Impresario Collection

R D oyly Carte / Van Fair
RICHARD D OYLY CARTE English impresario, producer of Gilbert and Sullivan operettas

Mr R. H. Gillespie, Managing Director, London Hippodrome
R. H. Gillespie, managing director of the London Hippodrome from 1919 and director of Moss Empires Ltd, caricatured by Nerman in The Tatler. Date: 1926

Charles Morton
CHARLES MORTON Theatrical impresario, known as The Father of the Halls from his association with the Canterbury, Oxford, Alhambra and the Palace music halls. Date: 1819 - 1904

Great Theatre, Berlin, Germany
Interior view of the Great Theatre (Grosse Schauspielhaus), Berlin, Germany. It was designed by Hans Poelzig for the theatre impresario Max Reinhardt. 1920

Oswald Stoll / Vfair 1913
OSWALD STOLL Impresario Date: 1866 - 1942

Diaghilev Photo Sacha
SERGEY PAVLOVICH DIAGHILEV Russian Art critic and impresario. A key figure in producing the Ballet Russes

Map of the City of London by John Ogilby 1676. Ogilby (also Ogelby, Oglivie - 16001676) was a Scottish translator, impresario and cartographer

RODOLPHE SALIS PHOTO
RODOLPHE SALIS - French singer and artist, legendary Paris impresario of the Chat Noir cabaret, known for his fine posters : photographed in, alas, the year of his death. Date: 1851 - 1897

Front cover of The Tatler featuring theatrical impresario Charles B. Cochran with actresses Peggy Wood and Evelyn Laye. Wood

Robert Nesbitt, Charles Reading, Joan Davis, Stella Moya
Robert Nesbitt, right, (11 January 1906 - 3 January 1995), theatre director, theatrical producer and impresario, particularly known for staging 25 instances of the Royal Variety Show

Robert Nesbitt and Joan Davis planning theatre production
Robert Nesbitt (11 January 1906 - 3 January 1995), theatre director, theatrical producer and impresario, particularly known for staging 25 instances of the Royal Variety Show

Robert Nesbitt planning his latest theatre production
Robert Nesbitt (11 January 1906 - 3 January 1995), theatre director, theatrical producer and impresario, particularly known for staging 25 instances of the Royal Variety Show

Jack Waller and Herbert Clayton
Herbert Clayton and Jack Waller, theatrical impresarios, responsible for bringing musical comedies such as The Boyfriend and Mercenary Mary to Londons West End during the 1920s. Date: 1927

George Black, theatre producer
George Black (20 April 1890 4 March 1945), British theatrical impresario who controlled many entertainment venues during the 1930s/40s and was a pioneer of the motion-picture business. Date: 1937

Sketch card design to Edward Moss of the London Hippodrome
A mock New Year card drawn by A. A. F. Kennett and published in The Sketch, address to Edward Moss, managing director of the London Hippodrome

Mr H. E. Moss, managing director of the London Hippodrome
Sir Horace Edward Moss (1852 - 1912), British theatre impresario and the founder, chairman and joint managing director of the Moss Empires Ltd

Cartoon, Gus Harris and Tom Thorne
Cartoon, Mr Gus Harris - I m blest if there isn t Tom Thorne doing my Clergy-Testimonial trick! Augustus Harris (1852-1896), British actor, dramatist and impresario

Front cover, portrait of C B Cochran, theatre producer
Front cover, portrait of Charles B Cochran (1872-1951), English theatre producer, who had just joined forces with another producer, Gordon Craig. Date: 1930

Oscar Hammerstein I, businessman and composer
Oscar Hammerstein I (1846-1919), businessman, theatre impresario and composer. 1911

Sir Horace Edward Moss (1852 - 1912), British theatre impresario and the founder, chairman and joint managing director of the Moss Empires Ltd

Charles Gulliver - Managing Director of the London Palladium
Charles Gulliver, theatre producer, impresario and managing director of the London Palladium during the First World War and 1920s

Musical impresario Robert Newman
Robert Newman (1858 - 1926), English businessman and musical impresario, celebrated as the founder of the classical music concerts that are now known as The Proms. Date: 1920s

Colonel de Basil & dancers arrives in England on Normandie
Colonel (Wassily) de Basil, Russian ballet impresario, pictured on board the ocean liner, Normandie, with dancers in his company including, from left, David Lichine, Irina Baronova, Colonel de Basil

Cartoon, Edwin Villiers, theatre manager and actor
Cartoon, Robert Edwin Villiers (1830-1904), manager of the Canterbury and London Pavilion music hall, and formerly an actor. 1879

