Dramas Collection

The Huntsman, painting by W Smithson Broadhead
Colour photograph in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of 24th October 1925 of The Huntsman painting by W Smithson Broadhead. Date: 24th October 1925

Photo of The Dolly Sisters
Black and white photograph of popular revue stars the Dolly Sisters in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of 19th December 1925

Photo of Miss Alice Delysia
Black and white photograph in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of 21st November 1925 showing Miss Alice Delysia in On with the Dance at the London Pavilion. Date: 21st November 1925

Silhouettes of a fox hunt in the York and Ainsty country
Black and white silhouette pictures by Captain H L Oakley in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of 12th December 1925

Photo of HRH Prince of Wales aboard HMS Repulse
Black and white photograph in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of 24th October 1925 of HRH Prince of Wales aboard HMS Repulse on the way home from a South American tour

Man and Superman by George Bernard Shaw
Promotional postcard for Man and Superman by George Bernard Shaw. First produced at the Royal Court Theatre, 21st May 1905

The Quinlan Opera Company
Promotional postcard for The Quinlan Opera Company. Billed as The Greatest Touring Company Ever Organized. Touring to the Royal Hippodrome, Liverpool, 2nd October 1911 Figures, left to right

Advert for Happy New Year Costume Ball 31st December 1925
Black and white advertisement in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of 28th November 1925 for the Happy New Year Costume Ball at the Albert Hall on 21st December 1925

Mr Waller dressed at d'Artagnan
Mr. Lewis Waller dressed his part of d'Artagnan in The Three Musketeers for the Lyceum theatre. William Waller Lewis (3 November 1860 ?)

Scene from The Merchant of Venice
Ernest 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

The Miracle at the Lyceum Theatre
Scenes from Max Reinhardt's production of The Miracle at the Lyceum Theatre, a story told entirely in mime. Inset is Lady Diana Duff Cooper (1892-1986) as the Madonna. Date: 1932

Horace Hodges in Lightnin
Actor Horace Hodges (1863-1951) performing in the play Lightnin at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London. Date: 1925

General Post by J E Harold Terry
Date: 1917

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

Yosyp Stadnyk - Ukranian Theatre director and actor
Yosyp Stadnyk (1876-1954) - Theatre director and actor. Stadnyk played over 100 roles, mostly character roles in a realist style, in plays by Mykhailo Starytsky, Marko Kropyvnytsky

Caricature of John Maddison Morton, playwright
Caricature of John Maddison Morton (1811-1891), English playwright specialising in one-act farces, as well as comic dramas and pantomimes. His greatest success was Box and Cox (1847). 1883

BJORNSON, 1880
BJORNSTJERNE BJORNSON Norwegian writer, best known for his social dramas. Date: 1832 - 1910

BJORNSON, 1901
BJORNSTJERNE BJORNSON Norwegian writer, best known for his social dramas. Date: 1832 - 1910

Bjornson, Circa 1900
BJORNSTJERNE BJORNSON Norwegian writer, best known for his social dramas. with his autograph Date: 1832 - 1910

Emile Augier, Seated
GUILLAUME VICTOR EMILE AUGIER French writer, exhausted after producing a steady stream of popular social dramas, sits by a table in 1888, towards the end of his life. Date: 1820-1889

Emile Augier, Standing
GUILLAUME VICTOR EMILE AUGIER French writer, poet and playwright of popular social dramas, leans casually on a desk. Date: 1820-1889

Photos of partygoers going to Happy New Year Ball, 1925
Black and white photographs in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of 5th December 1925 showing revellers trying on costumes for the Happy New Year Costume Ball being held at the Albert Hall

Photo of the Whaddon Chase Fozhounds at Adstock Folly
Black and white photograph in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of 21st November 1925 showing a meet of the Whaddon Chase Foxhounds at Adstock Folly, near Buckingham. Date: 21st November 1925

Photo of Queen Alexandra inspecting hounds at a show
Black and white photo in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of 28th November 1925 of the (recently deceased) Her Majesty Queen Alexandra inspecting the hounds at Barwick Stanhoe

