Performance Collection (#24)

The Great Monohan - Record-breaking Roller Skater
G.S. Monohan ( The Great Monohan ) showing off his skills on his roller skates - here jumping cleanly over three chairs. Date: circa 1909

China - Chinese Actors representing a Council of War
China - Chinese Actors representing a scene involving a Chinese General holding a Council of War. Date: 1910s

Eastern Russia - Transbaikalia - Tsam ceremony
Eastern Russia - Transbaikalia - Buddhist Tsam ceremony amongst the Buryat People to exorcise evil which consisted of a series of masked dances and often had a narrative content

Palace entertainers - Hue, Vietnam
Palace entertainers and dancers in demonic costume at Hue, the capital city of Thua ThienHue Province of Vietnam. Date: 1907

Sir Alfred Herbert Brewer - Organist and Composer
Edward Elgar (1857-1934) - Composer at the time of the performance of his oratorio, The Apostles, on 8th September 1904, the handwritten score of which can be seen to the right. Date: 1904

Emily Paulo and her Performing Ponies
Entertainment - Emily Paulo and her Performing Ponies at Paulos Circus Date: circa 1920

The Tenor hits a high note and is met by a special bouquet
An Operatic Tenor hits a high note and is met by a special bouquet, comprising of eggs, carrots, a turnip and a dead cat! " He who pitches too high, won t get through his song"

The Tenor hits a high note and a special bouquet awaits
The Tenors Top Note. An Operatic Tenor hits a high note and is about to meet a special bouquet, comprising of rotten eggs, a carrot and a turnip !! Date: circa 1910s

Delightful Edwardian Birthday Postcard - Mr Punch
An absolutely delightful Edwardian Birthday Postcard - featuring a young girl on stage with Mr Punch and Mrs Punch (holding the baby)

Performance by British POWs during WWII
A Christmas Show (Pantomime) performed by British Prisoners of War - during WW2. Possibly one of the less glamorous chorus lines of the 1940s (foreground) !!! Date: circa 1942

Women awaiing auditions for role in Christmas Pantomime
Group of Women outside the Theatre Royal on Drury Lane, London - applying at the Stage Door for a role in the Christmas Pantomime. The poster states that 100 Handsome Ladies are wanted

A duet - two singers in full flow at a concert. Date: 1895

Twirling Tempest dancer in red and black gown
Twirling Tempest - a striking brunette dancers with billowing skirt, red stappy high heeled shoes and short cropped red top strikes a pose on a wooden stage. Date: early 1940s

Horse & Soldier of the 116th Battery - Royal Field Artillery
Horse and Soldier of the 116th Battery - Royal Field Artillery - performing at the Royal Naval and Military Tournament at Olympia, London

Birthday of Vietnamese Emperor Khai Dinh - Dancers
Vietnam - Dancers from North Vietnam - art of the large parade during the 40th Birthday Celebrations for Emperor Khai Dinh (1885-1925) on 8th October 1925

Vietnam - 40th Birthday Celebrations for Emperor Khai Dinh
Vietnam - Street Theatre during the 40th Birthday Celebrations for Emperor Khai Dinh (1885-1925) on 8th October 1925. Khai Dinh was very unpopular with the Vietnamese people

Co-designers A P Freeman and T Rayner (in cockpit)
Co-designers A.P. Freeman and T. Rayner (in cockpit) discuss the performance of the Sealand SH1 hovercraft. c.1970

Dr Syntax behind the scenes at the opera, in London. Date: 1820

Tracked vehicles on snow - test
Tracked vehicles on snow to test ground pressure distribution and tractive performance, c.1984 Date: circa 1984

A miracle play
Crowds gather to watch a miracle play in medieval Britain. 15th Century

RUSSIA. Moscow. Design by Alexander Benois for

Poster announcing the performance of Joan of Arc by Sarah Bernhardt in the Renaissance Theater. Work by Eugene Grasset. Art Nouveau. Painting. Private Collection

CHEJOV, Anton Pavlovich (1860-1904). Russian
" CHEJOV, Anton Pavlovich (1860-1904). Russian writer. Poster of " The Seagull". Performance at the Sovremennik Theatre of Moscow (1976)."

