Comedy Collection (page 19)

We are IT - a (slightly unlikely) couple of fashionistas
We are IT - a (slightly unlikely) couple each totally confident they are displaying the height of style. They both have everything they want. Date: 1915

Scene from Mr Faint-Heart by Tom Titt
A scene from Mr Faint Heart, a comedy play written by Ian Hay set on an ocean liner. Pictured in caricature by Tom Titt is Basil Foster as the stammering bank clerk, Jos Finch

An inquisitive Boy poses a puzzler to his Father. " Are we made of Dust Pa?" - " Certainly" - " Well, why don t we turn to mud when we drink?" !! Date: circa 1910s

Comic exaggeration card - The Wool Producers of Canada - giant sheep! Date: 1910

Royal Variety Performance, London Palladium
Bob Hope, American comedian, taking part in the Royal Variety Performance at the London Palladium, 13 November 1967. 1967

Carlo Goldoni (1707-1793), Italian playwright, reciting. Eng
Carlo Goldoni (1707-1793), Italian playwright, reciting one of his comedies in the Scotto Garden in Pisa. Engraving. Colored

Aristophanes (c. 446 BC c. 386 BC). Cover of his comedies
Aristophanes (c. 446 BC c. 386 BC). Comic playwright of ancient Athens. Cover of his comedies. Edition in Leiden (Lugdunum Batavorum), 1624. Library of Catalonia. Barcelona. Spain

Divine Comedy. Sixteenth Canto of the Purgatory. Who are you
Divine Comedy. Epic poem written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321. Sixteenth Canto of the Purgatory. Who are you that you are among our smoke?. Engraving by Gustave Dore. Colored

Divine Comedy. Thirtieth Canto of the Purgatory. Appearance
Divine Comedy. Epic poem written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321. Thirtieth Canto of the Purgatory. Appearance of Beatrice. Engraving by Gustave Dore. Colored

Comedies, 1518 by Titus Maccius Plautus. Title cover
Titus Maccius Plautus (250-184). Latin playwright. Title cover of his Comedies, 1518. Library University of Barcelona. Spain

Terence (195-159 BC). Engraving
Terence (195-159 BC). Playwright during the Roman Republic. Portrait. Engraving in an edition of his works of 1518. Library University of Barcelona. Spain

Terence (195-159 BC). Comedies
Terence (195-159 BC). Latin comic writer. Portrait of Terence at the title cover of his Comedies. Incunabula. Paris. 1505. University of Barcelona Library. Spain

Open Air Comedy theater (Corral de Comedias) (16th and 17th centuries). Corral scene and dressing side boxes sorrounded by 54 wooden supports and beams. Almagro. Spain

Jean Baptiste Poquelin, called Moliere (1622-1673). French playwright and actor. First performance of Tartuffe, 1667. Colored engraving

Terence. Comedies
Terence (195-159 BC). Latin comic writer. Title cover of his comedies. Compiled by Elio Donato (4th century). 1518 edition

Terence (195-159 BC). Playwright during the Roman Republic. Engraving. 1736

Titus Maccius Plautus (250-184). Latin playwright. Bacchides. Act I. Bacchides and Pistoclerus. Engraving. 1518

Bartolome de Torres Naharro (c. 1485- c. 1530). Spanish dramatist and Leonese language writer. Aquilana comedy. Home. Edition, 1517

Dante Alighieri (1265-1321). Italian poet. Engraving by Pannemaker. Coloured

Scene from the musical comedy, Zuleika showing the scene in which Zuleika (played by Mildred Mayne), makes her first impact on the undergraduates of Cambridge. Date: 1957

Harry Monkhouse, Harry Parker and John le Hay in Maid Marion
Actors Harry Monkhouse, Harry Parker and John le Hay acting the fool in a scene from Maid Marion, which was staged at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London in 1891. Date: 1891

Theatre poster, John Loves Mary, Rochester Community Players. The play, by Norman Krasna, opened on Broadway, New York, in February 1948. The film version appeared the following year

