Pantomimes Collection

The Land of Christmas Plays by Pauline Baynes
Charming illustration showing a land populated by all the characters from Christmas plays and pantomimes including Aladdin, Sleeping Beauty, Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk and Robinson Crusoe

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

Mother Goose Pantomime
A production of Mother Goose at the London Hippodrome, featuring Shaun Glenville (1884-1968) as Mother Goose, Isobel Elsom (1893-1981) as the daughter, and Fred Conquest

You Can't Be Too Careful!
Cartoon showing an over-enthusiastic ARP warden at a pantomime. He appears to be indulging in some unexpected audience participation. Date: 1940

Mother Goose at the London Hippodrome
Scene from Mother Goose, the 1924-5 pantomime at the London Hippodrome. Shaun Glenville as Mother Goose, Isobel Elsom as her daughter and the unfortunate Fred Conquest as the goose. Date: 1925

Poster for Cinderella at the London Hippodrome, 1900
Poster for Cinderella, the first pantomime to be held at the newly-opened London Hippodrome in December 1900. Date: 1901

Cartoon portrait, E L Blanchard, English writer
Cartoon portrait, Pantomime - Edward Litt Laman Blanchard (1820-1889), English writer, dramatist and drama critic, best known for his Drury Lane pantomimes. 1880s

Dolly Sisters on front cover of the Sketch 1921
The Dolly Sisters photographed in their costumes for the new pantomime " The Babes in the Wood" by C B Cochran. The Dolly Sisters enjoyed immense success in London

Pickings from the Pantomimes, Judy magazine
Pickings from the Pantomimes, January 1882. 1882

Cartoon, West-End Waits, a reference to the rival pantomimes at Drury Lane and Covent Garden Theatres, London. 1885

Cartoon, One Charles to Another Charles - We can t give you a cat every year! Charles Lauri (left) was a pantomime performer who specialised in animal roles

Cartoon, The Censors Dream after a course of pantomimes. 1870

Panto time from the clowns point of view 1858
Well attended threatre, with every watching except one! 1858

Childrens Pantomime 1871
The Childrens Pantomime Party at Covent Garden Theatre. Date: 1871

Calendar for 1877, Theatre Royal and Queens Theatre, London, with production details on the reverse for pantomimes, The House That Jack Built and the Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe (Theatre Royal)

Vesta Tilley in pantomime at Drury Lane
Vesta Tilley (1864-1952), born Matilda Alice Powles, later Lady de Frece, music hall actress whose speciality was male impersonations

Cartoon, Charles Harris -- He maketh joy among the Supers. He was in charge of supernumeraries or theatre extras, for example children in pantomimes at Drury Lane Theatre. 1884

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

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 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 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

A medley of pantomimes, silhouettes by Lotte Reiniger
A medley of modern pantomimes captured in silhouette by Lotte Reiniger. The six tales included are Cinderella, Robinson Crusoe, Aladdin, Puss in Boots, Dick Whittington and Jack and the Beanstalk

REYNAUD, Emile (1844-1918). French inventor, responsible for the first projected animated cartoon films. Reynaud created the Praxinoscope in 1877 and the Th颴 re Optique in December 1888

Vesta Tilley as Dick Whittington
Vesta Tilley (1864-1952), born Matilda Alice Powles, later Lady de Frece, music hall actress whose speciality was male impersonations

Toy Theatre
Classic pantomime characters such as Clown, Pantaloon and Harlequin jostle with a dog musician, a dog cart, Mr & Mrs Dashaway and Mr Doublesight to form a production of Harlequin Jack Sheppard. c

Babes in the Wood Pantomime poster, Thalia Dramatic Society, 1908 Date: 1908

Queen Elizabeth II as an amateur actress
Page from the Illustrated London News Coronation Number, featuring four photographs of Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret in costume for the annual Windsor Castle Christmas pantomime

Royal visit to the pantomime
Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret watch the pantomime " Dick Whittington" at the Lyceum Theatre, London. They are accompanied by their parents, the Duke and Duchess of York. 1935

At the Pantomime by Susan Beatrice Pearse
Lovely illustration by Susan Beatrice Pearse showing children at a Christmas pantomime. A clown on stage is throwing crackers into the audience stalls

Drury Lane Panto. School
Children working in the pantomimes at Drury Lane Theatre, receive lessons at the theatres school

Panto Children Rehearse
The employment of children in pantomimes - a group of children rest in between rehearsals

Pantomime Rehersal / Kids
The employment of children in pantomimes - a group of children rehearse a dance with a violin accompaniment

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