Performance Collection (#22)

UZCUDUN, Paulino (1899-1985). Spanish boxer. He was the Spanish heavyweight champion (1924) and the European heavyweight champion (1926)

Singer Charlus, nickname of Louis-Napol鯮Defer
Singer Charlus, nickname of Louis-Napol鯮 Defer, with a clarinetist in his studio. Drawing by Georges Scott from L Illustration, August 19th, 1899. Drawing

VERDI, Giuseppe (1813-1901). Performance of the Giuseppe Verdis opera Aida at the Imperial Theatro, Brazil (1886)

Vladimir Mayakovsky. Scenery
Set designed by Tatiana Selvinskaya for the performance of the play The bath by Vladimir Mayakovsky in 1960. Oil on canvas

Sicily - Greek Theatre at Syracuse
Black and white Victorian lantern slide of the Greek Theatre at Syracuse. Orignally constructed in the 5th Century BC, and then later reconstructed under Heiro

Sir Henry Alfred Lytton, English actor and singer
Sir Henry Alfred Lytton (1865-1936), English actor and singer famous for his roles in Gilbert and Sullivan operettas at the Savoy Theatre. Date: early 20th century

Programme cover, Queens Hall Symphony Concerts, 16 December 1905, vocalist Miss Ada Crossley, Queens Hall Orchestra led by Mr Maurice Sons, conducted by Henry Wood. Date: 1905

Poster, The Artists Dream, Maskelyne & Cooke
Poster for The Artists Dream, one of Maskelyne & Cookes Mysteries, performed on stage. The artist has painted a portrait of his recently deceased wife

View of Langham Place, London, at night, with (from left to right) All Souls Church, the Queens Hall, and St Georges Hall (Englands Home of Mystery)

Entertainment in Scouts Gang Show, Ghana, West Africa
An entertainment entitled The Crack Musician in a Scouts Gang Show, Ghana, West Africa. The Chief Musician, a very short man, climbs a ladder to adorn a newcomer with the mark of the Crack Musician

Wolf cubs in Scouts Gang Show, Ghana, West Africa
Wolf cubs on stage, taking part in a Scouts Gang Show, Ghana, West Africa. Seen here giving a variation of the jungle dances

Scouts Gang Show, Ghana, West Africa
Scouts Gang Show on stage in Ghana, West Africa. The opening chorus, We Are The Boy Scouts of the Gold Coast, is led by scouter I K M Adams

Re-enactment at Royal Tournament, Olympia, London
A re-enactment of the Invasion of Britain by the Romans, at the Royal Tournament, Olympia, London. Date: 1921

Japanese acrobats at the circus, Olympia, London
A fascinating turn by Japanese acrobats at the circus at Olympia, London. Date: 1921

Opera at Covent Garden, London. Date: 1913

Music in the trenches
An impromptu musical performance by French soldiers in their trench. The instruments shown are a drum, a metal cooking pot, a flute and a self-made violin. Date: 1915

King George V and Queen Mary at the theatre
King George V and Queen Mary at the Palace Theatre for a Royal Command Performance, looking down from a balcony. Harry Lauder in Scottish costume is on the stage, and there is a full audience

Womens Freedom League Fund-Raiser Play. Programme for a performance of A Midsummer Nights Dream at the Royal Botanic Gardens Regents Park, July 11th 1910()

Lillah McCarthy Suffragist. Miss Lillah McCarthy (1875-1970) portrait. Lillah McCarthy, actress and suffrage supporter. Played Justice in the first performance of Cicely Hamiltons Pageant of Great

Paris, France - Champs-Elysees, Circus. Date: 1851

Paris, France - Barriers, booths outside city limits. Date: 1855

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

Men and women performing in a comic sketch

Men and women in a Fire Flies entertainment
Men and women of the fire brigade taking part in a Fire Flies entertainment. Date: C.1942

Women in a dancing troupe, part of a fire station entertainment. Date: C.1942

Hermann Vezin (1829 - 1910), American actor, drama teacher and writer

Two young women performing on stage
Two young women in matching dresses performing on stage

Man and woman performing a comic sketch
Man and woman in costume, performing a comic sketch. Date: C.1942

Man and woman performing a comic song
Man and woman in shabby costume, performing a comic song. Date: C.1942

Man with NFS ventriloquists doll
Man with a ventriloquists doll in NFS (National Fire Service) uniform. Date: C.1942

Woman performing as a bus conductor in a comic sketch

Man performing as a vicar in a comic sketch

Two men and a woman performing in a comic sketch

Seven women and a man in cowboy costume
Seven women and one man performing in cowboy costume

The Royal Gala Performance, Paris Opera, April 1914. Fortunino Matania, Ri (1881-1963). One of the most accomplished realistic illustrators and artists of his time

Theatrical performance, Japan

Elizabeth Asquith & Nelson Keys rehearsing a matinee, WW1
Miss Elizabeth Asquith rehearsing with Mr Nelson Keys for their sketch in the forthcoming Serbian Relief Fund Matinee to be held on 9 May 1916 and organised by Lady Greville and Lady Oranmore

Matinee in aid of the Concerts of the Front fund, Lady Diana
A group at Lena Ashwells special matinee at the Lyric Theatre on 29 June 1917, in aid of the Concerts at the Front Fund. A number of society ladies took part

Entertainment at the Front, WW1
A view from the stage of one of the makeshift theatres rigged up in a barn near the French lines for the entertainment of troops

A night at Covent Garden Opera House, 1925
An impression by the artist Fortunino Matania of the interior of the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden in 1925. A performance of Richard Strauss " Elecktra" is portrayed

The Soldiers Theatre in France, WW1
The Follies, one of numerous entertainment troupes performing for soldiers in France, giving a performance to an audience from an undisclosed division at a converted factory near the British front

The Blue Bird by Herbert Pizer
Lovely illustration of a woman in a blue costume and head dress, possibly a show girl, leaning back athletically on a stool. Date: 1919

A Chinese concert, 1861
A Chinese musical performance, 1861. A lady plays the harp, whilst a child collects payment on a fan from a seated audience member. Date: 1861

Two child acrobats, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Hagenbeck Circus and Zoo in London
The sights and sounds of the Christmas season at Olympia, London: Carl Hagenbecks Circus and Zoo from Hamburg. Showing the annexe with sea elephants (sea lions), penguins, polar bears

Lubov Tschernicheva by Madame Yevonde
Lubov Tschernicheva (1890-1976) by Madame Yevonde. She was a Russian ballerina, a member of Diaghilevs Ballets Russes. Seen here as one of the Maids of Honour in Las Meninas

Scenes from a play, Tommy Atkins, at the Lyceum Theatre
Scenes from a play entitled Tommy Atkins, at the Lyceum Theatre, London. It was no doubt put into production to help encourage recruitment in the early days of the First World War

Handbell ringing
Five Swedish gentlemen in white tie ring an array of bells of different sizes. Date: C.1900

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