Drama Collection (page 17)

General Post by J E Harold Terry
Promotional 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 Robinson
Scene 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, Cornwall
A 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 teacher
Kate 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-manager
Sir 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 Nothing
Members 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 playwright
William 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, Japan
View of the Kabuki Theatre, Tokyo, Japan. Date: circa 1930s

French Theatre -- Farce du Porteur d Eau
Farce 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 Sotz
Les Sobres Sotz (The Sober Fools), a farce, showing a fool, Le Badin, in yellow and green motley. Date: 16th century

French Theatre -- Science et Anerye
Science 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 Resolu
Le Monologue du Resolu (Monologue of a Determined Man), by Roger de Collerye. Date: 16th century

French Theatre -- Farce de Calbain
Farce 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 Bancquet
La 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 Passant
Le 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 Cuvier
Farce Nouvelle Tres Bonne et Fort Joyeuse Du Cuvier -- The Farce of the Chest. Jaquinots wife, who is clearly The Boss. Date: 16th century

French Theatre -- Le Chevalier
Le Chevalier qui donna sa Femme au Dyable (The Knight who gave his Wife to the Devil) -- a mystery play. Showing the Knight in armour and a cloak, with his arm raised in a declamatory gesture

French Theatre -- La Farce du Munyer
La Farce du Munyer [Meunier], a play by Andre de la Vigne, in which the Devil carries off a millers soul to Hell. Showing a delighted Devil in orange costume

French Theatre -- La Vie du Maulvais Riche
La Vie et l Histoire du Maulvais [Mauvais] Riche -- a rich mans wife in a yellow brocade dress. Date: 15th century

French Theatre -- Messieurs de Mallepaye et de Baillevant
Messieurs de Mallepaye et de Baillevant -- Monsieur Baillevant holds his empty purse upside down. Date: 15th century

French Theatre -- La Vie Mgrs Fiacre -- La Pucelle
La Vie [de] Mgr [Monseigneur] S[aint] Fiacre -- La Pucelle (The Maiden). St Fiacre was an Irish religious hermit in France who became the patron saint of gardeners. Date: 15th century

Page design, subjects, School Silhouettes
Page design for the subjects of drama, music, arts and sciences in School Silhouettes, once owned by a female student of Fayetteville High School, New York, USA

Illustration, Hassan by James Elroy Flecker
Illustration to Hassan (The Story of Hassan of Baghdad and How he Came to Make the Golden Journey to Samarkand), a verse drama by James Elroy Flecker, with illustrations by Thomas Mackenzie

Book cover design, Hassan by James Elroy Flecker
Book cover design in red and gold, Hassan (The Story of Hassan of Baghdad and How he Came to Make the Golden Journey to Samarkand), a verse drama by James Elroy Flecker

William Hazlitt - English writer, painter, and drama critic
William Hazlitt (17781830) - English writer, painter, art and drama critic, social commentator, and philosopher. Remembered for his humanistic essays and literary criticism

Student drama group Date: 1905

Charles Stratton, the American dwarf, 1844
A review, as featured in the Illustrated London News, 1844, reporting on the recent performance of Charles S. Stratton, the American dwarf (also known as General Tom Thumb)

Picture No. 10910183
Baroque marble carving of an angel at the high altar of Santinis monastery church at Zdar Nad Sazavou

The Knitting Club Meets - WW1 American knitting play
Front cover of a short play, The Knitting Club Meets in which a group of American women knit comforts for the troops during the First World War. Date: c.1917

Bruce Bairnsfather releases - WW1 film cartoon
The Military Cross a pulsating military drama in two reels. Humorous pictorial trailer for a possible war film imagined by Bystander cartoonist, Captain Bruce Bairnsfather. Date: 1917

Roman Actors
Terracotta figures of Roman actors

Third act of the play Chantecler by Rostand, 1910
A scene from the third act of the play Chantecler by Edmond Eugene Alexis Rostand. Lucien Guitry plays the cockerel Chantecler, the eponymous hero of the play. Date: 1910

Cartoon, Sir Herbert Tree as Falstaff in Henry IV Part I at His Majestys Theatre, London. A speech bubble says: Zounds! I am so big that they ve had to make a full page of me. Date: 1914

Holborn Theatre, London, 1866
The interior of Holborn Theatre, London, soon after it was opened in October 1866. Able to seat 1, 500, the theatre was built by Mr. Simpson, and the architects were Messrs Finch, Hill and Pararie

A Winters Tale at the Princes Theatre, Manchester 1869
A scene from A Winters Tale at the Princes Theatre, Oxford Street, Manchester 1869. The theatre had been repoened in August 1869, following refurbishment by Mr

The theatre of Herodos Atticos, Athens
The plan of the theatre or odeon of Herodos Atticos at Athens. Situated on the southern slope of the Acropolis, the theatre was constructed by wealthy Greek patron Herodos Atticos in the 1st century

Vera Poliakoff by Madame Yevonde
Vera Poliakoff (wife of Basil Burton) by Madame Yevonde. Seen here in the role of Mary Norton, Lady-in-Waiting, in Clifford Baxs play, The Rose Without a Thorn, taking place at the Duchess Theatre

Scenes from a play, Tommy Atkins, at the Lyceum Theatre
Scenes from a play entitled Tommy Atkins, at the Lyceum Theatre, London. It was no doubt put into production to help encourage recruitment in the early days of the First World War

Mrs Patrick Campbell, English stage actress
Mrs Patrick Campbell (Beatrice Stella Tanner, 1865-1940), legendary actress, seen here in an exotic gipsy costume. Date: early 20th century

Ian Hay, alias John Hay Beith, writer
Ian Hay, the pen name of Major General John Hay Beith (1876-1952), British schoolmaster, soldier, and writer of novels and plays. Date: 1914

Female student of the Lo-Shun academy
A Chinese female student of the Lo-Shun Art academy, drama class. The students put on plays designed to encourage resistance to the Japanese invaders. Date: 1941

Music cover, The Piccolomini Waltz, from Verdis opera La Traviata, as performed at Almacks and the Court Balls. Marietta Piccolomini (1834-1899)

Military amateur dramatic club
The Band of the 2nd SOM.L.I, dramatic club, in opera Pip-ard. British army amateur dramatic club, probably the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers stationed in China around 1911. Date: C.1911

Allardyce Nicoll
ALLARDYCE NICOLL Literary critic and historian of drama, who was my director of studies at the Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-on-Avon. Date: 1894 - 1976

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