Burlesque Collection

Music Hall Song / Parcel
A burlesque ballad: who knows what a parcel may contain? An abandoned baby, a pawned overcoat, a strippers costume, a dog for drowning... Date: 1894

Music cover, Pas de Quatre, Faust Up To Date
Music cover, Pas de Quatre, invented and arranged by John d Auban from Faust Up To Date, a burlesque parody of Gounods opera Faust, performed at The Gaiety Theatre, London, composed by Meyer Lutz

Cartoon, Miss Harriett Vernon in The P)rince of Japs
Cartoon, Miss Harriett Vernon (1858-1923), English actress and singer, as Cammpi in The Japs, or The Doomed Daimio, a burlesque by Harry Paulton and Mostyn Teddea. 1885

Gaby Deslys, 1915
Celebrated French actress and music hall artiste Gaby Deslys (1881-1920), pictured in stage costume for her role of Lady Lil in the new burlesque at the Duke of Yorks Theatre in London, Rosy Rapture

Ida Barr music hall singer 1882-1967
Ida Barr (Maud Barlow) music hall singer and burlesque actress. With Wee Georgie Wood in this image. Signed card. Date: circa 1920s

Marion Hood, actor singer in Ruy Blas burlesque
Marion Hood, actor singer in Ruy Blas and the Blas ouÚáít the Gaiety Theatre, London, a burlesque which ran for 289 performances. 1889

Gypsy Rose Lee, American burlesque entertainer
Gypsy Rose Lee (Rose Louise Hovick, 1911-1970), American burlesque entertainer, actress, author and playwright, famous for her striptease act. 20th century

Nelly Power music hall singer 1854-1887
Nelly (Nellie) Power music hall singer, burlesque actress and early male impersonator. On the back of the photograph is printed ?Saturday Programme Supplement February 5th 1876?. Date: 1876

Two dancers: Virginia Marvin - left - and Barbara
Two dancers in 1927: Virginia Marvin (left) had been with Mikhail Mordkin as solo dancer and in the Eastern tour company of the Shubert Operetta My Maryland

Cartoon, Messrs Stephens and Yardley don t like being harassed, and are now running the " Vicar" themselves. Possibly a reference to the comic operetta, The Vicar of Bray

Cartoon, Henry Irving as Mephistopheles with J L Toole - So you are about to burlesque me, Johnny? Probably a reference to a Faust burlesque, Faust and Loose, written by F C Burnand. 1885

Cartoon, The Coming Rosalind, Violet Vanbrugh and F C Burnand - Shall I be safe in these, Mr Burnand? Burnand is holding a copy of the Fortnightly Review

Murrays Cabaret Club advertisement
Advertisement for Murrays Cabaret Club of Beak Street, London, renowned for its lavish floor shows with 45 of Englands loveliest showgirls in skimpy costumes. Date: 1940s

I ve Seen The Arem, burlesque, Empire Theatre, Islington
I ve Seen The Arem, a musical farce burlesque, at the Empire Theatre, Islington, North London. circa 1915

May Yohe performing as Little Christopher Columbus
Mary Augusta " May" Yohe (1866-1938) - American musical theatre actress. Performing In the title role of Little Christopher Columbus in the Revue Come Over Here

Three women in burlesque costume on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s

Music cover, Hes Got Em On by Fred Carlos
Music cover, Hes Got Em On, from Robert Reeces burlesque drama, Forty Thieves, sung by T W Barrett, written, composed and also sung by Fred Carlos. circa 1880s

Gayety Theatre, Buffalo, New York State, USA - built in 1914. On the corner of Pearl and Huron Street. The architect was William H McElfatrick

Strip club
Illustration of strip club with scantily clad strippers performing for an ogling male audience. Date: 1960

Peep Show
Photograph of a model, dancer or possibly chorus girl, peeping through a curtain wearing very little except for some tiny glittery briefs and matching nipple covers. c.1945

Grace Palotta (1870 - 1959), Austrian actress who appeared in several of Mr. George Edwardes burlesques and was noted as one of the best-loved performers of Londons Gaiety Theatre

Florence St. John (1855 1912), English singer and actress of the late Victorian and Edwardian eras, famous for her roles in operetta, musical burlesque, music hall

Letty Lind (Letitia Elizabeth Rudge) (1861 1923), English actress, singer, dancer and acrobat. Best known for her work in burlesque at the Gaiety Theatre, and in musical theatre at Dalys Theatre

Cartoon, Mr Punch painting a portrait of Shakespeare
Cartoon -- Don t you think it is just a little out of drawing, Mr Burnand? Showing Francis Cowley Burnand (1836-1917) as Mr Punch, painting a portrait of Shakespeare

Music cover, I ve Been Photographed Like This! Sung by Lydia Thompson as Pauline in the burlesque of the Lady of Lyons. Words by William Younge, music by Charles Dubois

Music cover, Nancy Fancied a Soldier, or Nancys Fancies, written and composed by Gus Leach, sung by Mr E Mosedale. 1880

Cartoon, tailoring for actors, J L Toole
Cartoon, tailoring for actors -- Actors pieces may be made up nowadays with every consideration to peculiarity of figure. (This cartoon is not intended to apply to anybody in particular)

Caricature of Nelly Power, English singer and actress
Caricature of Nelly Power (1854-1887), English singer, actress and performer in music hall, burlesque and pantomime. Tiddy-fol-lol. A power in herself. 1882

Caricature, two Princes and John Hollingshead, manager
Caricature, two princes (Prince Albert Victor and Prince George) and John Hollingshead, manager, at the entrance to the Gaiety Theatre, London

Caricature of Edward Royce, actor and stage manager
Caricature of Edward William Royce (1841-1926), actor and stage manager. 1883

Caricature of the comic author Robert Reece
Caricature of the British comic playwright and librettist Robert Reece -- Jokes on Job or Hire. circa 1880s

Morocco Bound by Arthur Branscombe
Front and back pages of a promotional flyer for Morocco Bound, a light farcical Edwardian musical comedy in two acts by Arthur Branscombe, with music by F. Osmond Carr and lyrics by Adrian Ross

I ve Seen The Arem by Arthur Branscombe
Promotional postcard for Ive Seen The Arem musical farce burlesque by Arthur Branscombe; music F. Osmond Carr. First produced at the Empress Theatre, Brixton, 3rd August 1914

Programme cover, Rialto Theatre, New York, USA
Programme cover for the Rialto Theatre, Broadway at 42nd Street, New York, USA, Director Hugo Riesenfeld, February 1922. The programme included the overture to Verdis Sicilian Vespers

Get Away You Boys by Frank Rubens
Promotional postcard for Get Away You Boys, revue/farcical burlesque presented by Frank Rubens. First produced at the Grand Theatre, Clapham, 4th May 1914

Niagara Street, Buffalo, New York State, USA
Niagara Street (viewed from Main Street), Buffalo, New York State, USA, with the McKinley Monument in the distance. Date: circa 1904-1908

Letty Lind - English actress, dancer, singer and acrobat
Letitia " Letty Lind" Elizabeth Rudge (1862-1923), English actress, dancer, singer and acrobat, best known for her work in burlesque at the Gaiety Theatre

Sketch front cover, Gaby Deslys in Rosy Rapture
Front cover of The Sketch magazine featuring French actress and music hall artiste, Gaby Deslys, in the role of Lady Lil in the J. M. Barrie burlesque, Rosy Rapture, which was a popular show in 1915

Gaby Deslys in Rosy Rapture
Caricature of French actress Gaby Deslys (1884-1920), picture in glamorous caricature at the time she was appearing in the burlesque, Rosy Rapture, written by J. M. Barrie. Date: 1915

The Principal Boy by Bevan Petman
A pretty actress in a top hat shows off her shapely legs on stage. Illustrations full title is: The Principal Boy - And a Real Topper too

Sheet music cover, Love Like a Star Dear Shall Shine on our Way. A comic duet sung nightly by Miss Lottie Venne (1852-1928) and M Marius, in Alfred Lees burlesque, The Lying Dutchman

Sir William Schwenk Gilbert - English parodist & librettist
Sir William Schwenk Gilbert (1836-1911), English parodist and librettist. Gilbert wrote Christmas burlesque and humorous poetry

Menippus by VELAZQUEZ, Diego RodrЧ uez de Silva (1599-1660). Velazquez makes a burlesque interpretation of the sitter. Baroque

Aesop by VELAZQUEZ, Diego RodrЧ uez de Silva (1599-1660). Particular burlesque interpretation of the artist. Baroque

Albert Chevalier - Burlesque French Song

Ringling Bros. - Crandall and his comic burlesque equestrian act on his riding mule Thunderbolt. Poster showing the clown Crandall performing with his mule

Miss New York Jr. spectacular burlesque. Date c1897

WS Gilberts burlesque comedy, Engaged WS Gilberts burlesqu
WS Gilberts burlesque comedy, Engaged. Date c1879

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