Coliseum Collection

Coliseum, London
The London Coliseum, on St Martins Lane, London, now the home of English National Opera (ENO). The memorial statue to Edith Cavell is in the foreground left. Date: 1947

Photographs of Miss Nina Payne in the Sketch
Black and white photographs in the Sketch of Miss Nina Payne, a popular dancer, giving her Egyptian Temple dance at the Coliseum, London

Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California, USA
The Memorial Coliseum (sports stadium), Exposition Park, Los Angeles, California, USA. It has hosted the Olympic Games twice, in 1932 and 1984. Date: 20th century

DECIMUS BURTON 1800-1881
DECIMUS BURTON Achieved early renown with his design for the Coliseum in Regents Park. Later laid out Hyde Park and designed the Palm House at Kew with Turner. Date: 1800 - 1881

In front and behind the scenes at the Coliseum, London
A great stage and a great curtain: in front and behind the scenes at the Coliseum, London. Top centre: a diagrammatic view of the revolving stage

Theatre Going / Coliseum
The Coliseum, St. Martins Lane, London. Date: 1920

Bristol Coliseum Park Row early 1900s

London Coliseum Theatre, Act Drop
London Coliseum Theatre Act Drop painted by Byam Shaw Date: 1914

Six portraits of dancers, October 1922: Anne Bult a pupil of Madame Vandyck; pupils of the Edith Baird School of dancing in a pirates dance; Mary Poulton a pupil of Mlle Anita; Doreen Adams a pupil

Illustration of Seymour Hicks as Richard III at the Coliseum theatre. From a section, London Nights Entertainments'. Seymour Hicks (1871-1949), actor, music hall performer, playwright

The scene Away From the Blues, Anton Dolins production at the London Coliseum, 1930 Date: 1930

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Italy, in 79AD. Lava flowing into Herculaneum and Pompeii 37, the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius 38, and the discovery of the buried city in the 18th century 39

View of the exterior of the Coliseum, Rome. Flavian Amphitheatre. Interno del Colosseo. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Buonajuti from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

Ancient Etruscan tombs in the necropolis of Tarquinia, Italy. Sepolcri di Tarquinia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Corsi from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

Plan of the interior of the Coliseum, Rome. Showing different layers of architectural construction. Flavian Amphitheatre. Colosseo

View of the interior of the Coliseum, Rome. Flavian Amphitheatre. Interno del Colosseo. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Buonajuti from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

Plan and elevations of the theatre at Herculaneum. Teatro d Ercolano. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Corsi from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World

M. Duques dancing salon at the Coliseum, Paris, 1919, whilst a Habanera was being played Date: 1919

Cover of Dancing Times featuring the Elca Sisters
Cover of Dancing Times from October 1925 featuring the Danish twins the Elca Sisters dancing at the London Coliseum Date: 1925

The scene Rhapsody in Blue at the London Coliseum with Vera Nemchinova and Anton Dolin, 1928 Date: 1928

Coliseum at night, Wabash Avenue, Chicago, USA
Coliseum at night, Wabash Avenue and 16th Street, Chicago, Illinois, USA. circa 1915

The New Middlesex Theatre of Varieties, Drury Lane, London, in association with the London Coliseum, Chairman and Managing Director Oswald Stoll, Director J L Graydon. 1915

The Coliseum Convention Hall, Chicago, Illinois, USA. 1910

The Coliseum in St. Martins Lane nearing completion
The Coliseum in St. Martins Lane, pictured nearing completion with hoardings announcing three stages in one. Designed by renowned theatre architect Frank Matcham for the impresario Oswald Stoll

Trafalgar Square from Whitehall, London - Charles I Statue - looking toward the Dome of the Coliseum Theatre and St. Martin s-in-the-Fields Church. Date: 1913

Lord Byron contemplating the Colosseum in Rome
Lord Byron (1788-1824) contemplating the Colosseum in Rome. circa 1850

Casanova adapted by Harry Graham with music Johann Strauss
Casanova adapted by Harry Graham from the original by Rudolph Schanzer and Ernst Welisch, with music by Johann Strauss and arrangers Ralph Benatzky and Hans Mueller