Programme and repertoire of the first performance
" Programme and repertoire of the first performance of " La vida breve" (Life is Short) by Manuel Falla, the 7th January 1914 at the National Theatre of the Comic Opera in Paris

BAKER, Josephine (1906-1975). American singer. Performance of Josephine Baker for the television. Photography

Teator Romea
Theatre performance at the Teatro Romea of Barcelona (1989) of the play Ivanov by Anton Chekhov (1886), directed

PUGACHOVA, Alla (1949). Russian pop diva and singer. Portrait during a performance. Photography

The Gavotte. Rural Party
BAKST, L on (1866-1924). Sherezade. Nijinsky as the sultan for the performance of the ballet Sherezade. Oil on canvas

CHARPENTIER, Gustave (1860-1956). French composer. Louise. Performance at the Theatre National de l Opera-Comique

A Performance of The Children by Maxim Gorky (1868-1936), at the Moscow Artistic Theatre in 1905, directed by Vladimir Nemirovich-Dancheno (1859-1943)

The Mezzosoprano Elena Obratzsova
SEGOVIA, Andrs (1894-1987). Spanish guitarist and composer. Portrait during a performance. Photography

BERG, Alban (1885-1935). Austrian composer. Performance of the opera Wozzeck at the Teatro Comunale in Florence. Photography

Diosdado, Enrique; Maura, Carmen; SARTRE, Jean-Paul (1905-1980). French existentialist philosopher and writer. Theatre performance

AESCHYLUS (525-455 BC). Greek tragedian poet. Theatre performance of Aeschylus The Oresteia at the Roman theatre of

Bernhardt, Henriette Rosine, Also
VEGA CARPIO, F lix Lope de (1562-1635). La Dama Boba (Lady Nitwit). Performance at thel Corral de Comedias of Almagro

Valle-Inclan, Ramn MarЁDel
VEGA CARPIO, F lix Lope de (1562-1635). Performance of El caballero de Olmedo (The Knight From Olmedo). Photography

The Vacationers
Poster advertising the performance The Vacationers by Russian writer, Maxim Gorky (1868-1936), at the Great Drama Theatre of St. Petersburg, directed by George Tovstonogov

Stanislavsky, Konstantin Sergeyevich (1863-1938)
TAMAYO, Jos (1920-2003); CERVANTES SaVEDRA, Miguel de (1547-1616). Spanish writer. Performance of the play Numancia in the Roman Theatre

Children of the Sun
A Scene from Children of the Sun by Russian writer, Maxim Gorky (1868-1936). Performance at Moscows Chamber Opera Theater, 1937, directed by Alexander Tairov (1885-1950). Date: 1937

PUSHKIN, Aleksandr Sergeyevich (1799-1837). Russian writer. Actor from the theatre performance of Pushkins drama Boris Godunov

ADAMUZ VIVAS, ANA (1901-1971);

Fernando Fernan Gomez (left) in a performance of The Mayor of Zalamea, by Pedro Calderon de la Barca (1979)

ALONSO, Alicia (1923). Cuban dancer and choreographer. Alicia Alonso during a performance. Photography

A Comedy Rehearsal

Jugend front cover, naked woman with long hair and masks
Front cover design for Jugend magazine, depicting a naked woman with long hair, holding two theatrical masks, one for comedy and one for tragedy. Date: 1898

Leaving LA Fenice, Venice
After a performance at La Fenice, Venice - leaving by gondola. Date: 1891

NFS firewomen at work, rest and play, WW2
London firewomen at play, seen here as a dancing troop in an amateur review given at a sub-station

NFS (London Region) amateur variety show, WW2
Firemen and firewomen put on variety shows for their friends and colleagues at their sub-station (55V) in Forest Hill Central School, Brockley. London SE4

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