Gaiety Collection (page 2)

The Gaiety Girls - Constance Collier and Lily Harold, with an unknown actress. circa 1894

Cartoon, Another Juliet. Trixie Southbank, who is tired of being an extra and wants to play Juliet, asks John Hollingshead (1827-1904), manager of the Gaiety Theatre, for a matinee slot

Cartoon, John Hollingshead, Gaiety Theatre manager
Cartoon portrait, John Hollingshead (1827-1904), Gaiety Theatre manager. 1880s

Cartoon, The Gaiety Theatre Stage Door - The little door down stairs had squeaked; the whisper had gone round - " Here she comes!" (1 of 2) 1882

Gaiety Girl
Theatre poster promoting Gaiety Girl. Artist: Dudley Hardy Date: 1908

Bystander cover - Marchioness of Headfort
The Marchioness of Headfort, formerly known to playgoers as Miss Rose (Rosie) Boote of the Gaiety Theatre, London. She married the Marquess in April 1901, and her son became the Earl of Bective

Cartoon, The Gaiety Ghost
Cartoon, Edward O Connor Terry (1844-1912), actor and theatre proprietor, and The Gaiety Theatre Ghost - I ll follow thee! (No pride about Terry.) 1885

Cartoon portrait, Mr E B Hartt, Acting Manager at the Gaiety Theatre, London. 1885

Cartoon, J L Shine, director of the Gaiety Theatre
Cartoon, J L Shine (left), director of the Gaiety Theatre, London - Now, Mr Shine, what does all this rumpus mean? 1885

Cartoon, outside the Gaiety Theatre, London
Cartoon, outside the Stage Door of the Gaiety Theatre, London - We hope this will bring good business. The man in the foreground is J L Shine, director of the theatre. 1885

The Electric Galop by Fred Godfrey
Promotional music sheet for The Electric Galop of 1869 by Fred Godfrey. The image shows Mephistopheles shining an electric light on the Gaiety Theatre, however

Cartoon, Gaieties of Greenwich Fair. 19th century

The Gaiety Theatre, London - located on Aldwych at the eastern end of the Strand Date: 1930s

The Aldwych, London, with the Gaiety Theatre on the right. circa 1905

Cartoon, J L Shine, comedian and theatre director
J L Shine, comedian and Director of the Gaiety Theatre, London. 1884

Sunny gaiety of Henley 1906
Men and women watching the rowing race taking place on the River Thames. 1906

Gabrielle Ray (1883 - 1973), English stage actress, dancer and singer, her photographs on picture postcards in the Edwardian times, sold more than other stage beauties

Ivy Tresmand, popular artiste in The Lady and The Rose
A portrait of Ivy Tresmand, popular artiste in The Lady and The Rose at the Gaiety Theatre, London, 1923 Date: 1923

A Gaiety Girl, Grand Theatre, Newcastle-on-Tyne, previously at The Prince of Wales Theatre, London, and Dalys Theatre, London. Also the success of the season in New York. (1 of 3) 1897

Oy Ra and Dorma Leigh, in The Girl on the Film, London
Oy Ra and Dorma Leigh, in The Girl on the Film, a musical farce in three acts by James T Tanner, at the Gaiety Theatre, London

Bull-Dog Drummond, a play by Sapper
Bull-Dog Drummond, a play of adventure by Sapper, at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, previously at Wyndhams Theatre, London, starring Lionel Bute

The Private theatre at Anglesey Castle
Interior of the Gaiety Theatre at Anglesey Castle where the eccentric Henry Paget, 5th Marquis of Anglesey, in the role of actor-manager, put on pantomimes and plays with lavish expenditure

Cast of the show Havana including a young Gladys Cooper
Havana - an Edwardian musical comedy in three acts, with a book by George Grossmith, Jr. and Graham Hill, music by Leslie Stuart, lyrics by Adrian Ross and additional lyrics by George Arthurs

The Lido Lady by Ronald Jeans
Promotional postcard for The Lido Lady by Ronald Jeans; Lyrics Lorenz Hart; music Richard Rodgers. First produced at the Alhambra, Bradford, 4th October and the Gaiety Theatre

Miss Rosie Boote - the Marchioness of Headfort
The Marchioness of Headfort, formerly known to playgoers as Miss Rose (Rosie) Boote of the Gaiety Theatre, London. She married the Marquess in April 1901, and her son became the Earl of Bective

