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Orchestra And DanceAn illustration of a couple performing on stage, wearing elaborate costumes, dancing to the music provides by the foreground orchestra musicians. Date: circa 1922
The March Of The BrigandsThis woodcut depicts a procession of brigands wearing decorative costumes and matching hats, using walking sticks, the leader is playing a violin. Date: circa 1921
The ComediansAn oil painting of some performers wearing elaborate costumes inside a temple style building. Date: circa 1921
Dancing WomenA coloured chalk drawing of some joyful women, dancing and playing flutes, wearing minimal, patterned costumes. Date: circa 1917
Stage CostumesThis painting shows some figures wearing colourful costumes upon an elevated stage, others who are similarly dressed are looking up from below. Date: circa 1917
Almas Sees The PrincessA painting or poster design depicting a colourful parade of people wearing costumes and wielding spears, carrying a palanquin style platform, which has a princess reclined on top. Date: circa 1917
Clown CoupleThis illustration shows a happy looking man and woman wearing baggy clown costumes. Date: circa 1915
A FantasyA theatrical artwork showing performers wearing Elizabethan costumes upon a black and white tiled floor, a younger boy receives praise in the form of thrown flowers. Date: circa 1914
The Gilles are the oldest and principal participants in the Carnival of Binche in Belgium. They go out on Shrove Tuesday from 4 am until late hours and dance to traditional songs
Turtle racing in AustraliaPreliminary Preparations for a turtle Trip--Riding on the Backs of the turtles Down to the Sea, in Australia. The shell of the turtle, which is as broad as it is long
Marianne and HerodActors Mr Beerbohm Tree and Miss Maud Jeffries dressed in costume for Herod; A Tragedy, written by Stephen Phillips (1884), at her majesty's theatre
Titania, Queen of The Fairies, Ethel GabainTitania - Queen of The Fairies, colour illustration. With description, Miss Dorothy Hyson was the Titania in the production of A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Old Vic
Mademoiselle Roshanara, theatrical portraits in dance posesMademoiselle Roshanara, three theatrical portraits in dance poses, barefoot in Indian dance costumes and jewellery. Captioned, An Indian taught by a Spanish Dancer: Mlle. Roshanara'
June Tripp and Violet LoraineJune Tripp (1901-1985), sometimes known just by her stage name June, and Violet Loraine (1886-1956) appearing in the revue show Fanfare at the Prince Edward Theatre. Date: 1932
Advert for Bathing SuitsAn advert for the latest range of bathing suits available at Debenhams. Date: 1932
Tilly Losch (1903-1975), also known as Ottilie Herbert, and later Countess of Carnarvon, was an Austrian dancer, actress and painter
Scene from The Merchant of VeniceErnest Milton (1890-1974) as Shylock and Lydia Sherwood (1906-1989) as Jessica, in a production of The Merchant of Venice at the St James's Theatre. Date: 1932
Binnie HaleBeatrice Binnie Hale-Monro was an English actress, singer and dancer. Here she is publicising a revue show at the London Hippodrome. Date: circa 1932
Swimming SeasonSwimming scenes from pools in Wembley, Blackpool and San Francisco. The new Wembley pool is being opened by Rt. Hon. L. S. (Leo) Amery (1873-1955). Date: 1932
Greta Garbo in Mata HariGreta Garbo (1905-1990) playing the title role in the 1931 film Mata Hari'. Date: 1931
Production of OthelloActor Ernest Milton (1890-1974) played the title role in this production of Othello at the St James's Theatre. Also pictured are Nicholas Hannen (1881-1972) as Cassio and Henry Oscar (1891-1969)
Scene from See Naples And DieThe cast of See Naples And Die, a play by Elmer Rice (1892-1967) staged at the Little Theatre. Date: 1932
Sydney Fairbrother and George RobeyCharacter actors Sydney Fairbrother (1873-1941) and George Robey, also known as George Wade (1869-1954) playing Mrs and Mr Bindle
D. A. Clarke-SmithBritish actor D. A. Clarke-Smith (1888-1959) appearing in a variety of guises in the play Queer Fish at the Apollo Theatre. Date: 1931
