Manager Collection (page 3)

Frank Parker, stage director at London Hippodrome
Frank Parker, , stage director at the London HIppodrome where he was the brains behind the theatres incredible water spectacles, plunging elephants, diving cyclists, snowstorms

Lena Ashwell, British actress and theatre manager
Lena Ashwell, British actress, producer and theatre manager. 1903

George Alexander, English actor and theatre manager
George Alexander, English actor, producer and theatre manager. 1904

Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, actor and theatre manager
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, English actor and theatre manager. 1904

Machnow eating breakfast at the London Hippodrome
Feodor Machnow, the Russian giant, pictured next to his manager and (possibly) members of the staff at the London Hippodrome, eating breakfast during his time performing there

Cinderella at the London Hippodrome, 1900-01
Illustration summarising the delights of the newly-opened London Hippodromes first annual pantomime - Cinderella - which the management claimed was the most expensive ever to be staged

Harold Barrett, Stage Manager, Royal Opera House, London
Harold Barrett (formerly an actor), Stage Manager, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London

Marriage of Harold Barrett and Maudie
Marriage of Harold Barrett (formerly an actor), Stage Manager at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, and ballerina Maudie. circa 1930s

Portrait, manager of the South London Theatre, London
Cartoon portrait, manager of the South London Theatre, London. 1880s

Cartoon portrait, Sir Squire Bancroft, actor-manager
Cartoon portrait, Sir Squire Bancroft (1841-1926), English actor-manager. 1880s

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

Portrait, manager of The Queens Theatre, London
Cartoon portrait, manager of The Queens Theatre, London. 1880s

Portrait, manager of the Middlesex Music Hall, London
Cartoon portrait, manager of the Middlesex Music Hall in Drury Lane, London. 1880s

Cartoon, manager of the Cambridge Theatre, London
Cartoon portrait, manager of the Cambridge Theatre, London. 1880s

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

Portrait of Edward Terry, English actor
Portrait of English actor and theatre manager Edward O Connor Terry (1844-1912). 1880s

John Jack Bannister, actor
John Jack Bannister (1760-1836), English actor, theatre manager and painter. circa 1800

Neil Forsyth. General Manager of the Royal Opera Syndicate from 1896, well into the 20th century. Date: circa 1912

Cartoon, Mr J H Cobbe, Acting Manager at the Princesss Theatre, London. 1885

Cartoon, Messrs Bigwood and Reynolds, Two of the old hands at the Britannia (theatre in Hoxton, London). George Barnes Bigwood was the resident low comedian

Cartoon, The pantomime is coming
Cartoon, " The World" is withdrawn, but the pantomime is coming. Possibly a reference to an unsuccessful production coming to an end, just before the pantomime season begins

Cartoon, The Theatrical Outlook, Squire Bancroft and John Hollingshead, theatre managers. I am going to get out of it before I am hurt

Portrait, Mr C A Jecks, Acting Manager, Adelphi Theatre, London. 1885

Cartoon, No More Closing on Ash Wednesday
Cartoon, No More Theatre Closing on Ash Wednesday - Hooray! 1885

Cartoon, Squire Bancroft and General William Booth
Cartoon, Squire Bancroft, actor-manager, and General William Booth of the Salvation Army. To think the little house should come to this! I wonder if he will make as much money here as I did

Cartoon, Mr Arthur Roberts, music hall performer
Cartoon, Mr Arthur Roberts (music hall performer) will sure to be in pocket with managers squabbling over him. 1885

Portrait, The Late Mr F B Chatterton. Frederick Balsir Chatterton (1834-1886), was a London theatre manager. 1886

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

Cartoon, Mrs Conover, Olympic Theatre, London
Cartoon, Mrs Anna Conover, manager of The Olympic Theatre, London. 1885

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

Cartoon portrait, Mr H A Freeman, Acting Manager at the Grand Theatre, London (there were several theatres named the Grand, in places including Clapham, Croydon, Islington, Fulham and Woolwich). 1885

Cartoon, Henry Irvings return from America - The peoples idol is none the worse for his sojourn in America. Showing the famous actor-manager smoking a cigar and sitting on a pile of money. 1885

Cartoon, Wilson Barrett and G R Sims, Called Back
Cartoon, Called Back. Wilson Barrett (left), actor, manager and playwright - Glad to have you back, Mr Sims. George Robert Sims (right), English journalist, poet, dramatist and novelist

Cartoon, Charles Hawtrey, actor and theatre manager
Cartoon, Charles Hawtrey (1858-1923), English actor, director, producer and manager - Don t put your fingers into too many pies, Mr Hawtrey! 1885

Cartoon portrait, Mr Charles Abud, Acting Manager, Lyceum Theatre, London. 1885

Cartoon, Henry Irving being buttered up
Cartoon, Henry Irving, popular actor-manager, being buttered up by his professed friends. 1885

Cartoon, Haymarket Theatre, London
Cartoon, Who will succeed the Bancrofts at the Haymarket? Three theatre managers look up and speculate. 1884

Cartoon, Mr Holland and the injunction balloon
Cartoon, Don t let that injunction balloon stop you, Mr Holland - a comment on the attempt by the Duke of Bedford (freeholder) to stop the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden

Cartoon, Sydney Alport, Acting Manager, Vaudeville Theatre, London. 1885

Cartoon, Two Obadiahs, the morals of the stage
Cartoon, Two Obadiahs. " Why don t you write an article on the morals of the stage? You ought to know something."

Cartoon, Acting Manager of a London Theatre - How is this for Huy? 1885

Cartoon, Js Fleming, Acting Manager, Drury Lane Theatre
Cartoon, Js Fleming, Acting Manager at Drury Lane Theatre, London. 1885

Cartoon, The Amenities of the Circus are positively surprising, showing London circus owners George Sanger (left) and Frederick Charles Hengler (right) with William Holland (centre)

Fred Terry, Julia Neilson and Phylis Neilson-Terry
A wonderful real photographic Rotary postcard showing (from left) the actress Julia Neilson (1868 - 1957), her husband, the actor Fred Terry (1863-1933)

Advert, St Enoch Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland, Manager J H Thomas. 1905

Advert, North British Station Hotel, Edinburgh, Scotland, General Manager F T Burcher. 1905

J L Toole, English actor, manager and producer
John Lawrence Toole (1830-1906), English comic actor, manager and producer, with signature. 1864

Charles Hawtrey, English actor, director, producer
Charles Hawtrey (1858-1923), English actor, director, producer and theatre manager. circa 1900

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