Drama Collection (page 20)

The successful, romantic drama, A grip of steel. Date c1899

The sensational comedy-drama taken from life, Kidnapped in New York by Howard Hall. Date c1899

London life a new & original melo-drama in five acts : by Martyn Field and Arthur Shirley. Date c1899. London life a new & original melo-drama in five acts : by Martyn Field and Arthur Shirley

On the stroke of twelve the plausible American comedy drama : by Joseph Le Brandt. Date c1899

Hand & glove a new & powerful domestic drama of original incidents : written & constructed by Geo. Conquest and Paul Meritt of London. Date 1874

Wild birds Drama of youthful emotions Wild birds Drama of yo
Wild birds Drama of youthful emotions. Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of Wild Birds at the Musart Theatre, 1320 S. Figueroa St. Los Angeles, Calif

Honourable Artillery Company lifeboat, Walton, Essex
The first National Lifeboat Institution lifeboat at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, donated by and named after The Honourable Artillery Company whose Drama Club sponsored it, was launched in 1884

Scene from banned play, La Vierge Folle

Pierrot, jester and pierrette acting on stage
A moment of high drama on stage. Date: 1902

Religious play, The Miracle, Olympia, West London
A scene showing two soldiers of the Inquisition during rehearsals for the religious drama The Miracle, performed in the huge arena of the Olympia exhibition centre, West London, at Christmas 1911

Gabrielle R骡ne, French actress
Gabrielle R骡 ne, French actress

Theatre going: an audience at the Victoria Theatre
The gallery of the Old Vic Theatre: the audience leaning forward to get a better view

Thomas Hardy Drama Festival, Dorchester
At the Thomas Hardy Drama Festival in Dorchester, Dorset, this scene shows the Excisemen discovering the concealed barrels under an apple tree

Fiddler in Thomas Hardy Drama Festival, Dorchester
At the Thomas Hardy Drama Festival in Dorchester, Dorset, Henry Bailey, the old fiddler, played the College Hornpipe in the play The Three Wayfarers

Trilby on the English stage
George Du Mauriers novel dramatised by Paul M. Potter in New York, was then transferred to the English stage. This production has Mr Beerbohm Tree as Svengali and Miss Dorothea Baird as Trilby

Pollocks characters in Douglas
Pollocks toy theatre characters in the play Douglas, namely Glenalvon, Lady Randolph, Norval, Lord Randolph, and Old Norval. Date: circa 1840

Japanese Kabuki Actor / Dancer
Japanese Kabuki Actor/Dancer - possibly in the role of a lion or tiger. Date: circa 1910s

Prince Philip performing in a Nativity play at Gordonstoun
Prince Philip of Greece, later Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born 1921), pictured playing one of the three kings in the Oberufer nativity play, while at Gordonstoun school in 1938

Poster design, I Killed The Count
Poster design for a theatre production by the Station Repertory Company, entitled I Killed The Count, showing at the Station Theatre. A desperate-looking man points a gun at the viewer

Listening Theatrephone
Ladies listening to the Theatrephone, piping in music from concert halls, drama from theatres, singing from opera houses... Date: 1892

Drama & Movement Class
British Drama League summer school: men and women taking part in a class on 18th century movement, possibly in Oxford Date: circa 1955

The Antarctic Drama - page from The Sphere
Page from The Sphere which tells of the ill-fated expedition of Captain Scott and his team, showing a picture of the inner tent used by Scott and the others

Sir Charles Wyndham (1837 - 1919). English actor, who was born Charles Culverwell."

Theatre, Omsk, Siberia, Russia
Front view of the Theatre on Lenin Street in the city of Omsk, Siberia, Russia

Adventures of Rene Cutforth
The Adventures of Rene Cutforth. Artwork for Lilliput magazine by Raymond Sheppard

Hermann Vezin on his 82nd birthday
Hermann Vezin (1829-1910), American actor, drama teacher and writer, reading a congratulatory telegram on his 82nd birthday

Shakespeares grave, Stratford upon Avon
A view of Shakespeares grave in the chancel of Holy Trinity Church, Stratford upon Avon. The stone slab covering his grave is inscribed with a curse against anyone who disturbs his bones

An altercation
A lady flings her arms around her lover, shielding him from the other gentleman who seems to be bringing unwelcome news. It seems that three definitely is a crowd

Shakespeare statuette
A Shakespeare statuette made of mulberry wood, 15 inches high, believed to be early 17th century. It was on sale at Sotheby s, 14 July (year unknown), and was the property of Hugh Blaker (1873-1936)

Vaudeville Theatre- The Adventures of Ladislas Bolski
A scene from M. Cherbuliezs play, The Adventures of Ladislas Bolski. Here, Ladislas Bolski is shown at the feet of his mother, striking a rather dramatic, over-the-top pose

Jacob & Benjamin
Actors in the roles of Benjamin and his blind Father Jacob in the play Joseph - here Jacob parts from Benjamin

Augustus Harris
SIR AUGUSTUS HENRY GLOSSOP HARRIS Actor and theatre manager

Miss Mary Anderson
MARY ANDERSON Actress born in California who always played leading roles in Londons West End. Dubbed " Our Mary" by American audiences

Mrs Bernard Beere
FANNY MARY BERNARD-BEERE Whitehead), actress, known for many roles including that of Mrs Arbuthnot in Wildes A Woman of No Importance

Dame Madge Kendal
MRS KENDAL (1848 - 1935) Stage actress

Corneille / Cinna
CINNA The emperor Augustus, whose clemency is the subject of the drama

Poil De Carotte Despres
Suzanne Despres in the stage version of the story in 1894

Sir Arthur Wing Pinero, actor, dramatist, director
Sir Arthur Wing Pinero (1855-1934), English actor, dramatist and stage director

Eden Phillpotts, English novelist, poet and dramatist
Eden Phillpotts (1862-1960), English novelist, poet and dramatist

Quarrel between a husband and wife
A violent quarrel between a husband and wife. He is about to hit her with a bottle, while she holds the paper knife as if ready to stab him

Scene from Bernard Shaws Saint Joan
A scene from George Bernard Shaws play, Saint Joan, with Sybil Thorndike as Joan (right) and Ernest Thesiger as the Dauphin (left)

Filming, Manchester, 1959
A film crew prepare a scene in Manchester. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd 1959

Theatre / Castle Spectre
THE CASTLE SPECTRE A Romantic Drama by M.G.Lewis. Act IV - Scene 2. A ghostly apparition appears

Cl Morgan / Cig Card 1936
CHARLES LANGBRIDGE MORGAN English novelist and drama critic in 1936

Thrilling Action in Air
High drama above the clouds as a gunner fires in pursuit of an enemy plane

Caesar & Cleopatra / Shaw
Mr Forbes Robertson and Gertrude Elliott achieving success in Shaws comedy drama Caesar and Cleopatra

Dionysos & Frogs
The encounter of Dionysos with the bullfrogs - a scene from Aristophaness drama The Frogs

Theatre / Plays / Hugo
The first night of HERNANI at the Comedie Francaise - the romantic drama arouses opposition among supporters of conventional theatre

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