Adelphi Collection (page 2)

10 Adam Street, Adelphi, London, c. 1960. The Royal Aero?
10 Adam Street, Adelphi, London, circa 1960. The Royal Aeronautical Society leased premises at 11 Adam Street between 1910 and 1917 but this had been demolished by 1960. Date: circa 1960

Phyllis Le Grand / Quaker
PHYLLIS LE GRAND English musical comedy actress, seen here in the role of Diane in The Quaker Girl at the Adelphi Theatre

Fannys First Play by Bernard Shaw
Fannys First Play by George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 2 November 1950). First produced at the Little Theatre in the Adelphi, London, on 19th April 1911, it ran for 622 performances

Diplomacy staring Gladys Cooper
Diplomacy adapted from Dora by Victorien Sardou (5 September 1831 8 November 1908) at the Theatre du Vaudeville, Paris, on 22nd January 1877, by Clement Scott (6 October 1841 25 June 1904) and B. C

Poster, The 9 O Clock Revue, Little Theatre, London
Poster, The 9 O Clock Revue, Little Theatre, John Street, Adelphi, London. circa 1922

The Christian King by Wilson Barrett (18 February 1846 22 September 1904). First produced at the Princes Theatre in Bristol on 6th November 1902

Broadway by Philip Dunning & George Abbott
Broadway by Philip Dunning and George Abbott. First produced by Jed Harris in England at the Strand Theatre on 22nd December 1926. It went on to become one of the most successful plays of the 1920s

The Boy by Fred Thompson
The Boy, a musical comedy by Fred Thompson and Percy Greenbank, adapted from The Magistrate by A. W. Pinero which was first produced on 21st March 1885

The Adelphi Theatre, Strand, London. Date: circa 1900s

Aloma by John B Hymer and LeRoy Clemens, first produced in England at the Adelphi Theatre, London, May 1926. It was set on an island in the South Seas;

Evelyn Laye in Betty in Mayfair, by J Hastings Turner
Evelyn Laye (1900-1996), English actress and singer, at the time she was appearing in the musical Betty in Mayfair at the Adelphi Theatre, London, in November 1925

The dancers June Jourdon and Derrick Waterlow, London, 1923. Jourdon appeared in The Golden Moth at the Adelphi Theatre and Waterlow will appear in a West End production Date: 1923

Near Adelphi Arches, Strand, London (1881). Moore, James 1819 - 1883. Date: 1881

Oxygen Gas Works, Adelphi Arches, London (1881). Moore, James 1819 - 1883. Date: 1881

Below the Adelphi Hotel, Strand, London (1881). Moore, James 1819 - 1883. Date: 1881

London. Below the Adelphi Arches (1882). Moore, James 1819 - 1883. Date: 1882

Cleopatras Needle, Adelphi Arches, London (1881). Moore, James 1819 - 1883. Date: 1881

Scenes from musical comedy The Island King, at Adelphi Theat
Scenes from the musical comedy The Island King, at the Adelphi Theatre, London, 1923 featuring Zelia Raye as dancer-in-chief Date: 1923

A poor copy of an oil painting of Adelphi Club, which is showing men drinking. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

A scene from Clowns in Clover at the Adelphi Theatre, London (1927) Date: 1927

A scene from Whos Hooper? (1919), Adelphi Theatre, London
A scene from Wheres Hooper (1919) Adelphi Theatre, London Date: 1919

Caricature of Wilkie Collins and Edgar Bruce
Caricature of William Wilkie Collins (left, 1824-1889), English novelist, playwright and short story writer, and Edgar Bruce (right, 1845?-1901), actor-manager

Caricature of Edwin Booth and William Booth
Caricature of Edwin Booth (1833-1893) as Cardinal Richelieu at the Adelphi Theatre, London, and William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, at the Grecian Theatre in north London

Somerset House / Place
Somerset House, Somerset Place and the Adelphi, viewed from Temple Garden Date: 1793

Under Which King? by James Bernard Fagan
Promotional postcard for Under Which King? By James Bernard Fagan. First produced at the Adelphi Theatre, 5th June 1905. The choice is, of course

Up With The Lark
Promotional postcard for Up With The Lark adapted by Douglas Furber from Le Zebre (see The Glad Eye above); music Philip Bra-ham

