Actors Collection (page 8)

PENNY GAFF 1870
Audience and actors at a Penny Gaff, London Date: 1870

ROMAN ACTORS PREPARE
Roman actors prepare for a performance : a mask rests on a shelf, others are in a basket; an actor helps another don his costume; a musician rehearses

PANTOMIME / DRURY LANE
Actors, actresses and a bemused donkey in a Pantomime at Drury Lane. Date: 1877

HOGARTH SOUTHWARK FAIR
Southwark Fair Various performers compete to attract the publics attention. Date: 1733

C18 ACTORS IN A BARN
Strolling players rehearsing in a barn Date: 1738

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

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

Theatre in Pompeii, Italy, seen from the wings
A theatre in Pompeii, Italy, seen from the wings during a performance of a not very popular play

Backstage scene during a Mystery Play
A backstage scene in a town square, showing people taking a break for dinner during the performance of a Mystery Play

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

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

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

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

Scene from Apartments at the Princess Theatre
Scene from Apartments: Visitors to the Exhibition may be accomodated by William Brough at the Princess Theatre. Date: 1851

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

Malibu Beach on Roosevelt Highway - Santa Monica, California
The homes of moving picture stars on Malibu Beach on Roosevelt Highway - Santa Monica, California. Date: circa 1920s

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

Chinese Theatrical Troupe
A stunning, completely hand-painted, original postcard of three members of a traditional Chinese Theatrical troupe, complete with staging (curtains and chairs)

Youthful Parisian Music Hall Revue Company pose in costume for their satirical number lampooning Emile Pataud, the deeply unpopuar (at the time) Secretary to the French Union of Electricians

David Niven and Primula Rollo Married
Hollywood actor David Niven, now Captain David Niven of the Rifle Brigade, and Primula Rollo, a wartime W.A.A.F. officer, pictured in The Bystander after being recently married. 1940

Arsene Lupin by Francis de Croisset and Maurice Leblanc, French production at the Theatre de l Athenee, Paris, . Lupin brandishes a bomb at Chief Inspector Guerchard and other policemen (Act IV)

Cartoon, Gaston Murray, actor and writer
Cartoon, Gaston Murray (Garstin Parker Wilson, 1826-1889), actor and writer -- Gar. 1883

Cartoon, Arthur Dacre, actor
Cartoon, Arthur Dacre (Arthur Culver James, 1850-1895), actor -- It is a treat to see him play a loving swain! 1883

Barbara Streisand, Joan Collins and Anthony Newley
A series of photos of Barbara Streisand, Joan Collins and husband Anthony (Tony) Newley at a party thrown by Jackie Collins at the newly-opened Chi-Chi Club in St. James, London

Gloria Swanson and Michael Farmer at Juan les Pins
Actress Gloria Swanson and her husband, Michael Farmer pictured in nautical chic at the fashionable resort of Juan Les Pins on the French Riviera. Date: 1932

Ginni Barlow actress (Coronation Street, Dr Finlays Casebook, etc.) in Tower Theatres production of Othello. Date: 1969

Three weeks film
The three weeks film directed by Alan Crosland, shows the actors Aileen Pringle (1895-1989) and Conrad Nagel (1897-1970). Both images showing the lavish set of the tiger rug

Tatler cover - Gerald du Maurier
Sir Gerald Hubert Edward Busson du Maurier (1873-1934), English actor and manager. Father to writers Angela du Maurier and Daphne du Maurier, son of the Punch artist George du Maurier

Trois Cents Dinner, Paris
Actors Tino Rossi (1907-1983), Mireille Balin (1909-1968), Corin Luchaire (1921-1950), Michele Morgan (1920-2016) and Marcelle Chantal (1901-1960)

Faust by Stephen Phillips and J. Comyns Carr. First produced at His Majestys Theatre, London on 5th September 1908. Mr Tree as Mephistopheles. Mr Henry Ainley as Faust

Maud Jeffries and Wilson Barrett in The Sign of the Cross
Maud Jeffries (1869-1946) as " Mercia" and Wilson Barrett (1846-1904) as " Marcus" in " The Sign of the Cross" an 1895 four-act historical tragedy

Tatler cover - Maxine Elliott & Charlie Chaplin
Front cover of The Tatler featuring a photograph of American-born actress Maxine Elliott with Charlie Chaplin. Date: 1919

Hugh Williams and Margaret Vyners wedding
British actor Hugh Williams and Australian stage and screen actress Margaret Vyner photographed on their wedding day. 1940

The Bells, by Leopold Lewis, starring Henry Irving
The Bells, by Leopold Lewis, first produced at the Lyceum Theatre, London, November 1871. Sir Henry Irving (1838-1905) was identified with the role of Mathias in this play more than with any other

As You Like It, by William Shakespeare, the Oscar Asche and Lily Brayton (seen here as Rosalind) 1907-8 season at His Majestys Theatre, London (they also played Othello, The Taming of the Shrew)

Sketch cover - Miss Mabel Beardsley
Mabel Beardsley (24 August 1871 - 8 May 1916) English Victorian actress, and elder sister of the famous illustrator, Aubrey Beardsley, who according to her brothers biographer

Caroline by W Somerset Maugham, first produced at the New Theatre London, February 1916. Leaning on the chair back, Dr Cunningham addresses Isabella Trench, Maude Fulton

Cartoon, Edward Compton, performer
Cartoon, Edward Compton, as Charles Goldfinch, in The Road to Ruin. 1884

Proscenium Arch, Pantheon Theatre, London. 1815

At the Play, Henry Irving at The Lyceum, London
Illustration, At the Play. On the stage of the Lyceum Theatre, London, is Henry Irving, probably in the role of Hamlet. Audience members include the Prince and Princess of Wales, Benjamin Disraeli

Miss Jeanne De Casalis and Mr Tom Douglas by Einar Nerman
In " Fata Morgana" Miss Jeanne De Casalis and Mr Tom Douglas by Einar Nermans (1888-1983). Illustration showing the actors dressed in romantic attire while playing as Mathilde Fay

Flo Hastings and Wee Georgie Wood
Late 19th/early 20th century music hall performers Flo Hastings (1880-?) and Wee Georgie Wood (1894-1979), attending a screening of rare clips of early music hall acts at the National Film Theatre in

Caricature of Herbert Campbell, comedian and actor
Caricature of Herbert Campbell (real name Herbert Edward Story, 1844-1904), English comedian and actor. 1880

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