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In a Womans Grip by Frederick MelvillePromotional postcard for In a Womans Grip by Frederick Melville. First produced at the Standard Theatre, 7th October 1901. Date: circa 1901
If WInter Comes by As M Hutchison and Macdonald HastingsPromotional postcard for If Winter Comes by A. S. M. Hutchison and B. Macdonald Hastings from Hutchisons novel (1921) of that name. First produced at the Hippodrome, Margate, 3rd August 1922 and St
If I Were King by Justin Huntly McCarthyPromotional single sheet flyer for If I Were King by Jutin Huntly McCarthy the St. Jamess, showing verses used in the play, and listing the star and theatre manager, George Alexander as Villon
Idols by Roy HornimanPromotional postcard of the Idols by Roy Horniman. From W. J. Lockes novel. First produced in Birmingham on 24th August and at the Garrick 28th September 1908. The Great Trial Scene (Act III)
The Hope by Cecil Raleigh and Henry HamiltonPromotional postcard for The Hope by Cecil Raleigh and Henry Hamilton. First produced at the Drury Lane Theatre, London on 14th September 1911
Home Once More by Emma LitchfieldPromotional postcard for Home Once More by Emma Litchfield. First produced in Macclesfield, 26th July 1915 and at the Elephant and Castle Theatre, 24th January 1916. Date: 1916
Home Sweet Home by Frank LindoPromotional postcard for Home Sweet Home by Frank Lindo. First produced at the Carleton Theatre, Greenwich, 18th May 1903 and Grand Theatre, Islington, 4th July 1904
Home on Leave by Edward KnoblockHome On Leave by Edward Knoblock. First produced at the Royalty Theatre, 18th October 1916 Date: 1916
Henry V by William ShakespearePromotional postcard for Henry V by William Shakespeare. Lewis Waller was the leading matinee idol of his day, and well cast as Henry
Havoc by Harry WallPromotional postcard for Havoc by Harry Wall. First produced at the Regent Theatre, 4th November 1923 and Haymarket, 16th January 1924
A Butterfly on the Wheel by Edward G. Hemmerde and F NeilsonPromotional postcard showing the Great Divorce Court Scene from A Butterfly on the Wheel by Edward Hemmerde and F Neilson. Date: circa 1915
Theatre Pompadour, ParisPromotional postcard for Barcet Theatre Pompadour, 34 passage de l Opera, Paris theatrical institute, directed by M.A. Gromier
Grand Hotel by Edward KnoblockPromotional postcard of Grand Hotel by Edward Knoblock from Vicki Baums novel (1929 - original German title Menschen im Hotel). First produced at the Adelphi Theatre, 3rd September 1931
The Girl With The Angel Face by James WillardPromotional postcard of The Girl With The Angel Face by James Willard. First produced at the Shakespeare Theatre, Clapham on 3rd August 1908
The Geisha by Owen HaltThe Geisha by Owen Hall; music Sidney Jones produced by George Edwardes. First produced at Dalys Theatre, London 25th April 1896
The Garden of Lies by Sidney Grundy, artist Albert Morrow. First produced at the St. Jamess Theatre in London on 3rd September 1904
The Garden of Eden by Bernauer and OesterreicherThe Garden of Eden by R. Bernauer and R. Oesterreicher; English version by Avery Hopwood. First produced Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh on 23rd May and the Lyric Theatre, 30th May 1927
The Garden of Allah by R Hitchens and M AndersonThe Garden of Allah by Robert Hichens and M. Andeson, from Hichens novel of 1904. First produced in England, Drury Lane, 26th June 1920
The Thirteenth Chair by Bavard VeillerPromotional postcard showing the cast list for The Thirteenth Chair by Bavard Veiller, first produced in England at the Duke of Yorks Theatre, 16th October 1917. Date: 1917
Shakespeare quotation on a Christmas card (inside pages) -- I wish you all the joy that you can wish (The Merchant of Venice). With a colourful spray of flowers. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s
Miss Elizabeths Prisoner by R N Stephens & E Lyall SwetePromotional postcard for Miss Elizabeths Prisoner by Robert Neilson Stephens and E. Lyall Swete. First produced Imperial Theatre, 16th April 1904. Peyton with Miss Elizabeth
Mary from Tipperary by Henrietta Schrier and Lodge PercyMary From Tipperary by Henrietta Schrier and Lodge Percy. First produced Theatre Royal, Chatham, 28th June and Woolwich, 16th August 1915. Later called Her Sisters Secret
The Light That Failed by George FlemingPromotional postcard for The Light That Failed by George Fleming (Julia Constance Fletcher) from Rudyard Kiplings (1890) novel. First produced at the Lyric Theatre, 7th February 1903