Caricature of Harry Paulton and Johns Clarke, actors
Caricature of Harry Paulton (1842-1917) and Johns Clarke (1833-1899), actors -- The Two Dromios (of Ephesus and Syracuse respectively)

Caricature of Fred Leslie, English actor and singer
Caricature of Fred Leslie (Frederick George Hobson, 1855-1892), English actor, singer, comedian and dramatist. Seen here in the role of Rip Van Winkle

Portrait of E A Sothern, English actor
Portrait of Edward Askew Sothern (1826-1881), English actor known for his comic roles in the UK and America. His most famous part was Lord Dundreary in Our American Cousin. 1881

Caricature of W E Gladstone and John L Toole
Caricature of W E Gladstone (1809-1898), Liberal Prime Minister, and John Lawrence Toole (1830-1906), English comic actor, actor-manager and theatrical producer. Politics and Comedy. 1882

Caricature of Coquelin and Gambetta
Caricature of Benoit-Constant Coquelin (1841-1909), leading French actor, and Leon Gambetta (1838-1882), leading French politician. Comedy and Politics. 1882

Portrait of Edward Saker, British actor and theatre manager
Portrait of Edward Sloman Saker (1838-1883), British actor and manager of the Alexandra Theatre, Liverpool. 1883

Caricature of George Grossmith, English writer and performer
Caricature of George Grossmith, English comedian, actor, singer, composer and writer, well known for his appearances in Gilbert and Sullivan operettas

Caricature of the dramatist Henry James Byron
Caricature of the English dramatist, editor, journalist, director, theatre manager, novelist and actor, Henry James Byron -- Our Boys Father

Caricature of the comic writer F C Burnand
Caricature of the English comic writer and playwright, and Editor of Punch magazine, Sir Francis Cowley Burnand. circa 1880s

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

Caricature of the comic actor Lionel Brough
Caricature of the British comic actor Lionel Brough -- Fal-LAL-la. Seen here in the role of Tony Lumpkin in the play She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith. circa 1870s

Caricature of the actor Edward Righton
Caricature of the English comic actor Edward Righton. circa 1870s

Caricature of the actor Johns Clarke
Caricature of the American comedian and actor John Sleeper Clarke -- Red Tape. circa 1880s

Caricature of the actor George W Anson
Caricature of the British actor George W Anson -- A Clever Son. late 19th century

Henri Francoid Becque 2
HENRI (or Henry) FRANCOIS BECQUE French playwright whose oeuvre ranged from social themes to comedy : Les corbeaux and La Parisienne are his most successful works. Date: 1837 - 1899

Henri Francoid Becque 1
HENRI (or Henry) FRANCOIS BECQUE French playwright whose oeuvre ranged from social themes to comedy : Les corbeaux and La Parisienne are his most successful works. Date: 1837 - 1899

Ethel Matthews 1906
ETHEL MATTHEWS Musical comedy actress Date: 1906

Kate Vaughan
KATE VAUGHAN English comedy actress Date: 1889

Constance Talmadge (1898 - 1973), American silent film actress and comedy star

COSTUME / MAN, 1634
Philiste, a character in Corneilles comedy La Veuve Date: 1634

Carlo Goldoni / Le Beau
CARLO GOLDONI Italian playwright, who created modern Italian comedy in the style of Moliere Date: 1707 - 1793

Carlo Goldoni / Symonds
CARLO GOLDONI Italian playwright, who created modern Italian comedy in the style of Moliere, thereby superseding the older style commedia dell arte Date: 1707 - 1793

Cartoon, and Officers? WW1
Cartoon, and Officers? A military man seeks a toilet appropriate to his rank. Date: 1918

Carlo Goldoni / Anon Eng
CARLO GOLDONI Italian playwright, who created modern Italian comedy in the style of Moliere Date: 1707 - 1793

Photograph of Miss Dorothy Dickson
Black and white full page photograph of Miss Dorothy Dickson in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of 31st October 1925. Date: 31st October 1925

Annie Croft as Poppy - Music Sheet Cover. A Musical Comedy in 3 Acts. Book & lyrics by Dorothy Donnelly: Music by Stephen Jones and Arthur Samuels: Additional numbers by John Egan

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