Drama Collection (page 9)

The Female Swindler - Walter Melville
Promotional card showing Tom H. Taylors production of The Female Swindler by Walter Melville which was first produced at the Terriss Theatre in Rotherhithe, London on 12th October 1903

Cartoon, Mr James Willing and the Ghost
Cartoon, Mr James Willing, Jun, is busy writing another stirring drama. Our artist has caught him at that moment when the " ghost" comes in

Maud Jeffries and Wilson Barrett in The Sign of the Cross
Maud Jeffries (1869-1946) as " Mercia" and Wilson Barrett (1846-1904) as " Marcus" in " The Sign of the Cross" an 1895 four-act historical tragedy

The Bells, by Leopold Lewis, starring Henry Irving
The Bells, by Leopold Lewis, first produced at the Lyceum Theatre, London, November 1871. Sir Henry Irving (1838-1905) was identified with the role of Mathias in this play more than with any other

Map for St Jamess Theatre, King Street, London, on the back of a flyer for The Basker, a comedy by Clifford Mills. First produced at St Jamess Theatre, London, January 1916

Cartoon, Oscar Wilde and William Wilde
Cartoon, Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), poet and playwright, comforted by his brother William Wilde (1852-1899) in the face of American criticism of his play, Vera

Shakespeare, The Tempest, Prosperos Cell on the enchanted island. With Prospero, Miranda and Ariel. 19th century

Henry the Eighth - title page - Archbishop Cranmer. 1862

Theatre in Kimberley, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Theatre Royal in Kimberley, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Walter Melvilles Company were performing The Girl Who Lost Her Character, a bad woman drama. Date: circa 1904

The Merchant of Venice - title page - Shylock and the disguised Portia in court. 1862

Card and Backgammon. Fight over Cards, 1620-1630, by Theodoo
Theodoor Rombouts (1597-1637). Flemish painter. Cards and Backgammon. Fight over Cards. 1620-1630. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Music cover, Hes Got Em On by Fred Carlos
Music cover, Hes Got Em On, from Robert Reeces burlesque drama, Forty Thieves, sung by T W Barrett, written, composed and also sung by Fred Carlos. circa 1880s

Photo of Miss Billie Shaw and Mr Barrie Oliver
Black and white photo in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of 24th October 1925 of Miss Billie Shaw and Mr Barrie Oliver who were appearing at the Cafe de Paris in London in a revue

Photo of Rudoloh Valentino painting
Black and white photo in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of 5th December 1925 showing actor Rudolph Valentino in full evening dress with an oil painting he had completed on a recent

Interference by Roland Pertwee and Harold Dearden
Promotional postcard for Interference by Roland Pertwee and Harold Dearden. First produced at the St. Jamess Theatre, 29th January 1927

The Hypocrites by Henry Arthur Jones. First produced in in England at the Hicks Theatre, 27th August 1907. The image shows Leonard Wilmore kisses Rachel Neve

Fantastic Transvestite Performer
A fantastic Transvestite Performer in dramatic pose! Date: 1924

Scenes from the French film Casanova, 1927, directed by Russian Alexandra Volkoff with a largely German cast. A sumptuous costume drama, filmed partly in Venice, it was dazzlingly ambiguous

Gipsy Love by Basil Hood & Adrian Ross
Promotional postcard of Gipsy Love adapted by Basil Hood and Adrian Ross. First produced Dalys Theatre, London on 1st June 1912. Artist Richard Pannett

French Theatre -- Les Trois Galans
Les Trois Galans [Galants] (The Three Gallants or Suitors), a farce. Showing one of the gallants sitting on a chair, holding up a glass of wine. Date: 16th century

Title page design, Hassan by James Elroy Flecker
Title page design, 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

Cecil Beaton as an ugly sister in Heil Cinderella, 1940
Cecil Beaton in costume as an ugly sister for a performance of the play he co-authored, called Heil Cinderella. Date: 1940

Didcot Power station
With the cooling towers pushing out lots of steam, the photographer captures a dramatic picture. Taken in the late 60s Date: late 1960s

Reconstruction of the theatre of Dionysus, Athens

Six illustrations from a theatre production of Drake, a pageant-play in three acts by Louis Napoleon Parker, starring Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Sir Francis Drake

Theatre - Play - The Assassin - Duel scene between Prince Demetri and Countess Wanda Date: 1904

