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Acting Collection (page 6)

Background imageActing Collection: Phyllis Dare - Edwardian Singer and Actress

Phyllis Dare - Edwardian Singer and Actress
Miss Phyllis Dare (1890-1975) - Edwardian Singer and Actress, aged 16. Date: 1906

Background imageActing Collection: Dame Ellen Terry - British Stage actress

Dame Ellen Terry - British Stage actress
Dame Ellen Terry (1847-1928) - British Stage actress. Printed signature dated 28th April 1906. Date: 1906

Background imageActing Collection: Memorial postcard to Sir Henry Irving

Memorial postcard to Sir Henry Irving (1838-1905), featuring a portrait of the famed Actor ( Englands Greatest !) as well as his birthplace

Background imageActing Collection: Dan Leno as Mother Goose

Dan Leno as Mother Goose in her homely dress. Date: 1903

Background imageActing Collection: Mr Fred Terry and Miss Julia Nielson

Mr Fred Terry and Miss Julia Nielson
Mr Fred Terry (1863-1933) - English Actor and his wife Miss Julia Nielson (1868-1957) whom he married in 1891. Date: 1912

Background imageActing Collection: Miss Lily Brayton - English actress

Miss Lily Brayton - English actress
Miss Lily Brayton (1876-1953) - English actress - she was married to the actor Oscar Asche. Date: circa 1910

Background imageActing Collection: Gerald Du Maurier - Actor Manager

Gerald Du Maurier - Actor Manager
Signed postcard portrait of Sir Gerald Hubert Edward Busson Du Maurier (1873-1934) - Actor Manager. Date: circa 1920

Background imageActing Collection: Pearl Argyle - South African dancer and actress

Pearl Argyle - South African dancer and actress
Pearl Argyle (1901-1947) - South African dancer and actress. Date: circa 1930

Background imageActing Collection: HMS Marlborough - Concert Party Performers

HMS Marlborough - Concert Party Performers
Two members of a Concert Party in mid-performance! HMS Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, named in honour of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

Background imageActing Collection: Bebe Daniels - American film actress

Bebe Daniels - American film actress
American film actress, Bebe Daniels (1901-1971) Date: circa 1930s

Background imageActing Collection: Chinese Outdoor Theatre draws a large crowd

Chinese Outdoor Theatre draws a large crowd
A Chinese Outdoor Theatre performance draws a large crowd. Date: circa 1907

Background imageActing Collection: Chinese Actresses taking part in a traditional play

Chinese Actresses taking part in a traditional play
Three Chinese Actresses taking part in a traditional play. Date: circa 1906

Background imageActing Collection: Clark Gable - American Actor

Clark Gable - American Actor
A portrait of a young Clark Gable (1901-1960), American Film Actor. Date: circa 1932

Background imageActing Collection: Theatrical Troupe supporting Womens Suffrage Movement

Theatrical Troupe supporting Womens Suffrage Movement
A Theatrical Troupe performing a play supporting Womens Suffrage Movement Date: circa 1908

Background imageActing Collection: Harry Monkhouse, Harry Parker and John le Hay in Maid Marion

Harry Monkhouse, Harry Parker and John le Hay in Maid Marion
Actors Harry Monkhouse, Harry Parker and John le Hay acting the fool in a scene from Maid Marion, which was staged at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London in 1891. Date: 1891

Background imageActing Collection: Caricature of Madge Kendal, English actress and manager

Caricature of Madge Kendal, English actress and manager
Caricature of Madge Kendal (Margaret Shafto Robertson, 1848-1935), English actress and (with her husband William Hunter Kendal) theatre manager

Background imageActing Collection: Caricature of Henry Irving sweeping amateurs away

Caricature of Henry Irving sweeping amateurs away
Caricature of the actor-manager Henry Irving (1838-1905) sweeping the amateur rubbish away from the theatre. 1883

Background imageActing Collection: Cartoon, Annie Mie, a Dutch play in London

Cartoon, Annie Mie, a Dutch play in London
Cartoon, Annie Mie, a Dutch play by Rosier Faarsen which was performed at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London, in November 1880, with Genevieve Ward in the title role

Background imageActing Collection: Francisco Duenas

Francisco Duenas
FRANCISCO DUENAS - Head of state, acting president and president of El Salvador 1852 - 1871, a time of revolt, civil war etc. He was finally kicked out and fled to Europe. Date: CIRCA 1860S

Background imageActing Collection: Steam Bus, London 1898

Steam Bus, London 1898
A steam bus of the Self Acting Steam Omnibus Company plies its trade between Oxford Circus and Ealing. Date: 1898

Background imageActing Collection: War is a Business

War is a Business
English Foreign Minister Sir Edward Grey is depicted by the Germans as acting on the principle that War is a business like any other Date: August 1914

Background imageActing Collection: Dickens as Capt Bobadil

Dickens as Capt Bobadil
CHARLES DICKENS Dickens acting in the part of Captain Bobadil in Ben Jonsons Every Man in His Humour. Date: 1812 - 1870

Background imageActing Collection: British Actor David Niven

British Actor David Niven (1910-1983). Date: 1950s

Background imageActing Collection: Mark Melford as Harlequin

Mark Melford as Harlequin
Mr Mark Melford (c.1850-1914, actor and playwright) as Harlequin. Date: 1892

Background imageActing Collection: Mark Melford as Hamlet

Mark Melford as Hamlet
Mr Mark Melford (c.1850-1914, actor and playwright) as Hamlet. Date: 1892

