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Cover for Paris Plaisirs number 25, June 1924 featuring Paulette Duval Date: 1924
Cover for Paris Plaisirs number 24, May 1924 featuring Lysistrata at the Theatre Cora Laparacerie Date: 1924
Cover for Paris Plaisirs number 23, April 1924, featuring Koustnezoff and Vitry at the Bat-ta-clan Date: 1924
Cover for Paris Plaisirs number 22, March 1924 featuring the dancer Nikitina 1924
Cover for Paris Plaisirs number, 42, December 1925 featuring one of the Rowe Sisters from the Casino de Paris Date: 1925
Cover for Paris Plaisirs number 39, September 1925 featuring Isabellita Ruiz at the Palace Theatre 1925
Cover for Paris Plaisirs number 41, November 1925 featuring Georgie Graves Date: 1925
Cover for Paris Plaisirs number 38, August 1925featuring Chrystiane and Maria Guy at the Ambassadeurs Date: 1925
Programme for Zig Zag at the London Hippodrome, 1917, produced by Albert de Courville Date: 1917
Cover for Paris Plaisirs number 19, December 1923 featuring the Dolly Sisters at the Palace Theatre Date: 1923
The Pianola Piano advertisement, WW1Advertisement for the Pianola Piano, depicting a lady at the keyboard surrounded by appreciative army officers for, in times of anxiety (it)
Mme. Karina & pupils in patriotic dance tableau, WW1Madame Karina, Danish prima ballerina, pictured with a number of her pupils, all children or sisters of serving officers, taking part in a dance called The Good Angel
Film, wireless and gramophone in the home by G. H. DavisTalkies a self-contained cinema, gramophone and radio-set for household use, mechanism of synchrophone. Date: 1931
The Onions, WW1 entertainment troupeThe Onions, a concert party entertaining troops on the Western Front during the First World War, so-called because they said they were always
A hospital ship Pierrot troupe, WW1A hospital ship Pierrot troupe for the entertainment of men on board during the First World War. From left to right are: STanding - Surgeon R. H. H. Jolly, R.N.V.R. Surgeon J. R. H. Turton, Mr E
Programme for The Co-optomists of 1930 at the London Hippodrome. Artwork by Chesney Date: 1930
Tatler front cover - Miss Vesta TilleyVesta Tilley (1864-1952), born Matilda Alice Powles, music hall actress whose speciality was male impersonations. During the First World War, she earned the nickname
Phyllis Dare and Evie Greene singing recruiting songs, WW1A page from The Tatler featuring the actresses and music hall entertainers, Phyllis Dare and Evie Greene (inset) who were singing the recruiting song, Your King and Country Want You
Cover of Eve MagazineJeanne Aulbert the French star at the cabaret show The Midnight Follies at the Hotel Metropole, London Date: 1926
Skindles at Maidenhead by FishUncle Fred, the uncle of Eve, The Tatler magazines fictional gossip columnist, enjoys the delights of Skindles, the notorious hotel in Maidenhead popular with officers - and all men really
Marie Prevost in 1928Marie Prevost (1898 1937) Canadian silent film actress. Date: 1928
Matinee in aid of the Concerts of the Front fund, Lady DianaA group at Lena Ashwells special matinee at the Lyric Theatre on 29 June 1917, in aid of the Concerts at the Front Fund. A number of society ladies took part
Fashionable couple by Fish, 1917A couple enjoy cocktails and cigarettes at a nightclub, First World War era. Date: 1917
Costumes in Chu Chin Chow, 1917A selection of mannequins showing the latest costumes from the show, " Chu Chin Chow" which opened at His Majestys Theatre in 1916 and ran for five years and more than 2, 300 performances
Wounded soldiers at Cheshire Hunt puppy show, WW1A scene from the Cheshire Hunt Puppy Show organised by Colonel Hall Walker, the Master of the Cheshire Foxhounds who invited wounded soldiers from local hospitals and entertained them to lunch
Game at Butlins Holiday Camp, 1966A game which appears to involve a group of hysterical ladies doing press ups much to the amusement of everyone present at an unidentified Butlins Holiday Camp in 1966. Date: 1966
