Performed Collection (page 6)

GOGOL, Nikolai Vasilievich (1809-1852). Russian novelist and playwright. Portrait of the actor that performed the role of the mayor

Schubert and Friends
FRANZ SCHUBERT A scene at one of the gatherings of Schubert and his friends. A charade is being performed. Josef Spaun is second from the right. Date: 1797 - 1828

Andrea Chenier
Scene from act three : Chenier before the Revolutionary Tribunal : from the original production at La Scala, Milano Date: first performed 1896

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

Celebrated trotting horse John Stewart as he appeared on the twentieth mile: In his great match against time over the fashion course L.I. Tuesday Sept. 22nd 1868

Religious play, The Miracle, Olympia, West London
A scene showing two soldiers of the Inquisition during rehearsals for the religious drama The Miracle, performed in the huge arena of the Olympia exhibition centre, West London, at Christmas 1911

Holborn Schools Band
Boys brass band at Holborn Schools, Mitcham. The boys are posed in uniform with instruments. A large carriage is visible behind

Singer Le Mans
Singer 1.5 litre Le Mans two- seater has indeed performed well on the Le Mans circuit, where sturdy build is as important as high performance. Date: 1936

Masks of Lucifer Ballet
A striking scene from The Masks of Lucifer, portraying Satan as Intrigue, Hate and Fear, performed by Madame Bosenweisers Ballet, Austria. Date: 1930

Band programme - Aston Union Cottage Homes
Specimen programme of music performed by the boys military band at Aston Unions cottage homes at Erdington, Birmingham. The homes, opened in 1899, housed pauper children away from the main workhouse

Fairie Voices C1860
Fairies dance by the light of the full moon, bats fly overhead, owls perch, frogs croak - and the waltz was performed (with the greatest success) at the Proms ! Date: circa 1860

Moliere / Femmes Savantes
LES FEMMES SAVANTES Act three, scene five Pardon me, sir, I don t speak Greek ! Date: first performed 1666

Blood Transfusion / 1882
Direct transfusion of blood from one patient to another, performed by Dr. Roussel in Geneva Date: 1882

Eye Operation / C. 1760
An eye operation is performed on a youth by two bewigged gentlemen Date: circa 1760

Friche as Tosca, Paris
Claire Friche as Tosca in a Paris production Date: first performed 1900

Keep Fit / Side Stretch
A side stretch, performed in the open air for added health benefit. Date: 1930s

12th Night / Viola / Rackham
Viola - disguised as a youth - is threatened with a duel... Date: first performed 1601/2

SCENE FROM LES FACHEUX
Scene from LES FACHEUX - judging from appearances, a servant is about to be struck with his masters cane for letting his hat fall on the floor. Date: first performed 1661

Anna Bolena opera
Anna Bolena by Gaetano Donizetti, performed at the Italian Opera, Paris. A dramatic episode from Act 2, Scene 3 Date: first performed 1820

Massenet / Werther
A dramatic moment in the first Paris production : Act III - Werther (M.Ibos) throws himself at the feet of Charlotte (Mlle. Delna) Date: first performed 1892

Music cover, spinning wheel scene from Martha
Music cover for the comic opera entitled Martha, or the Market at Richmond by Friedrich von Flotow (1812-1883), set in the early 18th century

Holborn Schools Band, Mitcham, Surrey
Boys band at Holborn Schools, High Street, Mitcham - originally established in 1856 in the grounds of Eagle House. The Schools provided accommodation

French theatre
M. E. Paillerons play, La Souris being performed. The male lead actor holds out a small doll which seems to upset the woman greatly

A new Christmas Entertainment: Childrens Japanese Quadrille
The Japanese Quadrille being performed, which formed part of the entertainment provided at a childrens Christmas party

The Torchlight Parade by C. E. Turner
The famous Torchlight Parade revived at Aldershot Tattoo and performed by the 3rd Battalion of the Grenadier Guards, the 1st Battalion of the Irish Guards and the 2nd Battalion of the Queens Regiment

The Piccadilly Revels
An artists impression of one of the scenes in The Piccadilly Revels when performed at The Piccadilly Hotel

The Comedy-Ballet of Marionnettes as performed by the troupe of the Theatre-Impossible, posed in the first of three drawings. A lady in a black dress and white muff, with a small pierrot-like figure

Alexei of Russia during wartime
Tsesarevich Alexei Nikolaievich of Russia (1904-1918) in field uniform. While other Royal children performed small engagements or were photographed to raise money for war charities

A play at the Theatre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, Paris
The Crocodile, a play by Michel Sardou, is performed at the Theatre de la Porte-Saint-Martin in Paris. The scene shows the moment when Lieutenant Lotus discovers Richard Kolt

The Sketch Front Cover: Princess Elizabeth
A front cover from The Sketch showing the first Royal Pantomime on record. Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret as Principal Boy and Girl in Cinderella

The Huguenots at Her Majestys Theatre, London, 1858
Engraving showing a scene from the play The Huguenots, as performed at Her Majestys Theatre, London, 1858

Donizetti Fille Regiment
Ferdinanda Carletti Prospera as Marie, the daughter of the regiment, first performed 1840

Prevost as Zerline
Mademoiselle Prevost in the role of Zerline

Mr Maskelynes experiment - female spirit emerging from man
A photographic example of Mr Maskelynes experiment - a mechanical illusion of spiritual manifestations. Miss Cassie Brucea can be seen emerging from her father-in-laws body

Carmen at Blackpool
Watching a performance of Carmen at the Blackpool Opera House, England

Strauss / Salome / Destinn
Emmy Destinn, in a production at the Koniglich Opera, Berlin, contemplates the head of Johannes : should she have it mounted, she wonders ?

LA SONNAMBULA
Arminas habit of sleepwalking worries the villagers - Ah, non giunge ! they exclaim, with feeling

Verdi Rigoletto Paris
Frezzolini, Alboni, Mario and Corsi in the celebrated last act quartet, in the production at the Theatre Italienne, Paris

Green Old Age at the Vaudeville Theatre, 1874
Engraving of a scene from the play Green Old Age, as performed at the Vaudeville Theatre, London, 1874. As can be seen, a couple of old sailors are causing mischief for their companions

Dutch Tightrope Walker
This female Dutch tightrope walker performed in London during the reign of James II - the print is dated 1794

Germany Oberammergau
General view of the village, famous for its passion play performed by the villagers

Trovatore - 1
Manrico the troubadour serenades Leonora but is overheard by the Count di Luna who of course is also in love with Leonora

Trovatore - 2
Manrico the troubadour and the Count di Luna confront each other and prepare to fight a duel

Trovatore - 5
Leonora tells Manrico he is free, but at the price of giving herself to the Count

Paper Chase Scrap
Paper chase, a sport rarely performed today because of the risk of polluting the evironment and the destruction of trees involved

Great Eastern Polka
The mighty ship inspires countless spin-offs : Charles Coote juniors The Great Eastern polka is actually performed on board the ship by Macfarlanes Band

Roman Suovetaurilla
A purifying sacrifice performed by the Romans - notably at the census or on military occasions) : a boar, a ram and a bull were the requisite victims

Steam navvy used to make the new dock at Swansea. By the late nineteenth century, chores traditionally done by workmen were being performed by steam engines

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