Pantomime Collection (page 10)

Misfitz - Jack and the Beanstalk. early 20th century

Scene from a pantomime produced as frontline entertainment
Lantern slide showing a scene from a pantomime produced as frontline entertainment, January 1945; four soldiers of the Battleaxe Division on home leave find themselves in a pub scene with characters

Programme cover - Dick Whittington - Pantomime at the Empire Theatre, High Street, Penge - A Feast of Fun for All Date: circa 1940

Aladdin, touring to Theatre Royal, Bournemouth, 26 January 19?? Written and Invented by F Leslie Moreton. The three female figures in the vision are labelled Wealth, Fame and Power. circa 1910s

Aladdin, St Julians Hall, Guernsey, Channel Islands, 23 January 19?? Two nights only. The small venue could probably not afford to reproduce the poster in colour. circa 1910s

Aladdin, Touring Production, The Hall, Goudhurst, Kent, 29 January and 3 February 1913 (two nights only). Aladdin is lighting the lamp with the Genies cigarette

Alfs Button, a play by W A Darlington, a version of the Aladdin story. First produced Portsmouth, 25 August 1924, then Golders Green, London, 22 September 1924, then the Princes Theatre

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

Aladdin at the Malvern Theatre, Worcester
Aladdin for the Malvern Theatre, Worcester, by C & A Productions. circa 1906

Aladdin, Royal Opera House, Leicester, 26 December 1903. 1903

Aladdin, Opera House and Empire Theatre, York, 10 January 1910. Venues which did not produce their own pantomimes, but hosted touring companies

Aladdin at the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh. 21 December 1907, Howard & Wyndhams Royal Pantomime. Aladdin being chased by four policemen with truncheons, with Chinese lanterns above. 1907

Dan Leno as Mother Goose in her homely dress. Date: 1903

Cartoon, The Little Guignol, Game of Cubes. A satire on the modern art style of Cubism, showing an artist on stage, a woman dressed in squares and cubes, and a pantomime horse for good measure

Cartoon, Queen Victoria and Disraeli
Cartoon, Great Oriental Pantomime, played at the Imperial Theatre three years ago. Showing Queen Victoria walking arm-in-arm with Benjamin Disraeli (Lord Beaconsfield)

Zoological Misfitz - Puss in Boots. early 20th century

Music cover, The Forty Thieves Lancers, by W Meyer Lutz. circa 1880s

Caricature of Arthur Roberts, music hall performer
Arthur Roberts (1852-1933), music hall and pantomime performer -- The good young man who -- retired. 1882

Caricature of Nelly Power, English singer and actress
Caricature of Nelly Power (1854-1887), English singer, actress and performer in music hall, burlesque and pantomime. Tiddy-fol-lol. A power in herself. 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 of James Fawn and Arthur Roberts
Caricature of James Fawn (1850-1923) and Arthur Roberts (1852-1933), music hall performers. Goodness Gracious! A reference to their comic duet in a Drury Lane pantomime, Mother Goose

Caricature of Laura Sedgewick, actress -- The Sailor of the Season. 1881

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

Music cover, Cinderella Waltz by Ezra Read. circa 1910

Caricature of John F Sheridan, female impersonator
Caricature of John F Sheridan (1848-1908), female impersonator (often as pantomime dame), comic actor, singer and dramatist. 1883

Caricature of John Maddison Morton, playwright
Caricature of John Maddison Morton (1811-1891), English playwright specialising in one-act farces, as well as comic dramas and pantomimes. His greatest success was Box and Cox (1847). 1883

Caricature of A W Pinero as a clown
Caricature of Sir Arthur Wing Pinero (1855-1934), English actor, playwright and stage director. Seen here as a Christmas pantomime clown at St Jamess Theatre, London

Caricature of E L Blanchard, English writer
Caricature of Edward Litt Laman Blanchard (1820-1889), English writer, dramatist and drama critic -- The Best of the Christmas Fairies. He is best known for his Drury Lane pantomimes. 1882

Caricature of Queen Victoria and the Prince of Wales
Caricature of Queen Victoria and Edward, Prince of Wales, in a theatre box, watching a Christmas pantomime. 1881

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 English writer E L Blanchard
Caricature of the English writer, dramatist and drama critic, Edward Litt Laman Blanchard -- Ask Him If He Remembers. circa 1870s

Pantomime audience 1850
Children watching a pantomime in the Christmas-box at the theatre. Date: 1850

Disraeli / Reform 1859
The Last Pantomime of the Season Disraelis Reform Bill is rejected at the last minute, to the delight of MPs Bright, Russell and Palmerston. Date: 19 March 1859

Pantomime fairies in the flies, perhaps about to make a surprise entrance from above the stage. 1871

Victorian Scrap - Pantomime Girl saluting. late 19th century

Alhambra Theatre of Varieties, London
Promotional postcard for the Alhambra Theatre of Varieties, London. The Alhambra was a popular theatre and music hall located on the east side of Leicester Square, in the West End of London

Alhambra Theatre, Leicester Square, WC1
Promotional postcard for the Alhambra Theatre, London. Promotional postcard for the Alhambra Theatre, London, WC1. The Alhambra was a popular theatre

The Alhambra Theatre, London
Promotional postcard showing the Alhambra Theatre, London. Built as Panoptican of Science and Art, which opened on 18th March 1854

Variety flyer for the Alhambra Theatre, London
Promotional variety programme flyer for The Alhambra Theatre, circa 1906. Date: circa 1906

Under Which King? by James Bernard Fagan
Promotional postcard for Under Which King? By James Bernard Fagan. First produced at the Adelphi Theatre, 5th June 1905. The choice is, of course

The Vagabond King by W H Post and Brian Hooker
Promotional postcard for The Vagabond King by W. H. Post and Brian Hooker; music Rudolf Friml. First produced at the Winter Garden Theatre, 19th April 1927

Under Two Flags
Promotional postcard for Under Two Flags from Ouidas novel of 1867. There were many stage versions of the story - at least four before 1900. The photo is of Miss Tittell-Brune as Cigarette

Venus Noire
Promotional flyer for Venus Noire by Adolphe Belot. Fist produced at the Theatre du Chatelet, Paris on 5th September 1879. Date: circa 1879

Uncles and Aunts by William Lestocq and Walter Everard
Reverse of a promotional postcard for Uncles and Aunts by William Lestocq and Walter Everard. First produced at the Comedy Theatre, 2nd August 1888

Venus Noire by Adolphe Belot
Promotional flyer for Venus Noire by Adolphe Belot. Fist produced at the Theatre du Chatelet, Paris on 5th September 1879. Date: circa 1879

Under The Russian Flag by Walter Howard
Promotional postcard for Under The Russian Flag by Walter Howard. First produced at the Junction Theatre, Manchester, 1st September 1902. The A stands for Adultery. Date: 1902

Vaudeville Theatre, London
Promotional postcard for The Vaudeville Theatre is a West End theatre on the Strand in the City of Westminster. As the name suggests

The Unforeseen by Robert Marshall
Promotional flyer for The Unforeseen by Robert Marshall. First produced at the Haymarket Theatre, 2nd December 1902. Caption: For Me

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