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PEEP FROM BEHIND CURTAINA Peep behind the curtain at Drury Lane Showing a caricature associated with Sheridan. Date: 18th century
PAPIN AT MARBURGPapin demonstrates his pressure machine to the professors at Marburg. Date: circa 1680
Nikola TeslaNIKOLA TESLA American electrician and inventor, born in Croatia of Serbian parents; seen here lecturing to scientists in Paris Date: 1856 - 1943
A lecture at the London InstitutionDr Syntax attends a scientific lecture at the London Institution. Date: 1820
THEATRE / MASQUE / 1691A decorative chariot bearing a model of the fortress of Montmelian is pulled before an audience at a Masque performance on the 21st December 1691. Date: 1691
THEATRE / EXOTIC / TIEN-LINThe Theatre at Tien-Lin attracts a large audience for the traditional play being performed on the raised staging. Date: circa 1840
Chariot RaceA chariot race under way at the Circus Maximus, Rome. An enthusiastic audience watch enthralled
NOLLET EXPERIMENT 7The Abbe Nollet demonstrates the electrical conductivity of the human body to a fashionable Paris audience Date: circa 1750
LEAVING THE THEATRE, 1907Fashionable playgoers leave His Majestys Theatre in the Haymarket, London Date: 1907
TALMAS AUDIENCEFrench 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
RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR / WALEChina - Ambassadors at their Audience. The Emperor of China receives the Russian Ambassador. Date: 1752
MUSIC HALL SERIO-COMIQUEA serio-comique song and dance artiste at the Middlesex, a London music hall Date: 1890
Dr Syntax at Covent Garden TheatreDoctor Syntax watching a performance of Henry IV at Covent Garden Theatre, London. Date: 1812
Dr Syntax witnessing the fate of his play (at Drury Lane Theatre, London). Date: 1820
BOXING, 1821A fight in the Fives Court, London Date: 1821
RAREE SHOWA Raree-Show - a travelling showman displays his cabinet of curiosities to the amazement of his audience Date: circa 1870
KINGS THEATREA view of the stage and the audience at The Kings Theatre, Haymarket (formally known as The Opera House) Date: 1816
MEDICAL / PRIMITIVEAn itinerant Chinese doctor at Tien-Sing, impressing the audience by handling snakes Date: circa 1840
Theatre in Pompeii, Italy, seen from the wingsA theatre in Pompeii, Italy, seen from the wings during a performance of a not very popular play
Bandstand in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris France 1856A bandstand in the Pre Catelan, in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris, with people gathered round to hear a concert. Date: 1856
Concert Mecanique, invented by M RichardA Concert Mecanique invented by Monsieur Richard and demonstrated in the Royal Library. It consists of three automata, playing keyboard, violin and cello
Rear view of a Japanese Actress in remarkably elaborate costume with two children Date: circa 1930
First audience of a British minister with tycoon of JapanFirst audience of a British minister with the tycoon of Japan at Jeddo - from a sketch by S. J. Gowan. The meeting took place on 25 August 1860 at 9am in the morning, the time appointed for Mr
Bandstand at Ocean Park, California, USABandstand with band playing at Ocean Park, California, USA. Date: circa 1904
Small boy busking with his violin for an audience in DublinA small boy busking with his violin for an audience in Grafton Street, Dublin, Ireland. He wears a tee shirt and shorts Date: 1992
Citadel, Aleppo, Syria - Arab Play with musicians and spectators. Date: 1923
Bathing Scene and Boardwalk Audience - Atlantic City, USABathing Scene and Boardwalk Audience - Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. Date: circa 1908
Victorian Scrap - Circus Clown with Pig and HoopVictorian Scrap - Circus Clown with Pig jumping through a hoop - A Prize Jump. late 19th century
Iran. Persepolis. ApadanaPalace of Darius I. Apadana or Audience Hall. 6th c. BC. IRAN. FARS. Persepolis. Apadana or Audience Hall of Darius I. Persian art. Achaemenid period
Cyanide Sid Cooper, wrestler, talking to members of the crowd. Date: 1980s
Knife-Thrower AccidentIn a London theatre, a cry from the audience causes the knife-throwers assistant to move her head; fortunately the wound is not fatal Date: 1939
Bal Tabarin Nightclub, ParisA glitzy show at the Bal Tabarin nightclub in Paris is appreciated by the smartly-dressed audience. Seen here is the final show on 3 June 1966 before the club closed down. Date: 1966
Tournament on the Field of the Cloth of Gold, FranceTournament on the Field of the Cloth of Gold, Balinghem, northern France, 7 to 24 June 1520. 1520
Cartoon, George Durlacher, art dealer and gallery ownerCartoon, George Durlacher (c.1859-1942) art dealer and gallery owner (Durlacher Brothers) -- A First-Nighter. 1884
West End riots, 1886 - A friend of the working manUnemployed men debating the issues of the moment, sketched at the demonstration at Trafalgar Square, London, at the time of the West End riots in 1886
At the Play, Henry Irving at The Lyceum, LondonIllustration, 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
Persepolis (Takht-e-Jamshid). Apadana Palace. Ruins. FirstPersian art. Achaemenid period. Apadana Palace. Ruins. First palace built under Darius I in the new capital, Persepolis. It stands on a plinth decorated with reliefs depicting the royal guard
Germanic bards. Colored engravingBard. Among the ancient Celts, a poet who composed panegyrics and songs of war, but then went on to describe the heroic or lyric poet of any age or country. Germanic bards. Colored engraving
Caricature of Cetewayo, Zulu king, at the theatre in LondonCaricature of Cetewayo (Cetshwayo kaMpande, 1826-1884), Zulu king, in the Royal Box at a theatre with Edward, Prince of Wales behind him. 1882
Actors performing, Minack Theatre, Penzance, CornwallActors performing to an audience at the open air Minack Theatre, Porthcurno, Penzance, Cornwall. The production was The Yeomen of the Guard by Gilbert and Sullivan. Date: circa 1970s
Chimpanzee eating at a table, watched by smiling and laughing children. Date: circa 1970s
Palace of Darius I. Apadana or Audience Hall. 6th c. BC. IRAN. Persepolis. Detail of capital of column capital with protome bull shaped. High relief. Persian art. Achaemenid period. Sculpture on rock
Fisherman with a mate with a catch of giant tunaBringing home the catch of the day in Florida (Giant Bluefin Tuna) with a small audience of onlookers. Date: circa 1955
Reconstruction of the theatre of Dionysus, Athens
Tsar Nicholas II Coronation - ParadeTsar Nicholas II of Russia was coronated on the 26th of May 1896, this parade on the Kamenny Bridge in Moscow, is a small glimpse of the celebratory mood said to have captivated the Russian people
Harry Houdini, Tied UpHarry Houdini the Austrian-Hungarian escapologist (1874 to 1926) being tied up by two members of his audience. Date: circa 1910
The Disruption of 1843The interior of St Andrews Church, Edinburgh, at the first meeting of the General Assembly, where the Free Church of Scotland was formed, after members withdrew from the Church of Scotland
Six illustrations from a theatre production of Drake, a pageant-play in three acts by Louis Napoleon Parker, starring Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Sir Francis Drake