Conducting Gallery

Strip tease card game - Theatre suit - Conductor

Strip tease card game - Theatre suit - Conductor. A game which features characters involved in performing (and subsequently prosecuting and defending) a striptease. The complex rules allow for two variants of the game, providing for prosecution of the person (or theatre) presenting the striptease.
1930s

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A Night at Covent Garden by Matania

German opera draws London society to Covent Garden - a scene during the performance of Strauss's Elektra at the Royal Opera House. Drawn by Sphere special artist, Fortunino Matania from an unusual perspective as he placed himself in the roomy orchestra pit where he drew a view of the orchestra, conductor, stage and boxes. At the time of his visit, Elektra was conducted by Robert Heger and amongst the artists were Mesdames Gertrud Kappel and Maria Olczewska and Herr Soot. Date: 1925

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JP Sousa - Tat;er 1903

John Philip Sousa (1854 - 1932) nicknamed The March King American bandmaster and composer of about 140 military marches, including Stars and Stripes Forever (1897) Date: 1903

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