Actor Collection (page 21)

THEATRE / EXOTIC / MAKE-UP
A Chinese actor applies his fanciful make-up with a small mirror and a skillful eye. Date: 1885

GARRICK / FARMERS RETURN
DAVID GARRICK English actor in The Farmers Return Date: 1717 - 1779

STAGE GESTURE / IMPUDENCE
FASHIONABLE IMPUDENCE (actor Tom Shuffleton in John Bull) Date: 1807

FRENCH CLAQUE
The claque - a group of hired applauders - clapping vociferously in the gallery of a French theatre in support of an actor/actress who needs the publicity Date: circa 1890

TALMAS AUDIENCE
French actor TALMA, by sheer will-power, sees his audience divested of their clothes and transformed into skeletons, which he claims inspires his finest performances Date: late 18th century

EDWIN BOOTH / US ACTOR
Edwin Booth American tragedian Date: 1833 - 1893

Dr Syntax witnessing the fate of his play (at Drury Lane Theatre, London). Date: 1820

ENTERTAINMENT / FORREST
EDWIN FORREST American actor of Shakespearean plays Date: 1806 - 1872

JOHN LAWRENCE TOOLE
John Lawrence Toole, English actor-manager Date: 1830 - 1906

CHARLES FECHTER / FUN 1868
CHARLES FECHTER actor in, inter alia, La Dame aux Camelias Date: 1824 - 1879

EDMUND KEAN / TWO ROLES
EDMUND KEAN Actor, as Shylock, and as Othello. Date: 1787 - 1833

EDMUND KEAN / BLOOD
EDMUND KEAN Actor, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane Date: 1787 - 1833

Edmund Kean as Giles Overreach
The actor, Edmund Kean, in the role of Giles Overreach in A New Way to Pay Old Debts by Philip Massinger Date: c. 1820

CHARLES KEAN (1811 - 1868), actor and son of Edmund Kean

MAURICE BARRYMORE / SEPIA
MAURICE BARRYMORE Also known as Herbert Blyth, British-American actor Date: 1847 - 1905

James William Wallack
JAMES WILLIAM WALLACK (1791? - 1864) Actor, as Gloster (ie Richard III) in Shakespeares play

EDWARD ALLEYN / HARDING
EDWARD ALLEYN Actor; founder of Dulwich College Date: 1566 - 1626

Traffic, by Noel Scott, Lyceum Theatre, London
Traffic, a play by Noel Scott, at the Lyceum Theatre, Strand, London, starring Mary Glynne and Dennis Neilson-Terry. 1930

The Terror, by Edgar Wallace, Lyceum Theatre, London
The Terror, by Edgar Wallace, at the Lyceum Theatre, Strand, London, starring Mary Glynne and Dennis Neilson Terry. circa 1927

Bransby Williams as Sydney Carton, A Tale of Two Cities
Bransby Williams as Sydney Carton, in the Noble Deed, a theatre production based on the Dickens novel, A Tale of Two Cities. circa 1898

Bransby Williams and Company at the Grand Theatre, Hull, in The Soul of Nicholas Snyders, and Oliver Twist. circa 1922

Henry Ainley in Reparation, St Jamess Theatre, London
Henry Ainley, Shakespearean actor, in Reparation (in the role of Feyda), at the St Jamess Theatre, King Street, London. A translation by Mr & Mrs Aylmer Maude of Tolstoys The Live Corpse. circa 1919

Forbes Robertson as Mark Embury in Mice and Men. 1910s

H B Irving as two characters in The Lyons Mail, Manchester
H B Irving as two characters in The Lyons Mail, Lesurques and Dubosc, at the Theatre Royal, Manchester. circa 1900s

Lucky Durham, Wilson Barretts Last Play. circa 1900s

H B Irving as two characters in The Lyons Mail, Newcastle
H B Irving as two characters, Lesurques and Dubosc, in The Lyons Mail, at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle-on-Tyne. circa 1900s

Zena Dare, The Last of Mrs Cheyney, Wimbledon Theatre
Zena Dare in The Last of Mrs Cheyney, a play by Frederick Lonsdale, at the Wimbledon Theatre, SW London. 1926

Georgina Middleton in Humpty-Dumpty. circa 1906

George Alexander as Francois Villon in If I Were King. circa 1900s

Charles Hawtrey, English actor, director and producer

H B Irving and Dorothea Baird as Charles I and his Queen
H B Irving and Dorothea Baird as Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria, in Charles I, Prince of Wales Theatre, Birmingham. circa 1910s

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

Frank Benson, English actor-manager
Sir Francis Robert (Frank) Benson (1858-1939), English actor-manager specialising in Shakespeare. Date: late 19th century

Wilson Barrett, English actor, manager and playwright
Wilson Barrett (1846-1904), English actor, manager and playwright. Date: 1901

Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, English actor and theatre manager
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1852-1917), English actor and theatre manager. Date: 1901

Hungary - Ballassa Balint
A Hungarian Actor dressed as Baron Balint Balassi de Kekko et Gyarmat (15541594) - a Hungarian Renaissance lyric poet, the founder of modern Hungarian lyric and erotic poetry. Date: 1904

Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich by Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy
Actor as the Tsar in Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich a 1868 historical drama by Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, the second part of a trilogy that begins with The Death of Ivan the Terrible

Ostia, Rome, Italy - Theatrical Masks. Date: circa 1930s

Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette Macdonald - One Hour With You
Maurice Chevalier (1888-1972) - French actor, cabaret singer and entertainer, and Jeanette Macdonald (1903-1965) - American singer and actress, in One Hour With You (1932). Date: 1932

Ferdinand Marian - Austrian Stage and Film Actor
Ferdinand Marian (1902-1946) - Austrian Stage and Film Actor. Date: 1940s

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

Auguste van Biene - Dutch composer, cellist
Auguste van Biene (1849-1913) - Dutch composer, cellist and actor, best known for his composition The Broken Melody, performed by the composer as part of a musical play of the same name

Rudolph Valentino in The Eagle, an Allied Artists Picture. The film is a 1925 American silent film directed by Clarence Brown and starring Valentino, Vilma Banky

Amateur theatrical Company presenting a historical review
A (sadly unnamed) Amateur theatrical Company presenting a historical review, operetta or pageant - the characters/roles represented include a medieval jester, an executioner

China, Hong Kong, Local Actors representing a Council of War
Hong Kong, China - Local Actors representing a Chinese General holding a Council of War. Date: circa 1908

Miss Lily Elsie and Mr Robert Evett in The Merry Widow
Miss Lily Elsie (1886-1962) popular Edwardian Actress in the role of Sonia and Mr Robert Evett (1874-1949) English singer, actor

Marlene Dietrich and Clive Brook in Shanghai Express (US 1932). Date: 1932

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