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Fred Storey and Harry Grattan in The Vigilance Committee Date: 1890s
Chinese actors in costume, China, c. 1880 sChinese actors in costume, China, c.1880 s
Siamese Theatre, actors, troupe, Siam, ThailandVintage 19th century photograph: Siamese Theatre, actors, troupe, Siam, Thailand
Beerbohm Tree and His Majestys Theatre Company in Business is Business, The Man Who Was, and Colonel Newcome, Tyne Theatre, Newcastle. Date: 1900s
Beerbohm Tree in Resurrection by TolstoyBeerbohm Tree as Prince Dmitry Nehludof in Resurrection by Tolstoy, a production at His Majestys Theatre, London Date: 1903
C Aubrey Smith, The Creaking Chair, Comedy Theatre, Panton Street, Haymarket, London. Also starring Tallulah Bankhead. Date: 1924
Robert Loraine as Cyrano, Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London Date: early 20th century
Review of Walter Greenwoods Love on the Dole at the Garrick Theatre in The Bystander magazine, complete with caricatures of the leading characters by Rouson. Date: 1935
Sketches of Marie Tempest and other brilliantMarie Tempest and other brilliant actors in the comedy The Spot on the Sun at the Ambassadors Theatre, London, 1927 Date: 1927
Shinto priests (actors) playing board game Go JapanShinto priests (actors) playing the board game Go (chequers draughts) Japan, late 19th century
c. 1880s Japan - Japanese actors in costumec.1880s Japan - Japanese actors in costume
The cast of Don t Listen, Ladies, written by Sacha Guitry, and staged at the St. Jamess Theatre in London in 1948, caricatured by Tom Tit in The Tatler
Actors playing Henry Tudor fighting King Richard III of England on stage in a theatre. Other actors wait in the wings in tunics with red and white roses
Cartoon showing Syd Chaplin, actor, writer, as well as brother and manager of Charlie Chaplin, seen with one of the bathing belles in a scene called The Hydro at the Palladium variety show. Date: 1912
Toshusai Sharaku image. He was a Japanese ukiyo-e print designer, known for his portraits of kabuki actors. Neither his true name nor the dates of his birth or death are known
The Actors Orphanage, Barrowford, LangleyA view across a pond to the Actors Orphanage, Barrowford, Langley, Berkshire. Date: circa 1920
Jack Buchanan in kaleidoscopeJack Buchanan (1890 - 1957), Scottish theatre and film actor, singer, dancer, producer and director, pictured in a kaleidoscope photographic effect at the time he was appearing in the musical comedy
Jack Buchanan smokingJack Buchanan (1890 - 1957), Scottish theatre and film actor, singer, dancer, producer and director. Pictured smoking in a page from The Sketch that reported on the fact that in order to avoid hefty
Dick Whittington at the London Hippodrome, 1903Dick Whittington at the London Hippodrome in 1903. Top left, Dick and his sweetheart played by Ruth Lytton and Fanny Dango. Top right, Dick with his cat (played by Mr Fred Farren Jnr)
Jack Buchanan in Stand Up and Sing by HynesJack Buchanan, star of the comedy music Stand Up and Sing at the London Hippodrome, caricatured in the role of Rocky Smith by Hynes. Date: 1931
Jack Buchanan & Elsie Randolph Mr. Whittington, HippodromeJack Buchanan and Elsie Randolph in a scene from Mr. Whittington, a comedy musical starring Buchanan as a modern-day Dick Whittington
Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Square by AutoriGroup caricature by Autori of music and stage stars of various nationalities who would, if the contemplated restrictions on foreign artistes in London were passed, leave Londons West End
Portrait of Edward Terry, English actorPortrait of English actor and theatre manager Edward O Connor Terry (1844-1912). 1880s
Lee and Harpers theatre booth, Bartholomew Fair, London. 1720s
Joe Miller, English actorJoe Miller (1684-1738), English actor. early 18th century
John Jack Bannister, actorJohn Jack Bannister (1760-1836), English actor, theatre manager and painter. circa 1800
Chester Mystery Plays, performance in the street
Dolly Sisters on front cover of the Sketch 1921The Dolly Sisters photographed in their costumes for the new pantomime " The Babes in the Wood" by C B Cochran. The Dolly Sisters enjoyed immense success in London
Actors revising script before show opening, September 1939Actors revising the script of " Design for Living" by Noel Coward before the shows opening at the Grand Theatre, Blackpool
Davy Burnaby caricatured by GarrettoActor and entertainer George Davy Burnaby (1881 - 1949), caricatured by Garretto in The Bystander. Burnaby appeared in numerous films but was also well known for forming The Co-optimists a revue
The Sisters Levey, three Victorian actresses. late 19th century
Lewis Waller as Henry V. 1906
Portrait, The Late Mr John Ryder - He did his duty " in the ranks" till the last. John Nicholas Robins Ryder (1814-1885), English actor. 1885
Cartoon, The Gaiety GhostCartoon, Edward O Connor Terry (1844-1912), actor and theatre proprietor, and The Gaiety Theatre Ghost - I ll follow thee! (No pride about Terry.) 1885
Cartoon, Mrs Leigh Murray, English actressCartoon, Mrs Elizabeth Leigh Murray (1815-1892), English actress. 1884
Cartoon, Henry Irvings return from America - The peoples idol is none the worse for his sojourn in America. Showing the famous actor-manager smoking a cigar and sitting on a pile of money. 1885
Cartoon, William Sydney Penley in Private SecretaryCartoon, William Sydney Penley (1851-1912), English actor, singer and comedian, in The Private Secretary, a farce by Charles Hawtrey. 1884
Cartoon, Mr Herbert Beerbohm Tree, actor, seen here as the dashing Italian spy, Paolo Marcari, in Called Back, a production based on a novella by Hugh Conway. 1884
Portrait, The Late Mr Harry Jackson, actor. 1885
Cartoon, Miss Mary Anderson, actress - The good girl who would give up her play to go to church. 1885
Cartoon, Stage Amenities, Mary Anderson - So sorry you are going, dear! 1885
Cartoon portrait, Mr John Dallas, actor - Is it true that he is about to give the music halls a turn? 1885
Cartoon, W J Hill as Mr Cattermole in Private SecretaryCartoon, William Jones Hill (1834-1888) as Mr Cattermole in a theatre production of Private Secretary, a farce in three acts by Charles Hawtrey. 1884
Cartoon, Henry Irving being buttered upCartoon, Henry Irving, popular actor-manager, being buttered up by his professed friends. 1885
Cartoon, High Art - two rival actresses. First Priestess: She only uses three costumes to my six! Second Priestess: Calls herself an actress, and has her dresses made in England! 1885
Cartoon, William Terriss as Squire Thornhill in a production entitled Olivia, an adaptation of The Vicar of Wakefield. 1885
Cartoon, Felix Morris as Scottish professor in On ChangeCartoon, Mr Felix Morris as Seneca Pickering Peck, the Scottish professor, in a Strand Theatre production entitled On Change. 1885
Cartoon, Drury Lane Pantomime, with Herbert Campbell and Harry Nicholls in costume. 1885