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Music cover, Pas de Quatre, Faust Up To DateMusic cover, Pas de Quatre, invented and arranged by John d Auban from Faust Up To Date, a burlesque parody of Gounods opera Faust, performed at The Gaiety Theatre, London, composed by Meyer Lutz
Puppet show seen from inside the boxAu Bon Marche - puppet show seen from inside the box - a man with two glove puppets. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s
Programme cover, Alhambra Theatre, LondonProgramme cover, Alhambra Theatre of Varieties, London. 1895
Man and Superman by George Bernard ShawPromotional postcard for Man and Superman by George Bernard Shaw. First produced at the Royal Court Theatre, 21st May 1905
George LeytonPromotional postcard for George Leyton. George Leyton was a well-known music hall singer, whose speciality was patriotic and military songs
Dan LenoPromotional postcard for Dan Leno(1860-1904) " The Kings Jester" One of Alick P. Ritchies series of music hall performers
Keep To The Right by H Chance NewtonPromotional postcard for Keep To The Right revue by H. Chance Newton; music Herman Darewski. First produced at the Hippodrome, Boscombe, 23rd August and Holborn Empire, 22nd November 1915
IvanhoePromotional postcard for Ivanhoe Presented and produced by Walter and Frederick Melville (programme) They also credit themselves with a share of the production
Our Miss Gibbs by Adrian RossPromotional postcard for Our Miss Gibbs by Adrian Ross; music Ivan Caryll and Lionel Monckton. First produced at the Gaiety Theatre, 23rd January 1909
Miss Hook Of Holland by Paul Rubens & Austin HurgonPromotional postcard for Miss Hook of Holland by Paul Rubens and Austin Hurgon; music Paul Rubens. First produced at the Prince of Wales Theatre, 31st January 1907. For George Dances Co
Lilac Time by Adrian Ross from Das Dreimaederlhaus by A. M. Willner and H. Reichert; music from the melo-dies of Franz Schubert (Raimundttheater, Vienna 15/1/1916)
The happy Family by Adrian Ross and Cecil AldinPromotional flyer for The Happy Family by Adrian Ross and Cecil Aldin; music Cuthbert Clarke. First produced at the Prince of Wales Theatre, 18th December 1916
Scene outside a theatre on a Christmas card, with people arriving to see the pantomime. Date: circa 1890s
Jenny Golder at the Cigale and Harry Pilcer with Rahna at thJenny Golder at the Cigale Theatre and Harry Pilcer with Rahna at the Palace Theatre, Paris, 1923 Date: 1923
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Jim, a bobtail sheepdogIllustration by Cecil Aldin -- Jim, a bobtail sheepdog, owned by the actress Fabia Drake. The dog was a perfect actor, taking part in a childrens play called The Happy Family
Programme for Joy Bells at the London Hippodrome, 1915Programme for Joy Bells at the London Hippodrome, 1919, presented by Albert de Courville Date: 1919
Toasting the royal wedding at the Riviera Club, 1923Revellers at the fashionable Riviera Club by the Thames on Grosvenor Road, London, raise a glass to toast the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of York in April 1923. Date: 1923
Ella Shields, WW1 entertainmentElla Shields (1879-1952) music hall entertainer and male impersonator, most famous as Burlington Bertie from Bow dressed up as both a soldier and a sailor during the First World War. Date: 1917
Peter Pears, Emanuel Hurwitz violin and chorusPeter Pears rehearsing the title role in Brittens Saint Nicolas at Orford Church, 23 June 1963. The Aldeburgh Festival Choir and the choir pf Ipswich High School for Girls fills the background
Heather Harper, Janet Baker, Peter Pears and Hervey AlanHeather Harper (Left), Janet Baker, Peter Pears and Bryan Drake rehearsing Schumann in the Jubilee Hall, for the concert in Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall on 21 June 1963, entitled Pot Pourri