Sir Walter and Lady de Frece (Vesta Tilley)
Sir Abraham Walter de Frece (7 October 1870 7 January 1935) British theatre impresario, and later Conservative Party politician

Andre Charlot (1882-1956) French theatrical impresario, producer, director and actor, known for his elegant and simplistic stage revues

Anna Held, stage performer
Anna Held (1872-1918), Polish-born stage performer based in America, associated with the impresario Florenz Ziegfeld. Seen here in an artistic pose, wearing a long lacy dress. Date: early 20th century

Rossows Midgets
ROSSOWs MIDGETS Franz and Carl, two Viennese brothers, with Hermann Rossow their impresario; their brothers and sisters are of normal size

Caricature, Carl Rosa, musical impresario
Caricature, Carl Rosa (1842-1889), German-born musical impresario who founded the Carl Rosa Opera Company. Don t get near him, Mr Snazelle, while he is like this! 1884

Mr Louis Napoleon Parker playing a solo on the Megaphone
Mr Louis Napoleon Parker (1852-1944) " playing a solo" on the Megaphone at the Warwick Pageant of 1906 (the only way he could successfully direct a vast cast)

Mr C. B. Cochran - caricature by Autori
Sir Charles Blake Cochran. (1872-1951). Theatrical producer, impresario and showman. Produced plays, revues, ballets. Associated with Diaghaliev, Houdini etc. 1930

Cartoon, Wilhelm Kuhe, German musician
Cartoon, Wilhelm Kuhe (1823-1912), German pianist, piano teacher, composer, administrator, and promoter of concerts, including an annual festival, in Brighton -- Brightons Grand (Pianoforte) Old Man

Cartoon, The Sailor and His Lass -- Augustus Harris (1852-1896), British actor, dramatist and impresario, holding his newborn baby daughter, with the midwife in the background. 1883

Cartoon, Augustus Harris, British actor and dramatist
Cartoon, Augustus Harris (1852-1896), British actor, dramatist and impresario. Why should that figure of Shakespeare be kept on the facade? Augustus Harris would look quite as well! 1883

Cartoon, Freddy Leader and Gussy Harris
Cartoon, Freddy Leader (right) thinks he will touch up Gussy Harris (left) this Christmas -- a reference to the Drury Lane pantomime season

George Sanger, English showman and circus proprietor
George Sanger (1825-1911), English showman and circus proprietor. circa 1890s

Charles Cochran
Sir Charles Blake Cochran. (1872-1951). Theatrical producer, impresario and showman. Produced plays, revues, ballets. Associated with Diaghaliev, Houdini etc. Date: c.1925

Caricature of Willing and Myers
Caricature, Messrs Willing and Myers -- they are both " on the job". Possibly a reference to James Washington Myers (1823-1892) and his circus tours. 1880

Caricature, Archbishop of Canterbury, Augustus Harris
Caricature, Edward White Benson (1829-1896), Archbishop of Canterbury, and Augustus Harris (1852-1896), British actor, dramatist and impresario, shaking hands

Caricature of Augustus Harris, British actor and dramatist
Caricature of Augustus Harris (1852-1896), British actor, dramatist and impresario, transformed into a goose -- Not " Old Mother Goose" but Master Augoosetus

Caricature of Charles Morton, theatre manager
Caricature of Charles Morton (1819-1904), theatre and music hall manager -- The Connaught, tenant-right. 1880

Caricature of Augustus Harris and Henry Pettitt
Caricature of Augustus Harris (1852-1896), British actor, dramatist and impresario, and Henry Alfred Pettitt (1848-1893), British actor and dramatist -- Never mind, Pettitt

Caricature of Harry Payne and Augustus Harris
Caricature of Harry Payne (1833-1895) clown and pantomime entertainer, and Augustus Harris (1852-1896), British actor, dramatist and impresario, seen here dressed as a policeman

Caricature of the actor Augustus Harris
Caricature of the actor and impresario Augustus Harris -- Augustus Imperator. He managed the Drury Lane Theatre in London. circa 1880s

George Edwardes (Photo)
GEORGE EDWARDES Impresario of London theatres Date: 1852 - 1915

Raoul Gunsbourg
Raoul Samuel Gunsbourg (1860-1955), Romanian musician, opera director at Monte Carlo for more than fifty years. Date: 1925

Arthur Collins / V Fair 10
ARTHUR COLLINS Impresario Date: -

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