Performance Collection (page 18)

Uzbekistan - Tashkent - A Huge Crowd watching acrobats. Date: circa 1907

Souvenir Programme for the Home Guard Stand Down concert held at the Royal Albert Hall, London on December 3rd 1944, featuring a glittering array of popular entertainment stars and guests

HMS Marlborough - Concert Party Performers
Two members of a Concert Party in mid-performance! HMS Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, named in honour of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

Brochure illustration, Oldsmobile car -- safety interiors, beautifully furnished, luxuriously comfortable. Date: 1930s

Royal Variety Performance, London Palladium
Bob Hope, American comedian, taking part in the Royal Variety Performance at the London Palladium, 13 November 1967. 1967

Chinese Outdoor Theatre draws a large crowd
A Chinese Outdoor Theatre performance draws a large crowd. Date: circa 1907

China - Two Musicians having a break and a drink. The two instruments in front of them are a Sanxian and a Yuegin (Moon Guitar). Date: circa 1908

Brochure illustration, Oldsmobile Eight, showing a stylish green car on a road -- the text suggests that the car is affordable luxury. Date: 1930s

Carlo Goldoni (1707-1793), Italian playwright, reciting. Eng
Carlo Goldoni (1707-1793), Italian playwright, reciting one of his comedies in the Scotto Garden in Pisa. Engraving. Colored

Italy. Paestum. Roman Amphitheater. Gateway. 1st century B.C.. Campania. Southern Italy

Italy. Paestum. Walls of Roman Amphitheater. 1st century B.C.. Campania. Southern Italy

Italy. Paestum. Roman Amphitheater. Ruins. 1st century B.C.. Campania. Southern Italy

Italy. Pompeii. Small Theatre or odeon. 1st century B. C
Italy. Pompeii. Small Theatre or odeon. 1st century B.C. It shows the typical design of the Greek theatre with its structure embanked in the natural slope of the terrain

The Biscayan feigned (El Vizcaino fingido). Short farce by C
Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616). Spanish writer. Short farce The Biscayan feigned (El Vizcaino fingido). Colored engraving. 1868. Private collection

The Ruffian widower named Trampagos (El Rufian viudo llamado
Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616). Spanish writer. Short farce The Ruffian widower named Trampagos (El Rufian viudo llamado Trampagos). Colored engraving. 1868. Private collection

The Divorce judge (El Juez de los divorcios). Short farce by
Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616). Spanish writer. Short farce The Divorce judge (El Juez de los divorcios). Engraving. 1868. Private collection

Troubadours singing and reciting a poem, written in Occitan. 12th and 13th centuries. Colored engraving

Greek krater dated c. 350 BC. An actor removing his mask aft
Greek krater dated c. 350 BC. Detail depicting an actor removing his mask after finishing his performance

Edouard Manet (1832-1883). Corner of a Cafe-Concert (probabl
Edouard Manet (1832-1883). French painter. Corner of a Cafe-Concert (probably 1877-1880). Oil on canvas. National Gallery. Londres. England. UK

Roman Art. Spain. Tarragona Amphitheatre. Catalonia
Roman Art. Spain. Tarragona Amphitheatre. It was built in the 2nd century AD. Catalonia. World Heritage

China. Acrobats performing at the Imperial Court. Nineteenth-century colored engraving

Jean Baptiste Poquelin, called Moliere (1622-1673). French playwright and actor. First performance of Tartuffe, 1667. Colored engraving

Minstrel reciting poems and songs. Germany
Germany. Minstrel reciting poems and songs at the foot of a lime tree in the village square. Colored engraving of Germania, 1882

Japan - Kabuki Theatre Performer - the reverse of this card shows that is was postcard published by Sapporo Brewery Company, Japan - welcoming the arrival of the British fleet

Cartoon, A Dramatic Performance, showing rival theatre managers, William Holland (left) and Edwin Villiers (right), on horseback in armour, taking part in a medieval joust. 1880

Cartoon, acrobats advised to emigrate
Cartoon showing acrobats being advised to emigrate, possibly with their livelihoods under threat because of the Dangerous Performance Bill

Cartoon, John Bull and Disraeli
Cartoon, A Dangerous Performance. Benjamin Disraeli fires a Foreign Policy cannon ball at John Bull. 1880

Music cover, Jig-Saw! Albert de Courvilles 10th Hippodrome Revue, Selection arranged by Henri Juxon, music by F W Chappelle. 1920

Cartoon, Scene at Henglers Circus, London
Cartoon, Daring Equestrian Act, performed at Henglers Cirque -- a satire on the Licensing Act. The man jumping through the hoop is Frederick Charles Hengler (1820-1887), horseman and circus owner

Caricature of Tennyson and the Marquess of Queensberry
Caricature of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892), Poet Laureate, and John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry (1844-1900)

Cartoon, A Sunday Morning Performance -- various actors including Henry Irving and Squire Bancroft bathing in the sea. 1881

Music cover, O-Kay for Sound, from a London Palladium production by George Black, with words and music by Jimmy Kennedy and Michael Carr. 1936

Caricature of Henry Irving sweeping amateurs away
Caricature of the actor-manager Henry Irving (1838-1905) sweeping the amateur rubbish away from the theatre. 1883

Cartoon, Matinees! Matinees!! Matinees!!! Trixie Southbank, who is tired of being an extra and wants to play Juliet, asks John Hollingshead (1827-1904), manager of the Gaiety Theatre

Caricature of Arthur Sullivan and Ws Gilbert -- The Latest Converts to Aestheticism. A reference to their latest operetta, Patience, a satire on the aesthetic movement. 1881

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

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