Actor Collection (page 50)

Scene from Bernard Shaws Saint Joan
A scene from George Bernard Shaws play, Saint Joan, with Sybil Thorndike as Joan (right) and Ernest Thesiger as the Dauphin (left)

1868 / RIVAL STARS / PUNCH
Rival Stars Disraeli and Gladstone compared to rival actors. Disraeli, as Hamlet, is in work while Gladstone awaits his turn

17th Century Farces
Various comic actors (including Falstaff) on stage

Fredric March / Jekyll
FREDRIC MARCH American actor of stage and screen, seen here in the role of Dr Jekyll/Mr Hyde (1932) Date: 1897 -

The Theatre - Pompeii
Pompeii Yesterday and Today The Theatre

PENNY GAFF / DORE / 1870
Audience and actors at a Penny Gaff, a music hall to which the admission was a penny, of which there were many in the East End of London

Voltaire Gaugher
FRANCOIS-MARIE AROUET the crowning of Voltaires bust at the Theatre Francais on the day of the sixth performance of his play Irene, 30 March 1778

RAFFLES / HORNUNG / 20TH
Mr. Gerald du Maurier & Mr. Laurence Irving in a scene from Ernest William Hornungs play Raffles

Actors and Audience
Monkey actors perform to a box of snakes, one of whom holds a key... what for ?

SCENE FROM THE BIRDS
THE BIRDS A scene from the comedy : note that the actors are wearing masks, as was the normal practice on the Athenian stage

Orpheus Postcard 5 of 5
The story of Orpheus and Eurydice performed by actors for a set of postcards : 5 - he looks back - and all is lost !

Orpheus Postcard 4 of 5
The story of Orpheus and Eurydice performed by actors for a set of postcards : 4 - he leads her out of the underworld

Orpheus Postcard 3 of 5
The story of Orpheus and Eurydice performed by actors for a set of postcards : 3 - he goes to the underworld to find her

Orpheus Postcard 1 of 5
The story of Orpheus and Eurydice performed by actors for a set of postcards : 1 - he plays delightfully

David Garrick as Lear
DAVID GARRICK English actor, producer and dramatist plays the part of Shakespeares King Lear. Date: 1717 - 1779

Amorous Gesture 1790
Attic Miscellany Theatrical Portraiture No.5: How to look amourously. A ham actor, down on one knee & with hand on heart, does his best to look in love. Date: 1790

Travelling Actors
Actors, part of a travelling theatre company, performing their comedy (or mime) routine on a platform in the middle of a field

Florence Gerard
FLORENCE GERARD actress as the hon. mrs George d Alroy in Caste. She later married American actor Henry Abbey. Date: CIRCA 1883

FIRST MASK
The First Mask - Worn by Greek Actors

Terentius / Terence / Anon
PUBLIUS TERENTIUS AFER (known as TERENCE ) Roman writer, depicted with two masked actors

Futuristic automatic orchestra
A futuristic automated orchestra -- musicians will become redundant, apart from the conductor who just has to turn a handle. At least the actors haven t been replaced... yet

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