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A Group of Japanese men in matching costumes at a Festival Date: circa 1910s
A Group of Japanese women in matching costume at a Festival Date: circa 1910s
Grace and Sybil Arundale - British ActressesGrace Arundale and her (slightly better-known) sister Sybil Arundale (1879-1965) - British Actresses and popular Music Hall performers as a double-act
China - Chinese Actors representing a Council of WarChina - Chinese Actors representing a scene involving a Chinese General holding a Council of War. Date: 1910s
China - Chinese Actor and Actress - Tianjin. Date: 1910s
Eastern Russia - Transbaikalia - Tsam ceremonyEastern 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
Waiting for the Circus - Five African American children waiting at the side of the road for the arrival of the performers. Date: 1902
Lamas perform Divinity Dance, Darjeeling, West Bengal, IndiaTibetan Buddhist Lamas perform a Divinity Dance, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India Date: circa 1910s
A Serbian Theatrical Troupe or Georg N. Babit. Date: 1905
Paris Worlds Fair of 1900 - Circus entertainersCircus entertainers and performers and their Caravan. Illustration by Caputo on a postcard published by Courmont Freres as part of a book of discount coupons for attractions at the Paris Worlds Fair
Palace entertainers - Hue, VietnamPalace entertainers and dancers in demonic costume at Hue, the capital city of Thua ThienHue Province of Vietnam. Date: 1907
Cambodia - Phnom-Penh - The Kings Young Dancers Date: 1910s
One Encore too many - Boy performer collapses backstageOne Encore too many - A young boy performer collapses backstage and is tended to by his female co-star, a kindly clown and another older member of the ensemble
The Tiller Girls / The Palace GirlsThe Palace Girls - clockwise from top left: Nell Home, Ethel Karri (Ethel Lucy Carrie Thomas), Margery Douglas and Nell Grey
A rough sketch by Phil May inside a Chinese Theatre. Date: 1890s
Two off-work clowns attract attention in a Garrison TownIn a Garrison Town. First Loafer to second Loafer (as out friends from the circus pass by) - " Officers!". This is likely to derive from the two clowns often getting entangled with the law
Acting conversation at the bar - former colleagues reminisce. She - " Dear me: I haven t seen you since we played in Romeo and Juliet You ARE looking well!" He - " Think so
Women awaiing auditions for role in Christmas PantomimeGroup 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
The Arts League of Service - Travelling Theatre. The Travelling company and their car. George Bernard Shaw was involved with the group in the early 1920s. Date: circa 1920
Children of British Officials stationed at Port SaidThe children of British Servicemen and Officials stationed At the " 1st Ailia Camp" at Port Said, Egypt - in costume ready to perform in a show, possibly a pantomime. Date: 1933
Vietnam - Hue - Nam-Giao Festival - Traditional MusicTraditional Music being performed on the 2nd Mound at the Nam Giao Festival, Hue, Vietnam - a ceremony held in honour of the earth and sky. Date: circa 1926
Birthday of Vietnamese Emperor Khai Dinh - DancersVietnam - 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 DinhVietnam - 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
Dr Syntax behind the scenes at the opera, in London. Date: 1820
Street Performers at TheStreet Performers at the Carnival Populaire, Rue Saint Antoine. French anonymous. Oil on canvas
Male and female trapeze performers. Date c1875
The Dodge TwinsMusical stars the Dodge Twins pictured putting in a little dancing practice at the time they were appearing in Oh Kay!, the new musical comedy at His Majestys Theatre in London. Date: 1927
Two performers in blackface, facing each other, one in tuxedo, other in suit. Date c1899
Barker at sideshow with performers, state fair, Donaldsonville, Louisiana. Date 1938 Nov
Tightrope performers at 4-H Club fair, Cimarron, Kansas. Date 1939 Aug
Primrose & Wests Big Minstrels all white performers PrimrosPrimrose & Wests Big Minstrels all white performers. Includes four vignettes. Date c1897
Street musiciansThree street musicians ply their trade on London Street-an old soldier grinds the organ, whilst a woman and a boy bawl out the words
The Dolly Sisters by Bert WilsonRosie and Jenny Dolly, stage performers the Dolly Sisters pictured performing a routine in feathered costumes. Date: 1927
Two aspiring musical comedy artistes, LondonMinter and Osborn of Manchester, contestants in the 13th Encore Competition staged in Collins Music Hall, Islington, London
The Dolly Sisters in His Bridal NightSheet music for Honey Bunch from His Bridal Night featuring the Dolly Sisters, USA, 1916 1916
Jenny Dolly and Harry Fox in Maid in America
Cologne CarnivalA group of dancers and performers parade through the streets of Cologne during Carnival. Date: 1966
Musicians from A Coruna, SpainMusicians from A Coruna (La Coruna), Spain - an older man playing a form of bagpipes and a boy with a side drum. Date: circa 1908
Doorstep serenade: the merchants wardA man serenades an unseen figure
Indian Circus Entertainers - Gustav Hagenbeck Date: circa 1910s
Benguella, Congo - Carnival - Dance of the ChinasBenguella, Congo - A Carnival, the traditional Dance of the " Chinas" Date: 1911
Can Can DancersAny " can can" girl who can " can can" can " can can" here!! Date: circa 1930s
Albertina Vitak and Chester Hale - DancersAlbertina Vitak (1907-?) and Chester Hale (1899-?) - Dancers, performing in The Music Box Revue written by Irving Berlin, performed at the Palace Theatre Date: 1923
What Every Woman Knows by NermanEinar Nermans (1888-1983) artistic and vibrant depiction of the Play What Every Woman Knows - at The Apollo Theatre, London (from left to right) Mr Henry Vibart as Alec Wilye
Italian Pifferari, 1869Italian Pifferari infront of a wayside shrine of the Madonna. Date: 1869
Paris Exhibition - Great Indian Exhibition (1 / 3)People from the Malabar region of southern India (lying between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea) at the Grande Exposition Indienne held in Paris in 1902
Italian Pifferari, 1850Roman piffarari perform by a wayside shine, 1850. Date: 1850
German street band, 1870Out of time and out of place: a German band perform on Regent Street, London. Traffic whizzes past as two policemen close in... Date: 1870