The Gaiety Call Boy
The call boy at the Gaiety Theatre in London, tasked with calling the actors and actresses to ready themselves for the stage. Date: 1904

The Flag Lieutenant by Major WP Drury and Leo Trevor
Promotional material for Lyn Harding and Sidney Coopers touring production of The Flag Lieutenant to the Gaiety Theatre in Douglas, Isle of Man on 13th September 1909 showing performance times

Delightful, at the Gaiety Theatre, Macedonia
Delightful first produced at the Gaiety Theatre, Macedonia in 1918. The caption reads Weston Drury as Ferdie Fittitt. Sergeant Weston Drury wrote many of the productions at the Gaiety Theatre

Cover design, Gaiety, A Monthly Magazine of Humour, one shilling. Try it in your bath! Edited by Artemas. circa 1920s

The English Rose by George R. Sims and Robert Buchanan
The English Rose by George R. Sims (2 September 1847 4 September 1922) and Robert Buchanan (18 August 1841 10 June 1901). First produced at The Adelphi Theatre, on 2nd August 1890

Grace Palotta (1870 - 1959), Austrian actress who appeared in several of Mr. George Edwardes burlesques and was noted as one of the best-loved performers of Londons Gaiety Theatre

Letty Lind (Letitia Elizabeth Rudge) (1861 1923), English actress, singer, dancer and acrobat. Best known for her work in burlesque at the Gaiety Theatre, and in musical theatre at Dalys Theatre

Dudley Hardy (1867 - 1922), English painter and illustrator best known for his famous posters featuring the Gaiety girls. 1904

The Beauty Spot, by Arthur Anderson, from the French of P-L Flers, with music by J W Tate. First produced at the Theatre Royal, Manchester, November 1917, then at the Gaiety Theatre, London

Cartoon, Mr Punch painting a portrait of Shakespeare
Cartoon -- Don t you think it is just a little out of drawing, Mr Burnand? Showing Francis Cowley Burnand (1836-1917) as Mr Punch, painting a portrait of Shakespeare

Cartoon, John Hollingshead and two street musicians
Cartoon Comic Opera at the Gaiety. John Hollingshead (1827-1904), English theatre manager, producer, journalist and writer, calls out to two street musicians: I say poy

Cartoon, The Gaiety Rocket, Pinero
Cartoon, The Gaiety Rocket, with a caricature of Sir Arthur Wing Pinero (1855-1934), English actor, playwright and stage director, whose play, The Rocket

Two scenes from musical The Last Waltz at the Gaiety Theatre, London, 1922 featuring Jose Collins Date: 1922

After the Girl by Paul M Rubens, for the Gaiety Theatre. The show was not a success and so proved to be the last of the girl musicals at the Gaiety Theatre. 1914

Aladdin, Gaiety Theatre, Hastings
Aladdin, touring to the Gaiety Theatre, Hastings, 14 January 1907(?). A George Brydon Phillips Company production. 1907

Gaiety Theatre, Yokohama, Japan, 1870s. Date: 1870s

Cartoon, Colonel Sellers. An adverse comment on a play based on a novel by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner, The Gilded Age, satirising corruption and greed in post-Civil War America

Music cover, If You Look in Her Eyes
If You Look in Her Eyes, Waltz based on melodies by Louis A Hirsch from the Gaiety Theatre production of Going Up, arranged by Rs Stoddon. 1918

Cartoon, The Queen and the Bar (Gaiety). Queen Victoria rides past the Gaiety Theatre, London, in an open carriage. 1882

Caricature of John Dallas, actor, in the role of Friar Tuck in a pantomime entitled Little Robin Hood, in production at the Gaiety Theatre, London. 1882

Caricature, two Princes and John Hollingshead, manager
Caricature, two princes (Prince Albert Victor and Prince George) and John Hollingshead, manager, at the entrance to the Gaiety Theatre, London

Caricature of John Hollingshead, theatre manager
Caricature of John Hollingshead (1827-1904), at this time manager of the Gaiety Theatre, seen here reviving an actor (probably Edward Terry) and an actress (Sarah Bernhardt) in the form of puppets

Cartoon, Matinees! Matinees!! Matinees!!! Trixie Southbank, who is tired of being an extra and wants to play Juliet, asks John Hollingshead (1827-1904), manager of the Gaiety Theatre

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping