Pantomime Collection (page 2)

Scene outside a theatre on a Christmas card, with people arriving to see the pantomime. Date: circa 1890s

The Quinlan Opera Company
Promotional postcard for The Quinlan Opera Company. Billed as The Greatest Touring Company Ever Organized. Touring to the Royal Hippodrome, Liverpool, 2nd October 1911 Figures, left to right

The Joy Ride Lady by Arthur Anderson & Hartley Carrick
Promotional postcard for The Joy Ride Lady adapted by Arthur Anderson and Hartley Carrick from Das Autoliebchen by Jean Kren (Thalia-Theater, Berlin, 16th March 1912); music Jean Gilbert

Pantomime artist Will Evans with his children
Will Evans (1866 -1931) was an eccentric comedian who performed in pantomime from a young age, and appeared on the music halls in the 1890s

Programme cover for Jack in the Beanstalk, 1921
Programme cover for Jack and the Beanstalk staged at the London Hippodrome by Julian Wylie, 1921. Artwork by Paul Chesney. Date: 1921

Maskelyne and Cookes "The Artists Dream". John Nevil Maskelyne and George Co
Maskelyne and Cookes " The Artists Dream". John Nevil Maskelyne and George Cooke, presented for the first time to a West End audience an entertainment they had been giving for several years

Poster for Mother Goose, advertising a pantomime. Date: circa 1930s

Uncle Toms Cabin
Reverse of a promotional postcard for C. H. Smiths Double Mammoth Uncle Toms Cabin Co. touring to Oakland Garden, 5th September 1881 showing the productions various spectacles. Date: 1881

Whos Hooper? by Fred Thompson
Promotional postcard for Whos Hooper? By Fred Thompson, founded on A. W. Pineros play In Chancery (1884); music Ivor Novello and Howard Talbot

Whirled Into Happiness by Harry Graham
Promotional postcard for Whirled Into Happiness by Harry Graham from Der Tanz ins Glueck by Robert Bodanzky & Bruno Hardt-Warden (Raimundtheater, Vienna, 23rd December 1920); music Robert Stolz

Was She To Blame? by Mrs F G Kimberley
Promotional postcard for Was She To Blame? By Mrs F. G. Kimberley. First produced at the Junction Theatre, Manchester, 12th April 1909 and Woolwich, 7th February 1910

S Whats The Matter With You?
Promotional postcard fors Whats The Matter With You? Lena Stantons London Revue Co. touring to Royal Hippodrome, Eastbourne, 15th November 1920. Date: 1920

The Student Prince by Dorothy Donnelly
Promotional postcard for The Student Prince by Dorothy Donnelly; music Sigmund Romberg. First produced in England at His Majestys Theatre, 3rd February 1926

Rookery Nook by Ben Travers
Promotional postcard for Rookery Nook by Ben Travers. First produced at the Kings Theatre, Southsea, 21st June and the Aldwych Theatre

Raffles by E W Hornung & Augene Presbrey
Promotional postcard for Raffles the Amateur Cracksman by E. W. Hornung and Eugene Presbrey. First produced at the Comedy Theatre, 12th May 1906

Once Upon A Time by Laura Wildig; music Lewis Anthony. First produced at St. Martins Theatre, 22nd December 1919. This image is for the tour to the Playhouse, Liverpool, 23rd December 1920. Date: 1920

The New Aladdin by James T Tanner and W H Risque
Promotional postcard for The New Aladdin by James T. Tanner and W. H. Risque; music Ivan Caryll and Lionel Monckton. First produced at the Gaiety Theatre, 29th September 1906

Merry Merry by Harlan Thompson
Promotional postcard for Merry Merry by Harlan Thompson; music Harry Archer (Vanderbilt Theatre, New York, 24th September 1925). First produced in England at the Carleton Theatre, 28th February 1929

The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
Promotional postcard for The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare; set to music by Adrian Welles Beecham. First produced at the Grand Theatre, Brighton

Mrs F G Kimberley
Promotional postcard for Actress and writer of melodramas Mrs F G Kimberley. This probably shows her in Miranda of the Wilds

The Island King by Percy Gawthorne
Promotional postcard for The Island King by Percy Gawthorne; music Harold Garstin. First produced at the Adelphi Theatre, 10th October 1922. This image shows W. H

Theatre Royal, Haymarket
Promotional postcard for the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London. The first theatre to defy the monopoly of the patent houses