Background imageActing Collection: General Castros Home, Monterey, California, USA

General Castros Home, Monterey, California, USA -- Jose Castro (1808-1860) was born in Monterey, and served as acting governor of Alta California from 1835 to 1836. Date: circa 1908

Background imageActing Collection: Lilian Braithwaite - English actress

Lilian Braithwaite - English actress
Lilian Braithwaite (1873 - 1948), English actress, primarily of the stage. Date: 1907

Background imageActing Collection: La Belle Kerro, Edwardian French Theatre Stage Actress

La Belle Kerro, Edwardian French Theatre Stage Actress Date: 1906

Background imageActing Collection: Production of Vile Bodies at the Vaudeville Theatre, London

Production of Vile Bodies at the Vaudeville Theatre, London
Production of Vile Bodies, by Evelyn Waugh, at the Vaudeville Theatre, London. Caption reads: When the sea is sick-making: Mrs Melrose Ape, the woman evangelist

Background imageActing Collection: Duchess of Westminster - amateur dramatics, Eaton Hall

Duchess of Westminster - amateur dramatics, Eaton Hall
A scene from Scaramouch an amateur theatrical production performed at Eaton Hall, Cheshire, the seat of the Duke and Duchess of Westminster

Background imageActing Collection: Harry Mason and Lily Bart - Novelty Comedy Gymnasts

Harry Mason and Lily Bart - Novelty Comedy Gymnasts of Brixton, London. " Ah! But What Gymnasts!" It looks conceivable as if Harry Mason is here taking on the persona of King George V

Background imageActing Collection: Benoit-Constant Coquelin - French Actor

Benoit-Constant Coquelin - French Actor
Benoit-Constant Coquelin (18411909) - French actor. Coquelin is seen here in L Aiglon, a play in six acts by Edmond Rostand based on the life of Napoleon II. Date: circa 1905

Background imageActing Collection: Vietnam - Group of Actresses - Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)

Vietnam - Group of Actresses - Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)
A delightfully hand-tinted postcard showing a group of Traditional Vietnamese Actresses - Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam. Date: circa 1909

Background imageActing Collection: Princess of Pless - amateur dramatics, Eaton Hall

Princess of Pless - amateur dramatics, Eaton Hall
Daisy, Princess of Pless performing with her brother George Cornwallis-West in some amateur dramatics at Eaton Hall, the Cheshire seat of the Duke and Duchess of Westminster

Background imageActing Collection: The Earl of Rosslyn - stage name, James Erskine

The Earl of Rosslyn - stage name, James Erskine
James Francis Harry St Clair-Erskine, 5th Earl Rosslyn (1869-1939), author and journalist. Also unusual in that he was a member of the peerage who trod the boards professionally

Background imageActing Collection: Remains of the Theatre of Marcellus, Rome, Italy

Remains of the Theatre of Marcellus, Rome, Italy. Date: 1927

Background imageActing Collection: Ian McKellen as Alvin in A Lily in Little India

Ian McKellen as Alvin in A Lily in Little India
Ian McKellen (born 1939), British actor, appearing in the role of Alvin in Donald Howarths A Lily in Little India, playing at St. Martins Theatre in January 1966. Date: 1966

Background imageActing Collection: A Japanese actor plays a female role

A Japanese actor plays a female role
A Japanese male actor plays a remale role. It is common in long plays for men to play a variety of different roles. Date: 1932

Background imageActing Collection: A Japanese actor dresses

A Japanese actor dresses
A Japanese male actor prepares to play a female role. It is common in long Japanese plays for the same actors with play many roles. Date: 1932

Background imageActing Collection: George Alexander - English actor

George Alexander - English actor
Sir George Alexander (18581918), born George Alexander Gibb Samson, English actor, theatre producer and theatre manager. He played many roles in the leading companies

Background imageActing Collection: Alfred Molina actor (kneeling on the left)

Alfred Molina actor (kneeling on the left)
Alfred Molina actor in the Tower Theatres production of The King-Stag. Date: 1970

Background imageActing Collection: Alfred Molina actor as the monster

Alfred Molina actor as the monster
Alfred Molina actor in the Tower Theatres production of Othello Date: 1971

Background imageActing Collection: Sian Phillips in Les Juste

Sian Phillips in Les Juste
Sian Phillips (far left) playing Dora in the Tower Theatres production of Les Justes (The Just) by Albert Camus. Date: 1956

Background imageActing Collection: Henry Woolf in Pantagleize

Henry Woolf in Pantagleize
Henry Woolf (centre) in the Tower Theatres production of Pantagleize by Michel de Ghelderode. Date: 1962

Background imageActing Collection: Pantagleize

Pantagleize
The Tower Theatres production of Pantagleize by Michel de Ghelderode. Actor Bill Phillips. Date: 1962

Background imageActing Collection: George Couloris in The Father

George Couloris in The Father
George Couloris playing the Captain in the Tower Theatres production of The Father by August Strindberg. Date: 1961

Background imageActing Collection: Raymond Cusick stage set for The Madwoman of Chaillot

Raymond Cusick stage set for The Madwoman of Chaillot
Stage set designed by Raymond Cusick (designer of the Daleks for Dr Who). The Tower Theatres production of The Madwoman of Chaillot by Jean Giraudoux. Date: 1957

Background imageActing Collection: Harold Bennett in The Madwoman of Chaillot

Harold Bennett in The Madwoman of Chaillot
Harold Bennett playing the Baron in the Tower Theatres production of The Madwoman of Chaillot by Jean Giraudoux. Date: 1957



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