Adrian Beers playing Double BassAdrian Beers, double bass with ECO, during Noyes Fludde rehearsal at Orford Church, Aldeburgh Festival 1961 Date: 1961
Michael Chapman, folk and rock performer
Lieutenant and Mrs Vernon Castle, dancersVernon Blythe Castle (1887-1918), and American wife, Irene (nee Foote), ballroom dancers, performers and dance teachers, pictured in 1917 when he was serving in the British Army in the Royal Flying
In front and behind the scenes at the Coliseum, LondonA great stage and a great curtain: in front and behind the scenes at the Coliseum, London. Top centre: a diagrammatic view of the revolving stage
The Quinlan Opera CompanyPromotional 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
The Joy Ride Lady by Arthur Anderson & Hartley CarrickPromotional postcard for The Joy Ride Lady adapted by Arthur Anderson and Hartley Carrick from Das Autoliebchen by Jean Kren (Thalia-Theater, Berlin, 16th March 1912); music Jean Gilbert
Wayang puppet theatre and Gamelan Orchestra - JavaWayang - Javanese puppet theatre (sometimes the puppet itself is referred to as wayang). Performances of shadow puppet theatre are accompanied by a gamelan orchestra in Java (now Indonesia)
Start of a Cock Fight Date: circa 1906
The Rage for Rinking - still raging - roller skating 1912Snaps of society indulging in the latest craze for roller skating at Holland Park Rink where members of the Sunday skating club includede Lord Churchill, Lady Thurston, Miss Ethel Dane the actress
A scene from No No Nanette at the Palace Theatre, London (1925) with Joseph Coyne, Binnie Hale and George Grossmith Date: 1925
Edith Wynne in Red Riding Hood, Gaiety Theatre, Dublin Date: 1890s
Clara Webber in Red Riding Hood, Gaiety Theatre, Dublin Date: 1890s
Alice Lethbridge, English music hall dancer Date: 1890s
Late Arrivals by H. M. BatemanLate arrivals at the theatre annoy everyone by laughing at the show and blocking the view of those who took their seats in good time in the process! Date: 1924
Les Cloches de Corneville, French comic opera in English, Theatre Royal, Plymouth Date: early 20th century
Maskelyne and Cookes "The Artists Dream". John Nevil Maskelyne and George CoMaskelyne and Cookes " The Artists Dream". John Nevil Maskelyne and George Cooke, presented for the first time to a West End audience an entertainment they had been giving for several years
Yeichi Nimura, Japanese dancer in Broadway Nights, a new New York revue, 1929 Date: 1929
A group of Albertina Rasch girls, 1928A group of Albertina Rasch dancing girls, 1928 Date: 1928
Don Miguel Lerdo de Tejada and his Mexican Orchestra performing on the Keith vaudeville circuit, 1928 Date: 1928
Paul Whiteman and his orchestra in the Rhapsody in Blue sequence in The King of Jazz, Universal Pictures, 1930 Date: 1930
Cover of Dance Magazine, Sept 1930 showing a chorus lineCover of Dance Magazine, September 1930 showing a chorus line. Artwork by Rita Leach Date: 1930
A portrait of Isadora Duncan, 1931A portrait of the famous American dancer Isadora Duncan, 1931 Date: 1931
Portrait of the dancers Myrio and Desha, 1931 who have played Europe and have been at the Roxy Theatre, New York Date: 1931
Portrait of the American dancer Nitza Vernille, 1931 Date: 1931
Miss Edith Day in Irene by Kate CarewIrene Day, caricatured by Kate Carew in the play Irene playing at the Empire Theatre, London in 1920. Date: 1920
Programme cover, New Theatre Royal, Worthing, Sussex -- Manager, Mr Mallaby. circa 1890s
An acrobatic baboon at the HippodromeHerr Grais with his performing acrobatic baboon at the London Hippodrome in 1902. Date: 1902
Florence Mills (magazine cover)Florence Mills signed photograph. Florence Mills (1896-1927) singer and dancer who became a major star of vaudeville and revue in the 1920s in both America and Britain. Date: 1926
