Performance Collection (page 8)

Ceremonial dance for Artemis or Diana the Huntress in a sacred forest on the island of Delos. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sasso after a painting by Angelo Monticelli from Giulio Ferrarios

Scene from a Peking opera dramatic performance. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples

Chinese mountebank riding a boat on land, Qing Dynasty
Chinese mountebank riding a boat on land accompanied by a musician playing a recorder, Qing Dynasty. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon

Six satyrs or fauns performing on a tightrope. Two carry a thyrsus, one plays a tibia, one plays a lyre, one pours wine from one vase to another, and one balances with his hands together

Jenny-Vertpre as Lise in La fille mal gardee
French actress Jenny-Vertpre (1797-1865) as Lise in La fille mal gardee at the Theatre des Varietes, 1822. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Charles Malos Almanach des Spectacles par K. Y

Potier as Blouse in Les Blouses at the Theatre
French actor Charles-Gabriel Potier as Blouse in the comedy Les Blouses by Gabriel and Armand at the Theatre des Varietes, 1822

Bernard-Leon as Droguignard in La demoiselle
French actor Bernard-Leon (1785-1858) as Droguignard in the comedy La demoiselle et la dame by Eugene Scribe at the Theatre du Gymnase, 1822

Talma as Regulus in Sylla by Jouy at the Theatre
French actor Francois-Joseph Talma (1763-1826) as Regulus in Sylla by Jouy at the Theatre Francais, 1822. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Charles Malos Almanach des Spectacles par K. Y

Mlle. Duchesnois as Valerie in Sylla by Jouy
French actress Mlle. Josephine Duchesnois (1777-1835) as Valerie in Sylla by Jouy at the Theatre Francais, 1822

French soprano singer Mlle Grassari as Almasie in La lampe merveilleuse at the Opera. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Charles Malos Almanach des Spectacles par K. Y

Philippe as Charles de Bourgogne in Solitaire
French actor Philippe or Philippe-Amedee Roustan (1785-1847) as Charles de Bourgogne in Solitaire at the Theatre Porte St. Martin

Lepeintre as Franc-coeur in Les Moissoneurs
French actor Charles Emmanuel Lepeintre (1782-1854) as Franc-coeur in Les Moissoneurs by Francis, Brazier and Dumersan at the Theatre des Varietes, 1821

French actor Francois Joseph Talma (1763-1826) as Manlius in Manlius Capitolinus by Antoine de la Fosse at the Theatre Francais

French child actress Leontine Fay in La petite
French child actress Leontine Fay (1810-1876) in La petite soeur by Eugene Scribe at the Theatre du Gymnase, 1821. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Charles Malos Almanach des Spectacles par K

Adrien Perlet as Fringale in le Gastronome
French comic actor Adrien Perlet (1795-1850) as Fringale in le Gastronome sans Argent by Eugene Scribe at the Theatre du Gymnase, 1821

Villeneuve as Calas in the play Calas by Victor
French actor Villeneuve as Calas in the play Calas by Victor Ducange at the Theatre de l Ambigu, 1819. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Charles Malos Almanach des Spectacles par K. Y

French actor Philippe as Lord Ruthwen in Le
French actor Philippe or Philippe-Amedee Roustan (1785-1847) as Lord Ruthwen in Charles Nodiers Le Vampire at the Porte St. Martin, 1820

French actor Charles Edme Vernet as le Comte
French actor Charles Edme Vernet (1789-1848) as le Comte Derfort in L Ennui at the Varietes. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Charles Malos Almanach des Spectacles par K. Y

Mlle. Flore as Marielle in Coin de Rue at the Varietes
French actress Mlle. Francoise Flore Corvee (1790-1853) as Marielle in Coin de Rue at the Varietes. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Charles Malos Almanach des Spectacles par K. Y

Philippe-Amedee Roustan in Le Tambour et la
French actor Philippe or Philippe-Amedee Roustan (1785-1847) as La Douceur in Le Tambour et la Vivandiere by Jules-Joseph Gabriel at the Vaudeville, 1816

French actor Pierre-Marie-Nicolas Michelot (1786-1856) as Mortimer in Marie Stuart by Friedrich von Schiller at the Comedie Francais, 1820

Mlle. Genevieve-Adelaide Gosselin as Bayadere
French ballet dancer Mlle. Genevieve-Adelaide Gosselin (1791-1818) as Bayadere in La Bayadere at the Opera. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Charles Malos Almanach des Spectacles par K. Y

French comic actress Mlle. Marie Jacqueline Levesque (1774-1825) as Constance du Portugal in Jean de Calais at the Ambigu Comique

