehearse a play in their everyday clothes - their costumes have yet to materialise

Bridlington Dramatic Troupe - The Majors
Scene in Bridlington of a troupe of actors in the roles of The Majors along with a Scottish Piper Boy

If Gossip we Must
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

La Belle Otero
Carolina Otero, Spanish actress and dancer seen here as La Dominicaine, the very successful piece in which she is appearing at Parisiana

Miss Lily Elsie, The Merry Widow
The popular English actress, Lily Elsie here in the role of Franz Lehars operetta, The Merry Widow

Mlle Sorel
The French actress Mlle Cecile Sorel at the Odeon National Theatre

La Belle Otero acting in The Rivals
Carolina Otero as Mercedes and Paul Franck acting together in The Rivals theatre production

Miss Mabel Green - Comedy Artist
Miss Mabel Green (Actress and vocalist, born London 1890 - died c.1970), standing alongside her fine open-top Sunbeam car (" which she drives herself" ) at Johannesburg, South Africa

Gracie Leigh
Miss Gracie Leigh, British born actress

Hermann Vezin on his 82nd birthday
Hermann Vezin (1829-1910), American actor, drama teacher and writer, reading a congratulatory telegram on his 82nd birthday

Carnival games
A group of young boys and men throw balls, aiming them at the heads of the poor men who have the unlucky job of acting as the targets

Swordplay display
Swordplay organised by the famous Abouel-Seyfine and Tcherkes Ryza-Bey

Tatler front-cover: Paulette Goddard
Paulette Goddard, the American film actress in the role of Mrs Cheveley, during the filming of Oscar Wildes An Ideal Husband at the London Film Studios at Shepperton

The play, Numa Roumestan by Daudet
Numa Roumestan goes down on one knee, begging forgiveness from his wife

Little Girl playing at shopping, 1892
Engraving showing a little girl playing at a table with her dolls and her mother acting the part of shopkeeper, selling miniature hats

Sketching Club, 1882
Engraving showing the studio of a Victorian sketching club, with a female in classical dress acting as model for a large group of amateur artists, 1882

Cathleen Nesbitt
CATHLEEN NESBITT English film and stage actress. Admired by the poet Rupert Brooke. Had a career spanning seventy years

Platts Spinning Machine
Cotton manufacture at the International Exhibition: Platts Self-Acting Mule or Cottonspinning machine

The Sale of a Deserters Belongings on board a British Warsh
Illustration showing the sale of the belongings of a deserter, on board a British battleship. This rare event was held whenever a seaman deserted and left belongings on board a ship

Dubouchet - Harlequin
The actress Mademoiselle Dubouchet in the role of the female Harlequin Colombine in the play Les Trois Fils de Cadet Roussel

Actress Mary Ellis
MARY ELLIS American-born stage and film actress. Found success in London in the 1930s in plays such as Kern/Hammersteins " Music in the Air" and

Game / Acting / Mask 18C
Two girls play with a theatrical mask

Christianity / Barbados
Henry Martin, acting Dean of Barbados

Augustus Harris
SIR AUGUSTUS HENRY GLOSSOP HARRIS Actor and theatre manager

Miss Mary Anderson
MARY ANDERSON Actress born in California who always played leading roles in Londons West End. Dubbed " Our Mary" by American audiences

Madame Marie Roze
MARY ROZE Madame Marie Roze, French actress and singer pictured in theatrical costume

Mrs Bernard Beere
FANNY MARY BERNARD-BEERE Whitehead), actress, known for many roles including that of Mrs Arbuthnot in Wildes A Woman of No Importance

Pedro Fuentes Guzman
PEDRO GUZMAN, count of FUENTES Spanish acting governor of the Netherlands

Chales Fechter as Hamlet
Mr Charlesl Albert Fechter (1822-1879), actor, in the role of Hamlet, complete with the skull of Yorick

Rehearsing in 1863
A rehearsal taking place on stage with actors reading from their scripts. Date: 1863

Scene in a Green Room
A scene in the Green Room as two actresses argue and shout wearing their costumes, while a bystander looks on

The Model Actress
The model actress tries to read her script and stir a cup of tea at the same time

COQUELIN(A) / GILL 1886
COQUELIN AINE elder of two acting brothers, probably the greatest of all French actors

1393 French Court
The French court, with the ducs de Bourgogne and Berri acting as regents

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