Toy TheatreClassic pantomime characters such as Clown, Pantaloon and Harlequin jostle with a dog musician, a dog cart, Mr & Mrs Dashaway and Mr Doublesight to form a production of Harlequin Jack Sheppard. c
Mouth organs for British troops, 1915The British Army on the march with the help of mouth organs, donating in their thousands after an appeal, providing much needed entertainment
Lighter side of Life on an Armed Liner, WW1 by Arthur WattsSketches of scenes on board an armed liner during the First World War by the artist Arthur Watts who was in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
A Sing-Song within the Firing LineSketches drawn by a sergeant with the B.E.F. of an evenings entertainment at the Front, showing various talents on display from an opera singer giving a recital
Wireless enthusiasts who got engaged to be marriedCouple sitting back to back sharing a pair of headphones while listening to the wireless. 1926
An open-air circus, recreation in Salonika, WW1An open-air circus in a specially dug-out arena inaugurated for the amusement of Allied troops Salonika. Date: 1916
Entertainment at the Front, WW1A view from the stage of one of the makeshift theatres rigged up in a barn near the French lines for the entertainment of troops
A Theatre for War Workers, WW1Interior view of a picture and variety theatre built by the firm Messrs. Vickers, Ltd, of Walney Island, Barrow-in-Furness in order to provide recreation for their workers during the First World War
The Pom Pom Pierrots, entertainers of wounded soldiers. The troupe was formed expressly for the voluntary entertainment of convalescent and wounded soldiers in hospitals
A lady prompter at a London theatre during First World WarWomen stage hands at the Kingsway - a lady prompter. As the Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News reports, The lighter side of work behind the stage is being done now by women at the Kingsway Theatre
Scene from Bric a Brac at the Palace Theatre, 1915Mr Nelson Keys, Mr Arthur Playfair, Miss Gwendoline Brogden (back row from left) and Mr Simon-Girard and Miss Gina Palerme, all appearing in Bric-A-Brac, a new revue at the Palace Theatre
Gramophone records for the front, WW1Part of a consignment of 50, 000 Winner records being packed for the front. The makers had already sent 30, 000 records to the Fleet. Date: 1915
The Soldiers Theatre in France, WW1The Follies, one of numerous entertainment troupes performing for soldiers in France, giving a performance to an audience from an undisclosed division at a converted factory near the British front
The Blue Bird by Herbert PizerLovely illustration of a woman in a blue costume and head dress, possibly a show girl, leaning back athletically on a stool. Date: 1919
Dolly Sisters wearing the Bulldog collar 1924The Dolly Sisters wearing the `Dolly Dog Collar or the Bouledogue (bulldog) collar invented by Marthe Regnier, the famous French actress and couturier
Beatrice Harrison playing the Cello 1924Beatrice Harrison (1892 - 1965), British cellist who by the age of 11 was an Exhibitor at the Royal College of Music and by age 14 a Scholar. Date: 1924
The Merry Mummers, World War One entertainment troupeThe Merry Mummers entertaining troops at a West African Concert Party organised by Major P. a Beckett, son of the late Arthur a Becket of Punch
The Better Ole as a Film Play, 1918Scenes from the film version of The Better Ole, a 1918 Welsh Pearson film based the cartoons of trench life by Bruce Bairnsfather published in The Bystander magazine
Marie Prevost in 1923Marie Prevost (1898 - 1937), Canadian silent film actress. Photographed here in the Stroll Picture Threatre in " Brass". 1923
Mabel Sealby (1885 - ), British actress. Playing Clown Heroine of the Circus musical comedy in " Head over Heels" at Adelphi Theatre, london
Child musicians in ornate costume, IndiaTwo child musicians in ornate costume, India. Date: circa 1890s
Two child acrobats, Japan. Date: circa 1890s