The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
Promotional postcard for The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare. Starring Oscar Asche as Petruchio, and his wife, Lily Brayton, as Katherine in a production at the Adelphi Theatre

Merely Molly by John Hastings Turner
Promotional postcard for Merely Molly by John Hastings Turner; music Herman Fink and Joseph Meyer. First produced Theatre Royal, Birmingham, 13th September and Adelphi Theatre, 22nd September 1926

Grand Hotel by Edward Knoblock
Promotional postcard of Grand Hotel by Edward Knoblock from Vicki Baums novel (1929 - original German title Menschen im Hotel). First produced at the Adelphi Theatre, 3rd September 1931

The Harbour Lights by George R Sims
Promotional postcard for Harbour Lights by George R. Sims. First produced at the Adelphi Theatre, 23rd December 1885. Lt. Kingsley is holding Lina Nelson, first played by Jessica Milward

The Harbour Lights
Interior of a promotional Christmas card for Harbour Lights by George R. Sims. First produced Adelphi Theatre, 23rd December 1885. Date: circa 1885

Hamlet by Wiliam Shakespeare
Promotional postcard of Hamlet by William Shakespeare. Hamlet was one of H. B. Irvings many parts which had been played by his father, Sir Henry

Front cover of Eve Magazine 22 March 1922 featuring Nancie Lovet, the heroine of The Golden Moth at the Adelphi Theatre, London Date: 1922

Illustration, John Reeve at the Adelphi Theatre, London
Illustration, John Reeve (1799-1838) in costume as the Great Comic Lion at the Adelphi Theatre, London. Reeve had appeared in plays based on works by Pierce Egan. Date: 1832

Teresa Elizabeth Furtado, Victorian actress
Teresa Elizabeth Furtado (1845-1877), Victorian actress who appeared in leading melodramatic roles at the Adelphi Theatre, London. She married the English actor, John Clarke. Date: circa 1870s

Eve of The Tatler in the revue, Tina at the Adelphi, WW1
Actresses, including Phyllis Dare, playing Eve, the fictional lead columnist, drawn by Annie Fish for The Tatler magazine

Mabel Sealby (1885 - ), British actress. Playing Clown Heroine of the Circus musical comedy in " Head over Heels" at Adelphi Theatre, london

Adelphi Terrace in London prior to the demolition of the Adelphi Buildings, a row of neo-classical terrace houses built by the Adam Brothers between 1768 and 1772, in the early 1930s. Date: 1930s

Professor G. T. R. Hill explaining how a variable pitch pr?
Professor G.T.R. Hill explaining how a variable pitch propeller works at a Dr Mann Juvenile Lecture at the Royal Society of Arts, Adelphi, 13 January 1937

Professor G. T. R. Hill demonstrating a Sidcup flying suit?
Professor G.T.R. Hill demonstrating a Sidcup flying suit at a Dr Mann Juvenile Lecture at the Royal Society of Arts, Adelphi, 13 January 1937

Captain O P Jones following his lecture
Captain O.P. Jones following his lecture, Experiences of an airline pilot, at the Royal Society of Arts, Adelphi, 3 January 1957. Date: 1957

Harry Walker with David and Hermione Tennant
Harry Walker with hosts, David Tennant and his wife Hermione at their fancy dress ball at the Adelphi Terrace. Date: 25th July 1928

The cotton king the London Adelphi Theatre success : by Sutton Vane. Date c1894

Robert Adam Architecture
In 1774, Robert Adam completed the Adelphi development, created after 2 years abroad in Rome. No 7 Adam Street has well preserved Anthemion pilasters. Date: 1770s

The Strand 1950S
The Strand, central London, at night, showing the Adelphi Theatre, taxis, buses and other traffic. Date: 1950s

Demolition of Adelphi Terrace
Two men at work on the demolition of Adelphi Terrace, London, an 18th century block of eleven houses four storeys high designed by Adam

Bright Young People
Group photograph of William Acton, Mrs Arthur Bendir, Elizabeth Ponsonby, Harry Melville and Babe Plunket-Greene taken at the fancy dress ball hosted by David

Portrait of Emma Hart, later Lady Hamilton
This is a portrait of Emma Hart, later to become Lady Hamilton and mistress of Admiral Nelson. She is seen here walking on Adelphi Terrace

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