Aladdin, Kennington Theatre, South London, 24 December 1904. Powerful Company, Beautiful Scenery, Charming Ballets, Augmented Orchestra, Ballet & Chorus of 100. 1904

Racial Type / Lady Tatters
LADY TATTERS We know nothing about this romantic light opera except for this splendid Hassall poster : looks as though it might be like My fair lady. Date: 1907

The Lady With A Lamp by Reginald Berkeley
Promotional postcard for The Lady With A Lamp by Reginald Berkeley. First produced at the Arts Theatre, 5th May and the Garrick Theatre, 24th January 1929. Originally called Florence Nightingale

Storm of The Battle of Tinderley Down by C K Monro
Promotional postcard for Storm or The Battle of Tinderley Down by C. K. Monro. First produced at the Ambassadors Theatre, 13th August 1924. The title refers to the expression storm in a tea-cup

Half Past Eight by P Rubens and C H Bovill
Promotional postcard for Half Past Eight, One of those Musical Things by Paul Rubens & C. H. Bovill; music Paul Rubens. First produced at the Comedy Theatre on 10th August 1916

Theatre / Pantomime / Dame
Fred Kitchen, a Pantomime Dame

Pantomime / Aladdin / Cooper
Aladdin whispers into the ear of his attentive red genie

Advert / Sandwich Man 19C
Sandwichman advertising a pantomime - Babes in the Wood at Drury Lane Theatre, London

Family at Panto
A family outing to the panto

Aladdin, pantomime, New Theatre Royal, Windsor

Daisy Dormer music hall singer 1883-1947
Daisy Dormer (Kezia Beatrice Stockwell) music hall singer and pantomime favourite. Here as Maid Marion in ?Babes in the Wood?. Music hall stars often performed their hit songs in pantomime

Ada Reeve music hall singer 1874-1966
Ada Reeve (Adelaide Mary Reeve) music hall singer, pantomime favourite, stage and screen actress. Wearing full length pleated skirt and high black hat with ostrich feather. Holding long gloves

May Lilian Levey music hall male impersonator
May Lilian Levey male impersonator, dancer, pantomime principal boy. Here dressed in top hat and tails with cane. Called herself the ?premier male character comedienne?

Madeline Rossiter actress, musician and manager
Madeline Rossiter dressed in male attire as Algy. She worked in revue, summer seasons, musical comedy and pantomime. Described as a comedienne, impressioniste and musician

Vesta Tilley music hall male impersonator 1864-1952
Vesta Tilley (Matilda Alice Powles) male impersonator, actress and pantomime star. Dressed in costume as an Eton schoolboy with bum-freezer jacket and top hat

Winifred Ward music hall male impersonator 1880-1975
Winifred Ward male impersonator and pantomime principal boy. In costume for ?Jack Horner? pantomime, Princes Theatre, Bristol. Wearing light coloured suit with trouser turn-ups

Hetty King music hall male impersonator 1883-1972
Hetty (Hettie) King (Winifred Emms) in pantomime costume as Aladdin. Seated on table. Elaborate hat with feathers, Chinese-style satin jacket with shorts, tights and satin shoes with large bow

Sir George Edward Wade (1869 - 1954), Comedian, professionally known as George Robey photographed in his costume as a pantomime dame of Jack and the Beanstalk at the London Hippodrome. Date: 1921

Dan Leno in Mother Goose, pantomime. circa 1903

The Babes in the Wood, pantomime, Gaiety Theatre, Dublin
The Babes in the Wood, pantomime, at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, with Cora Goffin

The Babes in the Wood, pantomime, Theatre Royal, York
The Babes in the Wood, pantomime, at the Theatre Royal, York. circa 1915

Aladdin, pantomime, National Theatre, Kingsway, London. 1914

Dorothy Ward music hall and musical comedy star 1890-1987
Dorothy Ward billed on the music halls as the ?Queen of Musical Comedy?. Pantomime principal boy. Holding out the skirt of an elaborately fringed dress. Hat with long tassel and feathers

Dick Whittington and His Cat, pantomime - six scenes

Cinderella And Her Glass Slipper Pantomime Early
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Pierrot And The Banker Part 2
A series of illustrations portraying Pierrot the sad pantomime clown and a banker, Pierrot grabs a safe and puts a black cat inside, upon arrival to the banker

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