Acting Collection (page 3)

Cartoon portrait, Mr E B Hartt, Acting Manager at the Gaiety Theatre, London. 1885

Cartoon portrait, Mr H A Freeman, Acting Manager at the Grand Theatre, London (there were several theatres named the Grand, in places including Clapham, Croydon, Islington, Fulham and Woolwich). 1885

Cartoon portrait, Mr Charles Abud, Acting Manager, Lyceum Theatre, London. 1885

Cartoon, Sydney Alport, Acting Manager, Vaudeville Theatre, London. 1885

Cartoon, Acting Manager of a London Theatre - How is this for Huy? 1885

Cartoon, Js Fleming, Acting Manager, Drury Lane Theatre
Cartoon, Js Fleming, Acting Manager at Drury Lane Theatre, London. 1885

Fred Terry, Julia Neilson and Phylis Neilson-Terry
A wonderful real photographic Rotary postcard showing (from left) the actress Julia Neilson (1868 - 1957), her husband, the actor Fred Terry (1863-1933)

Lilian Braithwaite as Nancy Thistleton 1902
Miss Lilian Braithwaite in the part which made her famous, as Nancy Thistleton in The Finding of Nancy by Netta Syrett. 1902 1902

Leave it to Psmith - stage adaptation
Leave it to Psmith - a comic novel by English author P. G. Wodehouse, adapted into a play by Wodehouse and Ian Hay. It opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London on 29 September 1930

Clara St Casse as Edgar in The Swan and Edgar, 1859
Clara St Casse as Edgar in The Swan and Edgar (a burlesque) at St Jamess Theatre, London. The character and singing are both suited to the peculiar talents of this talented young actress

Victorian charades party - the second syllables. 19th century

Victorian charades party - the last syllables. 19th century

Victorian charades party - the first syllables. 19th century

Sketch - Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies as Tess of D Urbervilles
Front cover of The Sketch featuring a photograph of actress Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies in the role of Tess of the D Urbervilles in the stage version of Thomas Hardys novel

Cicely Courtneidge as an Eton-cropped flapper
Actress Cicely Courtneidge made up as a typical eton-cropped, cigarette-smoking flapper in Cleansing the Stage sketch in the revue, " By the Way". Date: 1925

Members of Dail Eireann - the Sinn Fein Parliament
The Men who claim to rule Ireland - Members of Dail Eireann - the Sinn Fein Parliament. Date: 1920

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

Theatre Royal, Worthing, Sussex, under the management of D Fellowes-Robinson. Acting Manager, Captain Lloyd-Goring. Telephone number: Worthing 177. 1920

Merryweather single cylinder steam fire engine
Merryweather single cylinder direct acting steam fire engine. Date: early 20th century

Hilda Trevelyan - English Actress
Hilda Trevelyan (1877-1959) - English Actress. Date: circa 1909

Sir George Alexander and Dame Irene Vanburgh in The Thief
Sir George Alexander (1858-1918) - British Actor, Theatre Producer and Theatre Manager and Dame Irene Vanburgh (1872-1949)

Miss Lily Brayton and Mr Henry Ainley
Miss Lily Brayton, Actress (1876-1953). In the role of Rosalind in the William Shakespeare play As you Like It, alongside Henry Ainley (1879-1945) in the role of Orlando. Date: 1911

Serbian Crown Prince Alexander (1888-1934) photographed upon a arrival to London in 1916. The Prince was the second son of King Peter I whose elder brother Prince George renounced his claim to

Lewis Waller - Actor and Theatre Manager
Actor and Theatre Manager Lewis Waller (1860-1915). circa 1910

Lewis Waller (1860-1915) - Actor and Theatre Manager - pictured here performing in The Perfect Lover. Date: circa 1910s

Henrietta Hodson as Nydia the blind flower girl of Pompeii
Date: circa 1910s

Dorothy Hall
Date: circa 1935

Miss Thelma Raye - autographed postcard
Miss Thelma Raye (1890-1966) - English musical comedy actress - autographed postcard. Date: 1906

Mabel Constanduros - English actress and screenwriter
Date: 1935

Irene Vanbrugh
Date: 1899

YPRES Coat of Arms
YPRES. Coat of Arms. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Born September 1889

Cotton Spinning Machine 1862
Cotton Manufacture in the International Exhibition. Platts Self-Acting Mule, or the Cotton Spinning Machine. Date: 1862

MELLE HENRY AS RIFLEMAN
Mademoiselle Henry in the role of the Chief Rifleman in the play Oh! La! La! Qucest bete tout ca Date: circa 1860

JAPANESE THEATRE
The audience chat and eat during the performance. Date: circa 1860

GAME / ACTING RED RIDING
A group of children act out the story of Red Riding Hood to an audience of their family and friends Date: 1880

THEATREPHONE POSTER
A lady enjoys all the pleasure of the theatre (except for the acting, the sets and the stage effects, the ambiance and the pleasure of running into ones friends) Date: circa 1896

PLAYING CHARADES
Adults acting charades : the performers are playing a doctor and his patient Date: 1864

CHARADES, 1871
Acting charades at a childrens party Date: 1871

Dog as Hamlet
A dog that always wanted to play Hamlet Date: late 19th century

SICK CHILD & GIRL NURSE SICK CHILD & GIRL NURSE
A sick child is offered some sustenance from a girl acting as nurse

FRANCH COURT 1393
The French court, with the ducs de Bourgogne and Berri acting as regents Date: 1393

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

Lydia Thompson in the role of Robinson Crusoe. Date: 1899

Christian Kayssler - German Stage and Film Actor
Christian Kayssler (1898-1944) - German Stage and Film Actor - killed in a bombing raid on Berlin during the Second World War. Date: circa 1930s

Miss Phyllis Relph as Cleopatra
Miss Phyllis Relph (1888-1969) in the role of Cleopatra in Anthony & Cleopatra at the Queens Theatre, Manchester Date: circa 1909

Theo Lingen - German actor, film director and screenwriter
Theo Lingen (1903-1978) - German actor, film director and screenwriter Date: late 1940s

Hans Sohnker - German film actor
Hans Sohnker (1903-1981) - German film actor Date: late 1940s

Zena Dare - English singer and actress
Miss Zena Dare (1887-1975) - English stage singer and actress, popular young actress at the time in Edwardian musical stage comedies. In the role of Princess Beauty

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