Grace Christie whose Benda Mask dancing at the London Coliseum was greatly admired, London, 1923. She previously appeared in Charles Cochrans The League of Notions at the New Oxford Theatre

Some of the lads in Charles Gullivers pantomime Dick Whitti
Seen in Vaudeville: (top) some of the lads in Charles Gullivers pantomime Dick Whittington at the Palladium Theatre and (bottom) Elsa Kruger appearing at the London Coliseum, 1924 Date: 1924

Swedish dancers Kai Reiners and Emy Agren in Faun and Nymph
Photograph of Swedish dancers Kai Reiners and Emy Agren in their celebrated dance number Faun and Nymph, 1923. They appeared at the London Coliseum in July 1923. Date: 1923

Le Train Bleu by the Russian Ballet drawn by Hookway Cowles
Scene on stage at the London Coliseum showing the Russian Ballet performing Le Train Bleu, a dance comedy inspired by the vogue for the French Riviera and its associated pastimes and entertainments

View of Charing Cross Hotel, London
View of the Charing Cross Hotel, London, with the two entrances into Charing Cross Station on either side. Date: 1930s

Almond Eye at the Scala Theatre and 12 J. W. Jackson English
At the theatre: (Top) a scene from Almond Eye at the Scala Theatre and (bottom) the twelve J.W. Jackson English dancers at the Coliseum Theatre, London, 1924 Date: 1924

Some ballroom studies including Violet Hope late of the Coliseum in a striking dance gown and the exhibition dancers Maurice Jado and Dorothy Drew who danced at the Waldorf Hotel, London

T. C Askew and Mde Gioia
Dancers of Today and Tomorrow - T.C Askew and Mde Gioia, who have been giving ballroom demonstrations at the London Coliseum, 1923 Date: 1923

Resy and Dragor, Pierre and Silk, Marsh and Maud
Four professional poses: Maud Resy and Dragor (French dancers recently appeared in the London Coliseum), M.Pierre and Marjory Silk (gave exhibition dances at the Hyde Park Hotel)

Portrait of the Russian dancer Lydia Lopokova, London, 1922 - accredited representative of Russian ballet in London and performed in Masquerade at the Coliseum Date: 1922

Portrait of the American dancer Ruth St. Denis, London, 1922 who is dancing with her husband Ted Shawn at the Coliseum Date: 1922

Portrait of the American dancer Ted Shawn, London, 1922
Portrait of the American dancer Ted Shawn as King Tepaucaltzin, London, 1922 who is dancing with his wife Ruth St.Denis at the Coliseum Date: 1922

Portraits of the Russian dancers Alexandre and Clotide Sakharoff at the Coliseum, London, 1922 Date: 1922

Coliseum Theatre, Charing Cross, London - Blackbirds
Coliseum Theatre, Charing Cross, London - Lew Leslies New Production of Blackbirds of 1935. Leslie (1888-1963) was a Broadway writer

Peg Leg Bates - Lew Leslies Blackbirds Revue - London, 1935 Date: 1935

Olympic Stadium, Los Angeles, California, USA
Los Angeles Coliseum (Olympic Stadium), Los Angeles, California, USA. Date: 1930s

Coliseum, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. Date: 1941

Italy. Rome. The Colosseum. 1st century A. C. Nocturnal view
Italy. Rome. The Colosseum (Coliseum) or Flavian Amphitheatre. Elliptical construction built of concrete and stone. 1st century A.C. Nocturnal view. At the background, the Arch of Constantine

Roman Forum. Rome. Italy
Italy. Rome. Panorama of the Roman Forum. At background, the Colosseum

London Coliseum - tea room
Promotional postcard entitled One of the Tea Rooms at the London Coliseum, showing the wonderfully ornate decoration and complete with band and waitresses in starched uniforms standing to attention

London Coliseum by night
Promotional postcard showing The London Coliseumby night, lit by gas lamps. The theatre was built by the theatrical architect Frank Matcham who intended it to be one of Londons largest

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