LCC-LFB Major fire, Farringdon Street EC4
Fire seriously damages a Farringdon Street office building in Clerkenwell, City of London. Two turntable ladders are at work together with the 15 pumps

Kathleen Clifford - Who is Number One?
Still from Paramount Picture Production Who Is Number One? - starring Kathleen Clifford (1887 - 1962) in the role of Aimee Villon

Members of a Parsee theatre company, India
Group photo, members of a Parsee (Parsi) theatre company, India. Groups of this kind toured around northern India, offering a combination of drama and music

From Convent to Throne by J A Campbell
Promotional postcard for From Convent to Throne by J.A. Campbell by artist E P Kinsella. First produced at the Rotunda in Liverpool, 26th July and the Lyric, Hammersmith on 6th September 1909

The Four Just Men
Promotional postcard showing The Four Just Men from the story by Edgar Wallace for J. Bannister Howards Company touring to the Opera House in Northampton. There are two press quotes on the reverse

For the Love of Peg by H Schrier and C Lodge-Percy
For Love of Peg by Henrietta Schrier and C. Lodge-Percy. First produced at the Lincoln theatre on 18th January and Theatre Royal, Stratford East in London on 12th February 1917

For Wife and Kingdom by Ward Bailey. First produced at the Theatre Royal in Smethwick, on 8th March 1909 and moving to the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, on 29th March 1909

For Love - and the King by C Watson Mill
Promotional postcard featuring a scene from For Love - and the King by C Watson Mill which was first performed at the Prince of Wales theatre, Mexborough, South Yorkshire on 13th April 1908

For Love and Money by John Stanfield
Promotional postcard for For Love and Money by John F Stanfield which was first produced at the Comedy Theatre in Manchester on 4th August 1902

The Flying Squad by Edgar Wallace. First produced at the New Theatre in Oxford on 5th March 1928 and later produced by M Barry O Brien at the Lyceum Theatre, London on 7th June 1928

Find the Woman by Charles Klein
Promotional postcard for Find the Woman by Charles Klein which was first produced at the Garrick Theatre in London on 17th June 1912

Mr Osbaldiston in the role of Andreas Hofer, the patriotic innkeeper of a Tyrolean village at the time of an invasion by Napoleon and his army, in a play entitled Hofer, The Tell of Tyrol

The Face at the Window by L. Vernon Wyrall. For the R. Amos Jones Co. touring to Royal West London Theatre. A play with this title by F

Martin Harvey in The Devils Disciple by George B Shaw
Martin Harvey (22 June 1863 - 14 May 1944) as Dick Dudgeon in The Devils Disciple by George Bernard Shaw. For Martin Harveys season at the Savoy Theatre on 2nd November 1930 to 6th December 1930

The Coastguards Daughter by J. A. Campbell. Second and third pages of flyer for the Junction Theatre in Manchester, so a return visit of a popular melodrama

Nanette Newman on location, filming in Cornwall
The actress Nanette Newman on location near Lands End, Cornwall, in the role of the Newlyn School artist Elizabeth Adela Stanhope Forbes (nee Armstrong, 1859-1912), in A Breath of Fresh Air

H B Irving playing Charles I by W. G. Wills
Photograph of Harry Brodribb, known as H B in the lead role of Charles I. This is another card advertising the companys arrival in Southampton on the same tour. Date: 1907

Dorothea Baird as Queen Henrietta Maria in Charles I
Dorothea Baird pictured here as Charles Is Queen, Henrietta Maria. Dororthea was married to H. B. Irving who played the part of Charles 1st, and they toured together

Photograph of Dorothea Baird as Queen Henrietta in Charles I
Postcard of Dorothea Baird pictured here as Queen Henrietta Maria in Charles I. The photograph (one of a set of five) was taken by Foulsham and Banfield, London. 1907. Date: 1907

Pantomime at Dury Lane: Whittiington and his Cat 1876
Whittiington and his Cat Date: 1876

Pantomime at Covent Garden: Cinderella 1876
Cinderella - The Butterflys Ball and the Grasshoppers Feast. 1876

Forbes Robertson and Patrick Campbell
Forbes Robertson (1853 - 1937) and Mrs. Patrick Campbell (1865 b 1940). Johnston Forbes Robertson was an English actor and theatre manager

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