French comic actor Brunet as Jocrisse in Jocrisse
French comic actor Brunet (Jean-Joseph Mira, 1766-1853) as Jocrisse in Jocrisse corrige by Charles-Auguistin Sewrin at the Theatre des Varietes, 1812

French actor Henri as Richelieu in Soiree
French actor Henri as Richelieu in the one-act play Soiree des deux prisonniers by Jacques-Marie Deschamps at the Theatre Vaudeville

French opera singer Mlle. Delia in Le Chevalier
French opera singer Mlle. Delia as Duchesse de Longueville in Le Chevalier de Canole at the Odeon. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Charles Malos Almanach des Spectacles par K. Y

Pierre Clozel as Charles Scavronski in Menuisier
French actor Pierre Clozel (1772-1840) as Charles Scavronski in Menuisier de Livonie by Alexandre Duval at the Odeon Theatre, Paris

French actor Nicolas-Baptiste Anselme as Le
French actor Nicolas-Baptiste Anselme or Baptiste aine (1761-1835) as Le Capitaine in Les deux Freres at the Comedie Francais

French dancer Mlle. Clotilde as Calypso in the ballet Les Aventures de Telemaque at the Opera, Paris. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Charles Malos Almanach des Spectacles par K. Y

Jacques Nicolas Tiercelin as Bonneau in Les Auvergnats
Jacques Nicolas Tiercelin (1764-1837) as Bonneau in Les Auvergnats by Marc-Antoine Desaugiers and Gentil de Chavagnac at the Theatre des Varietes, Paris

Mlle. Louise Perrin as Elvina in Le Petit Dragon by Eugene Scribe and Delestre-Poirson at the Theatre du Vaudeville. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Charles Malos Almanach des Spectacles par

French actor Tonon Gontier (1785-1841) as Comte Ory in the vaudeville piece Le Comte Ory by E. Scribe and Delestre-Poirson at the Theatre du Vaudeville, Paris

Mlle. Fleury as Suzanne in La Famille Glinet
Belgian actress Mlle. Fleury as Suzanne in La Famille Glinet by Merville at the Odeon, Paris, 1818. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Charles Malos Almanach des Spectacles par K. Y

French opera singer Simon Chenard 1758-1832 as Prince de Catane in the opera Prince de Catane by Rene Richard Castel after Voltaire at the Opera Comique, Paris, 1818

The tenor Lavigne singing in the opera Tancrede, 1816
The tenor Lavigne singing Jerusalem delivree in the opera Tancrede by Andre Campra at the Opera Theatre, Paris, 1816. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Charles Malos Almanach des Spectacles par

French ballet dancer Paul as Zephyr in Psyche by Stanislas Champein at the Opera de Paris, 1817. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Charles Malos Almanach des Spectacles par K. Y

Comic actor Charles Potier as Lantimeche in
Comic actor Charles Potier (1774-1838) as Lantimeche in Combat des Montagnes by Eugene Scribe at the Theatre des Varietes, Paris, 1816

Actor Joly or Adrien Jean Baptiste Mussat (1776-1839) as Gaspard in Gaspard l avise by Jean-Baptiste Radet at the Theatre du Vaudeville

Dancer Mlle. Riviere as Lucette in La jolie fiancee by Charles-Gaspard Delestre-Poirson at the Theatre du Vaudeville, Paris

Shah of Persia visit to London Hippodrome 1902
Shaw of Persia visit to the London Hippodrome, witnessing the catastrophe in The Bandits. A prettily-arranged box draped with white, had been constructed facing the stage

Leave it to Psmith - stage adaptation
Leave it to Psmith - a comic novel by English author P. G. Wodehouse, adapted into a play by Wodehouse and Ian Hay. It opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London on 29 September 1930

Bizets opera Carmen before Queen Victoria at Windsor
Bizets opera Carmen performed before Queen Victoria in the Waterloo Chamber at Windsor Castle. 1892

Variety Revue, Paris, France. circa 1900

Toy Theatre, Characters in the Smuggler

Toy Theatre, Miss Phillips as Claudia in Rienzi

Toy Theatre, Mr Ducrow as the God of Fame

Backstage at a the Variety Theatre, Paris, France
Backstage at the Variety Theatre in Paris, before the show begins. Names include Castera, Duvernon, Brossard, Valentino, Dea, De Prony, Lassouche and Darbel

Sybil Thorndike and Owen Nares in Double Door
Sybil Thorndike and Owen Nares in the play Double Door at the Globe Theatre, London, April 1934. 1934

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