Julius Caesar by William ShakespearePromotional postcard for Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. The poster shows Henry Ainley as Mark Anthony making his big speech after the death of Caesar. For the St
Jealousy by Eugene WaltersPromotional postcard for Jealousy by Eugene Walters from the French of Louis Verneuil. First produced at the Fortune Theatre, 5th December 1928. Date: 1928
The Happy Island by James Bernard FaganPromotional postcard of The Happy Island by James Bernard Fagan adapted from the Hungarian of M. Lengyel. First produced His Majestys Theatre, 24th March 1913
Hamlet by William ShakespearePromotional postcard of one of R. C. Carters 1901 cartoons of famous performers of the day. Forbes-Robertson As The Moody Dane
The Girl on the Film adapted by James TannerPromotional postcard for The Girl on the Film adapted by James Tanner from Filmzauber( Film Magic, Berliner Theater, 19/10/1912) by Rudolf Bernauer & Rudolf Schauzer; music Walter Kollo
General Post by J E Harold TerryPromotional postcard for General Post by J E Harold Terry. Percy Hutchison and Herbert Jay Present Touring to the New Theatre in Taunton, from 17th February 1918. Date: 1918
Cartoon, At Erfurt (1808), showing Napoleon I and Tsar Alexander at the time of their peace treaty, together with ladies of the theatre in what looks like a theatrical re-enactment. Date: 1808
Twelfth Night, Act II Scene ii, by William Heath RobinsonScene from the Shakespeare comedy, Twelfth Night, Act II Scene ii, illustration by William Heath Robinson. Showing Viola disguised as the page Cesario
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Cock-O-Lorum. Showing a proud cockerel conducting a roll call of all his hens, and finding the independently-minded Hetty missing. Date: 1921
The Monitor: Automatic but not fool-proof by H. M. Bateman" The Monitor. Automatic, but not fool-proof: a war-drama in nine fits." This Bateman cartoon from World War One sends up the jingoistic, often misguided
Man reporting boat in trouble, Penzance, CornwallA man on horseback, reporting a boat in trouble during a storm, Penzance, Cornwall. Date: circa 1870s
Cartoon, Pacific Overtures, or, a Flight from St Clouds over the Water to Charley, a new Dramatic Piece now Rehearsing, by James Gillray
Kate Rorke - English actress and drama teacherKate Rorke (1866-1945), English actress and drama teacher, played Helena in A Midsummer Night sDream and Sophia Western in Tom Jones
Sir Squire Bancroft - English actor-managerSir Squire Bancroft (1841-1926), English actor-manager. He and his wife Marie Effie Bancroft are considered to have instigated a new form of drama known as " drawing-room comedy" or "
Girls Friendly Society (GFS) Much Ado About NothingMembers of a Girls Friendly Society (GFS) drama club rehearse a scene from Shakespeares Much Ado About Nothing. Date: circa 1920s
William John Locke, novelist and playwrightWilliam John Locke (1863-1930), novelist and playwright. His stories include Ladies in Lavender and Stella Maris, both of which have been filmed. Date: 1925
Kabuki Theatre, Tokyo, JapanView of the Kabuki Theatre, Tokyo, Japan. Date: circa 1930s
French Theatre -- Farce du Porteur d EauFarce du Porteur d Eau (Farce of the Water Carrier). A water carrier with two buckets suspended from a metal ring says how much he likes to see pretty girls as he walks along the street. Date: 1632
French Theatre -- Les Sobres SotzLes Sobres Sotz (The Sober Fools), a farce, showing a fool, Le Badin, in yellow and green motley. Date: 16th century
French Theatre -- Science et AneryeScience et Anerye (Science and Stupidity), a morality play. Showing an allegorical female figure representing Stupidity in a black cloak with a donkeys head, legs and tail attached to her
French Theatre -- Le Monologue du ResoluLe Monologue du Resolu (Monologue of a Determined Man), by Roger de Collerye. Date: 16th century
French Theatre -- Farce de CalbainFarce Nouvelle d ung [d un] Savetier Nomme Calbain (New Farce about a Cobbler called Calbain) -- the cobblers wife keeps hold of the moneybag. Date: 16th century
French Theatre -- La Condamnacion de BancquetLa Condamnacion de Bancquet, a morality play against gluttony attributed to Nicolas (or Nicole) de la Chesnaye. Showing a plump man with a flask of red wine, a chicken on a spit
French Theatre -- Le Pelerin PassantLe Pelerin Passant (The Passing Pilgrim), a monologue by Maistre Pierre Taserye. Showing a pilgrim in his travelling clothes. Date: 16th century
French Theatre -- Farce Du CuvierFarce Nouvelle Tres Bonne et Fort Joyeuse Du Cuvier -- The Farce of the Chest. Jaquinots wife, who is clearly The Boss. Date: 16th century
