Performance Collection (#31)

Vaudeville Theatre / Paris
Vaudeville Theatre, Paris An interior view showing the audience enjoying a performance

Theatre / Masque / Strutt
A masque theatre performance

Anna Pavlova / Penrose
ANNA PAVLOVA Russian ballet dancer during a performance

Leningrad Concert
A concert given during the siege by Eliasberg of Beethovens 9th symphony : the performance is interrupted by a bombing raid

Reyer / Sigurd Performed
Performance at L Opera, Paris of the opera by Ernest Reyer after the poem by Camille du Locle and Alfred Blau

Advertisement for the Empire Cinema, Derby -- The House that is Different. Proprietor Edgar Duckworth, General Manager Jos. Ferguson. Continuous performance daily from 2.30 to 10.30

Venice / Canal / La Fenice
Venice: gondoliers congregate as elegant operagoers leave La Fenice after a performance

PARIS / L OPERA / 1854 / ILN
The interior of the Paris Opera House, with a full auditorium watching a performance in progress

Theatre of Performance
A dramatic performance in an inn yard

Mrs Campbell / Eliza 1914
MRS PATRICK CAMPBELL English actress as Eliza Doolittle in the first performance of Shaws Pygmalion in 1914

Pelleas Et Melisande
PELLEAS ET MELISANDE Georgette Leblanc, the authors actress wife, gives an open-air performance of his play, partnering Rene Maupre as Pelleas

Mr Whatsisname
A dramatic scene from Mr What s-his-name at Wyndhams Theatre, London - the pointing fingers seem to indicate that the man on the bed has been up to hanky-panky of some sort

Theatre / Sadlers Wells
Opening as the first musick house in 1683, Sadlers Well in London has been used for many types of performance and rebuilt several times

Ballet in Store
In the Printemps department store in the boulevard Haussmann, Paris, a gala ballet performance is staged in aid of the French Red Cross

Covent Garden 1847
Old Covent Garden Theatre - during a performance of the opera Semiramide by Rossini

Performing Elephant
A performing elephant entertains the crowd during a circus performance at the Crystal Palace

St Georges Hall
The first members of the public arrive for a performance at St Georges Music-Hall, Langham-Place, London

London Athletes W / Oxygen
London athletes breathe oxygen before exercise in order to improve their performance

Trinity College Concert
A grand musical performance is given in the theatre of Trinity College, Dublin

HENRY IV AT THE GLOBE
Masked and pipe-smoking ladies in the " Pit" watching a performance of Shakespeares " Henry IV"

Wagner / Humor Blatter
RICHARD WAGNER German composer, in a parody of the bombardment of Alexandria: the bombardment of Bayreuth is about to begin, with a performance of Parsifal

Voltaire Gaugher
FRANCOIS-MARIE AROUET the crowning of Voltaires bust at the Theatre Francais on the day of the sixth performance of his play Irene, 30 March 1778

Rainhill Loco Trial
THE RAINHILL COMPETITION The Rocket, the Novelty and the Sans-Pareil compete in a performance trial at Rainhill, near Liverpool

Thomas / Angelique Medor
The first performance at the Opera Comique in Paris : the stage seems tiny compared with those generally used for opera

Cadillac LA Salle 1935
Performance - Prestige - Price - your three reasons for buying a La Salle convertible from Cadillac

Children / Red Riding Hood
A group of children act out the story of Red Riding Hood to an audience of their family and friends

Musical Cricket, Gnome
The musical performance of a cricket, standing on a mushroom and accompanying himself on the violin, is appreciated by a gnome standing on another

RAFFLES / HORNUNG / 20TH
Mr. Gerald du Maurier & Mr. Laurence Irving in a scene from Ernest William Hornungs play Raffles

Performing Monkey
To reward the monkeys performance, a girl offers its Italian owner a choice between an apple for the monkey or a penny for herself

Elgar King Profile
EDWARD ELGAR Composer at the time of the performance of his oratorio, The Apostles, on 8 September 1904

Henry Iv / Covent Gdn / Rwln
Doctor Syntax : a performance of Henry IV

Welsh Step-Dancing
STEP-DANCING Men, Women & children enjoy the performance of a step- dancer during a miners strike in South Wales. N.B harpist

Shakespeare Stage-Struck
Young William sees his first theatrical performance, and is instantly stage-struck

Piccolomini in LA Figlia
Mlle Piccolomini performing in La Figlia del Reggimento at Her Majestys Theatre in London

St Petersburg Opera
The view from the Imperial Box at the St Petersburg Opera House during a gala performance

Oldsmobile Advert
Oldsmobiles quiet performance is proof of its modern design - including counter-weighted crankshaft and full pressure lubrication to all reciprocating parts

Dodge Advert
Bright with beauty, built with care - once you thrill to the new pace of Dodge performance, you will not care to accept less

Harry Brodribb Irving
HARRY BRODRIBB IRVING, in the stage version of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde. Son of Sir Henry Irving, went into acting and theatre management on his own account

Elizabeth I Sees Play
A command performance - Queen Elizabeth I watches a play in one of her palaces

Full-Bodied Singer
A full-bodied singer gives voice on stage

Imperial Theatre, Moscow
Festival performance at the Grand Imperial Theatre, Moscow

Theatre / Amsterdam C1760
Stage performance in a theatre (Amsterdam)

Congreve / Old Bachelor
A scene from a performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane London

Curry&rice / Station Band
An evening performance by the Station band

Curry&rice / Theatricals
Amateur theatricals on a British station - preparing for a performance by lacing up corsets, applying make-up etc

Music making in an aristocratic home, with violin, cello, spinet and singer

Ballet dancers rehearsing Rouet d Armor
Ballet dancers at the French Academie de Musique et de Danse rehearsing a new opera-ballet by Adolphe Piriou, Rouet d Armor (Wheel of Armour)

Ballet dancers waiting to rehearse
Ballet dancers at the French Academie de Musique et de Danse in their costumes, waiting to rehearse

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