Photo of Champion Jockey Gordon Richards
Black and white photo in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of 28th November 1925 showing jockey Gordon Richards. Richards was the British flat racing Champion Jockey 26 times

Photo of Miss Joan Murick
Black and white photograph in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of 21st November 1925 showing Miss Joan Murick, a member of the chorus of Midnight Follies (a popular show of the time)

Photo of Carry on, Sergeant by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather
Black and white photographs in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of 21st November 1925 showing cast members from Carry on, Sergeant

Photo of kite-flying on skis, Finse, Norway
Colour photo from the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of 14th November 1925 showing a young lady enjoying kite-flying on skis at Finse, Norway. Date: 14th November 1925

Advertisement for High Life Shoe Company
Advertisement in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of 14th November 1925 for Avona shoes from the High Life Shoe Company

Colonels: by H M Bateman
Four sketches by H M Bateman in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of 31st October 1925 of colonels in various sporting guises

Photograph of Miss Dorothy Dickson
Black and white full page photograph of Miss Dorothy Dickson in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of 31st October 1925. Date: 31st October 1925

Photograph of Mr Lynne Overman and Miss Dorothy Tetley
Black and white photograph in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of 7th November 1925 of Mr Lynne Overman and Miss Dorothy Tetley from the cast of Just Married, a popular play of the time

Photo of Lady Constance Baird
Black and white photograph of Lady Constance Baird in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of 10th October 1925, with her sailing trophies

Advertisement for Dewars by Edmund J Sullivan
Black and white sketch by celebrated artist Edmund J Sullivan for Scotch whisky brand Dewar s, entitled The Spirit of Wisdom in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of 10th October 1925

Photo of Leslie Henson entertaining Tell Me More company
Black and white photograph in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of comedian, actor and producer Leslie Henson entertaining cast members from his most recent revue Tell Me More on his

What A Woman Did! by Florence Marriott-Watson
Promotional postcard for What A Woman Did! By Florence Marriott-Watson. First produced at the Royal Artillery Theatre, Woolwich, 5th October 1903. The wicked marquis has blackmailed Elise

The Vortex by Noel Coward
Promotional postcard for The Vortex by Noel Coward. First produced at the Everyman Theatre, 25th November 1924. The play depicts the sexual vanity of a rich, ageing beauty

Second to None by Walter Howard
Promotional postcard for Second To None by Walter Howard. First produced at the Junction Theatre, Manchester, 1st April and West London Theatre, l9th August 1907

Resurrection by Henri Bataille (from Leo Tolstoys novel)
Promotional postcard for Resurrection from Henri Batailles dramatisation of Leo Tolstoys novel. First produced at His Majestys Theatre, 17th February 1903. Artist: Albert Morrow

The Pride of the Prairie by H F Housden
Promotional postcard for The Pride of the Prairie by H. F. Housden. First produced at the Elephant and Castle Theatre, 2nd September 1912

The Night Hawk by Roland Oliver
Back page of a promotional booklet for The Night Hawk by Roland Oliver. First produced in London Queens Theatre, 13th August 1934, transferred to Vaude-ville Theatre, 17th September 1934

The Never-Never Land by Wilson Barrett
Promotional postcard for The Never-Never Land by Wilson Barrett. First produced at the Grand Hull, 1st February and Kings Hammersmith, 21st March 1904

My Lady Frayle by Arthur Wimperis and Max Pemberton
My Lady Frayle by Arthur Wimperis & Max Pember-ton.; music Howard Talbot. First produced at the Prince of Wales, Birmingham, as Vivien, and Shaftesbury Theatre, 1st March 1916

Marie-Odile by Edward Knoblauch
Promotional postcard for Marie-Odile by Edward Knoblauch. First produced in England at His Majestys Theatre, 8th June 1915. Marie Lohr is shown here in the named part

The Man Who Was dramatised by F Kinsley Peile
Promotional flyer for The Man Who Was by F. Kinsley Peile from Rudyard Kiplings story. First produced His Majestys, matinee 8th June 1903 and 18th January 1906. Flyer for Herbert Tree and Co

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