Performance Collection (page 5)

Swales SD3-15V, all-metal medium performance low-cost single-seat sailplane, with V-tail. Date: circa 1980

The Great Blondini - walking the high wire above four lions
A slightly fanciful illustration of French tightrope walker Charles Blondin (Jean Francois Gravelet) (1824-1897) - walking the high wire above a pit of four large male lions. Date: circa 1850s

Mikado series by Raphael Kirchner - Acrobat
Raphael Kirchner design for his Mikado series - created in 1900 in Japonism style. Date: 1900

Poster, Southern Cross cruise liner, Shaw Savill
Poster, Southern Cross cruise liner, consistent star performance, Travel Shaw Savill. Date: circa 1955

Glaser-Dirks DG-100 50, high performance single-seat sailplane, at Lasham for a regional gliding competition in the 1980s.. Date: circa 1981

Swales SD3-15T 456, all-metal medium performance low-cost single-seat sailplane, with T-tail. Date: circa 1979

Glaser-Dirks DG-100 230 (msn 52, BGA No.2126), high performance single-seat sailplane. Date: circa 1979

Swales SD3-15V 531, all-metal medium performance low-cost single-seat sailplane, with V-tail. Date: circa 1979

A White Man - play at The Lyric Theatre, London, featuring (from left) Mr A G Poulton as Sir John Applegate, Mr Charles Allan as Malcolm Petrie, Miss Nora Lancaster as Countess of Kerhill

Gladiators. Roman art. Terra-cotta. ITALY. PUGLIA. Taranto. Taranto Archaelogical National Museum

Command Death Swan Dance Dancing Dances Dancer
command, death, swan, dance, dancing, dances, dancer, inspiration, movement, nature, inspired, pond, water, swans, performing, artist, mort, du, cygne, performance, anna, pavlova, costume, first

Scene from O'Casey, The Plough and the Stars
Three actors in the pub scene from Sean O'Casey's play, The Plough and the Stars (first performed 1926). From left to right, Carmel McSharry (b circa 1930) as Mrs Gogan

Helene Weigel, German actress with Berliner Ensemble
Helene Weigel (1900-1971), German actress, second wife of the playwright Bertolt Brecht. She joined the Communist Party in 1930

The Great Handel Festival at the Crystal Palace
This picture shows the last day of the Centenary Commemoration of the death of Handel. There was a performance of Israel in Egypt for which 26, 826 people attended

Exterior of the Royal Aquarium and Winter Garden in Westminster, London, a place for entertainment, performance and sport, opening on the 22nd January 1876. Date: 1875

Royal Albert Hall, South Kensington, London
Royal Albert Hall, Italian Renaissance style in terra-cotta bricks. Opening in 1871, by Queen Victoria, ten years after the death of her husband Prince Albert. Date: 1901

Pageants or dramatic mysteries anciently performed at Coventry Date: 16th century

BOITO NERONE LIEBIG 1
The auditorium of La Scala, Milano, during the first performance of Nerone, six years after Boito's death. Toscanini conducts. Date: first performed 1924

Meistersinger in Milano
Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg at La Scala, Milan - the final scene. Date: 1890

A royal programme signed by performers and management at the London Hippodromes Warriors Day charity performance attended by the Prince of Wales

Page from The Sketch, 5th October 1927: The presiding genius at the new Seven Dials Cave of Harmony. Miss Elsa Lanchester and her expressive hands. Date: 1927

Theatre of Epidauros, Athens

Theatre of Dionysos, Athens

Chas Lauri and Amy Ewins, The Monkey and the Maiden
Chas Lauri and Amy Ewins as The Monkey and the Maiden Date: 1890s

Beerbohm Tree, cartoon of actor watching rehearsal
Beerbohm Tree, cartoon of the actor watching a rehearsal from the theatre gallery

Schleicher ASW-19B R19 (msn 19317), at a regional gliding competition in the 1980s. I flew this glider many times at RAF Hullavington, before it was re-allocated to another club

Leaves from life: two types of music from either end of the social spectrum, a new series of studies by Edmund Blampied. A charity concert and In the backwoods of Kennington - the lodger. Date: 1933

Comic postcard, Performing couple taking a bow on stage Date: 20th century

Saharet - a famous continental dancer
Saharet, real name Paulina Clarissa Molony (1878 - 1964), famous Australian-born dancer, who performed many styles in variety theatre in the America

Colonial group performing The Geisha on ocean liner
British colonial group on the way to or from India performing The Geisha on board an ocean liner. Date: circa 1900s

Alda and Doret, acrobatic performers, sensational, unique, and thrilling, the act without duplicate Date: 1934

Les Terrianos, acrobatic troupe, really sensational Date: 1934

The Three Meers, Permanent Address: 14 Leicester Street, London - new tricks for 1910, a surprise for 1911, up to date ideas for 1912, and some more for 1913. Date: 1910

Entertainers perform for Margate holidaymakers, Kent
Harry Golds Margate Entertainers perform for holidaymakers on Margate sands in Kent. Date: circa 1930s

Betty Beryl in A E Smiths Revue, All Bluff, now in 20th year of tour. Date: early 20th century

Miss Lily Brayton in Hajj. Lily Brayton (1876-1953) was an English actress and singer. Date: early 20th century

Waltzes from Vienna at the Alhambra, London, ballroom scene. Date: early 20th century

The Scarlet Mr Es and their Jester, the Famous Masked Entertainers, Palace Theatre, Brighton Date: early 20th century

Pantomime, Jack and the Beanstalk, or the Seven Champions, Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London, with Fanny Leslie as Jack Date: early 20th century

John Lawson as Mr Todd of London, Vanderdecken Todd, The Man with the Blue Heart, a series of illusions and surprises, an episode of fiction Date: early 20th century

The Mad Hatters, Grand Pier, Weston-Super-Mare, Alfred W Newtons Company under the direction of Bobbie Comber Date: 1913

Ellaline Terriss, British actress and singer, advertising a special flying matinee at the Hippodrome, Southampton, with full London company including Stanley Brett Date: early 20th century

The Fanatics, by Miles Malleson, A Play for the Broad-Minded, at the Marina Theatre, Lowestoft, directed by Clifford Hamilton, produced by Arthur Gibbons, from the Queens Theatre

Pantomime, Cinderella, by H B Maxwell, produced by J E Cowell, West Pier Date: early 20th century

Robert Loraine as Cyrano, Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London Date: early 20th century

Lena Ashwell as Princess Yo San in The Darling of the Gods Date: circa 1904

Pantomime, Puss in Boots, Aquarium, Great Yarmouth, produced by Ernest E Norris, direct from the Elephant and Castle Theatre, London Date: early 20th century

Pantomime, Jack and the Beanstalk, Sheffield
Pantomime, Jack and the Beanstalk, Theatre Royal, Sheffield, from 24 December 1910, produced by John Hart. Date: 1910

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