Jane BaxterBritish actress Jane Baxter (1909-1996) appearing in a nautical production The Midshipman at the Shaftesbury Theatre. Date: 1931
Las Tamayos, Dancing TwinsSpanish twins Consuelo and Amparo, known as Las Tamayos, publicising their dancing act at the Empress Rooms in the Kensington Royal Palace Hotel. Date: circa 1925
The City That Never SleepsScenes from the lost 1924 silent film The City That Never Sleeps, showing a prohibitionist nightclub. Date: 1924
Three SwimmersSwimming champions Helen Meany, later Gravis (1904-1991), Sybil Bauer (1903-1927) and Doris O'Mara (b. 1908-?) at an event in St Augustine, Florida. Date: 1925
Mae Murray (1885-1965) the American actress, dancer, film producer and screenwriter, born Marie Koenig. Here she is appearing in the silent film Circe The Enchantress'. Date: circa 1925
John Barrymore and Fay ComptonActors John Barrymore (1882-1942) and Fay Compton (1894-1978) in their roles as Hamlet and Ophelia for a production soon to open at the Haymarket Theatre in London. Date: 1925
Hemline RegulationsA female swimmer having the hemline of her bathing costume inspected at Palm Beach. Date: circa 1925
Margaret BannermanCanadian actress Margaret Bannerman (1896-1976) appearing in Camilla States Her Case at the Globe Theatre in London. Later in 1925 her career would be interrupted when she suffered a nervous
Julie Sudo, DancerOriental dancer Julie Sudo, appearing in Carnival Time at the Criterion Restaurant. Date: circa 1925
Dorothy Seacombe (1906-1994) was a British actress who went on to have a film career. Here she is appearing in a stage production of Just Married at the Comedy Theatre. Date: circa 1925
Laura Cowie in Yoicks!Laura Cowie (1892-1969) was a Scottish stage and silent film actress. Here she is portraying Lucrezia Borgia in the revue show Yoicks! at the Kingsway Theatre. Date: circa 1925
Mother Goose PantomimeA production of Mother Goose at the London Hippodrome, featuring Shaun Glenville (1884-1968) as Mother Goose, Isobel Elsom (1893-1981) as the daughter, and Fred Conquest
Mildred Harris in The DeceiversActress Mildred Harris (1901-1944) started as a child actress, had a succesful career in silent movies, but struggled with the advent of talkies'. She was also the first wife of Charlie Chaplin
Playtime at the PiccadillyPerformers in Playtime at the Piccadilly, a cabaret show at the Piccadilly Hotel. The artists pictured are Mimi Jordan, Rene Lorrimore, Evelyn Wrentmor, Amelia Allen
Stella Polaris Dance DeckA painting of the Stella Polaris Dance Deck, showing a room filled with dancers in costumes of wild colours, having the time of their lives. Date: circa 1931
Gracie Fields (1898-1979) in Shipyard Sally'. Date: 1939
Ram Gopal and Maya RaniIndian dancers Ram Gopal (1912-2003) and Maya Rani, promoting performances at the Aldwych Theatre in London. Date: circa 1939
Black Heart Ball in SimlaMembers of the Khights of the Black Heart social fraternity bring characters from Alice in Wonderland to life at this fancy dress ball in Simla, India. Date: 1939
Advert for Slixsilver swimsuits. The one pictured is made of silver oilsilk. Date: 1939
Advert for Ovaltine ColdAn advert for Ovaltine Cold, promoting it as an energy-giving tonic. Date: 1939
Lydia Kyasht, ballet dancerLydia Kyasht (1885-1959) was a Russian ballerina and dance teacher. She moved to London in 1908, to be ballerina at the Empire Theatre. Date: 1910
Minnie Thompson, Dallas cowgirl in New YorkMinnie Thompson from Dallas, Texas, performs horse riding feats outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Central Park, New York. She had won many prizes as a trainer of unbroken horses. Date: 1910
Marie -Louise Derval, actressMarie-Louise Derval was a French actress, who went on to have a career in silent film. Here she is depicted in a Russian costume she wore when being presented to the Czar. Date: circa 1910
Lina Cavalieri (1874-1944) the Italian opera singer. Here her engagement to Robert Winthrop Chandler, the great-grandson of William B Astor, is announced