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STORY OF THE FISHERMANI am only going to grant you one favour, and that is to choose the manner of your death ! - the fisherman is alarmed by the djinn he has released from the jar
Aladdin pantomime, Ye Olde Sadlers Wells Theatre, London, from 24 December 1902, twice nightly, including 100 local children, comic harlequinade. Blue and white Chinese plate design. Date: 1902
Comic postcard, People sleeping on the roof at Falmouth Date: 20th century
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Something AccomplishedThe Caption says Something accomplished, something done, has earned a nights repose! The card was posted on the third anniversary of the start of WW2. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1942
Bottom the WeaverAn artists interpretation of Botom the Weaver from Shakespeares A Midsummer Nights Dream
Sketch by Fish showing the scene Venetian Nights from CB Cochrans cabaret show Suppertime at the Trocadero, London, 1926. Dress and decor by Doris Zinkeisen Date: 1926
Header sketch by Fish for the Nights Out feature in Eve Magazine, London, 1926 Date: 1926
American Dance Moments from 1929. Joyce Coles (top left) appearing in Broadway Nights. Berinoff and Eulalie (top right) back from a tour of Europe
PuckPen and ink sketch of Puck for A Midsummer Nights Dream. Artist: Helen Jacobs Date: 1920
A small boy (or girl) dressed in a turban and harem pants in an Arabian Nights style fancy dress. Date: 1940s
Three people in fancy dress; two adults in exotic Arabian Nights style outfits, while a little boy (or girl?) appears to be dressed as a medieval jester or similar. Date: 1910-1920
Man in costume as a Bashkir (Baskir) for a masquerade ball. Handcoloured lithograph by Chatiniere published by Martinet, Paris, 1880s
Singer Marguerite Priola as Abeille in the comic opera l Ombre performed at the Theatre Imperial de l Opera-Comique, 1870. Handcoloured lithograph by Chatiniere published by Martinet, Paris, 1870
Bearing on my shallop. Illustration by Florence Harrison of Tennysons poem, Recollections of the Arabian Nights. Date: c.1920
Illustration, Aladdin and the Beautiful Buddir al BuddoorIllustration, Aladdin and the Beautiful Princess Buddir al Buddoor, daughter of the Sultan. He falls in love with her and is determined to win her, despite his humble status. Date: 1950s
Love-in-Idleness (Midsummer Nights Dream). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845
Crimson Rose (Midsummer Nights Dream). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845
Woodbine, Honeysuckle, Ivy and Elm (Midsummer Nights Dream). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe
OberonIllustration of Oberon in A Midsummer Nights Dream. Artist: Hans Fischer
Arabian NightsIllustration for The Enchanted Horse from The Arabian Nights. Artist: Hans Fischer
The Season Returns to LondonCaricature by Garretto giving an impression of London nightlife during the season of 1928. Two glamorous women dressed in fur collared evening coats are accompanied by a gentleman in a top hat. 1928
Illustration, Bottom as PyramusIllustration, A Midsummer Nights Dream, Bottom as Pyramus in the play within a play. 19th century
Severe low-lying fog crisis over the capital of London, which afflicted London between the 1870s and the mid-1890s. Date: 1882
Poster for Aladdin, advertising a pantomime. Date: circa 1930s
Princess Way, part of the then new shopping centre, Swansea, Wales. The heart of the city centre was severely bombed in 1941, in what is now termed the Three Nights Blitz. Date: circa 1950
Give me nights perfectly quiet... Date: 1913
Homeless men sleeping on Southwark Bridge, London 1900Homeless men sleeping rough in London. Date: 1900
ALADDIN AND GENIEAladdin and the obsequious genie of the lamp
Three men on a mgaic flying carpetThree travellers on a magic carpet
SHAKESPEARE / BOTTOMAct III, Scene I Bottom translated: O Bottom, thou art changd/What do I see on thee? Date: 1773
Cartoon, Bottoms Dream (Republicanism)Cartoon, BOTTOMS DREAM -- Nick Bottom (the working-man): I have a dream... [I will get Peter Quince to write a ballad of this dream Bottoms Dream because it hath no Bottom
Puck - Robin Goodfellow - A Midsummer Nights DreamPuck, a sprite
ROBIN GOOD-FELLOWRobin Good-fellow
COURT OF KING SERENDIPThe court of King Serendip
ELIZABETHAN PLAYHOUSEA performance of Shakespeares A Midsummer Nights Dream in an Elizabethan playhouse Date: 16th century
SINBADS STRANDED SHIPSinbads ship is stranded
Puck on spiders threadPuck seated on a spiders thread. Date: 1920
Robin Goodfellow, a sprite (also known as Puck). Date: 1911
Sinbad, pantomime, Putney Hippodrome, SW LondonSinbad the Sailor, grand pantomime, Putney Hippodrome, SW London. early 20th century
The Forty Thieves, a childrens pantomime
The 40 Thieves, a pantomime
The Forty Thieves, a pantomime
The Fairies Song - A Midsummers Nights Dream - Act II, scene 2 - Titania asleep, surrounded by her fairy train
Lubbuck Lights UFOsAt Lubbock, Texas, several see a formation of UFOs on 25 August; a few nights later Carl Hart takes four photos which have never been satisfactorily explained Date: 31 August 1951
Bonzo tries to make both ends meetA sleep-deprived Bonzo tried to pacify twin babies (or rather, miniature Bonzos) with a double-ended bottle of milk. One appears to be settled but the other is inconsolable
Ufos / Dodin / KrasnoyarskAt Krasnoyarsk Krai, East Russia, writer/lecturer Veniamin Dodin two nights running sees a dirigible-like object over a secret research area, which separates
Ali Baba at the Cave by Rene BullOpen Sesame - Ali Baba at the cave. Date: 1914
The Magic CarpetA couple - he in Chinese costume, she in harem pants - flying on a magic carpet above the onion domes and minarets of an Arabian city. Date: 1932