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Troupe of Royal Midgets, including Madam Tom Thumb. Date: circa 1900s
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs stage productionSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Harry Benets stage production. Date: circa 1947
Royal Variety Performance 1965A dozen of the 21 acts lined up for the Royal Variety Performance 1965. From left, Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers, Shirley Bassey, Jack Benny, Peter, Paul and Mary, Dusty Springfield
Vaslav Nijinsky and. Tamara KarsavinaBallets Russes. Ballet Le Spectre de la Rose, music by Carl Maria von Weber and choreography by Mikhail Fokin. On stage, the performers of the premiere
Anna Held in her peacock gownMiss Anna Held, appearing in Follow Me at the Casino in New York, displaying her spectacular peacock gown with the tail spread. Date: 1917
Festival of Empire exhibition, Pageant of London, 1911Citizens of London as the living history of London City: the pageant at the Festival of Empire at the Crystal Palace. 1. visitors to the court of Queen Elizabeth: chiefs and women from afar; 2
The Dolly Sisters and Maurice Chevalier in Paris En Fleurs, Paris, 1925 1925
Korea: circus performers, acrobatsVintage early 20th century photograph - Korea: circus performers, acrobats
Cartoon, The Brothers Griffiths -- Athletic Drolls. Two clowns in costume. 1884
Bedouin dancers on Fair Day, Sheikh Othman, AdenBedouin dancers on Fair Day, Sheikh Othman, British colony of Aden (now in Yemen). Date: circa 1930s
Proscenium Arch, Pantheon Theatre, London. 1815
A Trio of French Child Contortionists and Acrobats. Date: circa 1930s
Henry Ainley and Nina Sevening - English stage actorsHenry Hinchliffe Ainley (1879-1945) - English Shakespearean stage and screen actor and Nina Gladys Sevening.(1885-1958) - English stage actress Date: circa 1908
Flo Hastings and Wee Georgie WoodLate 19th/early 20th century music hall performers Flo Hastings (1880-?) and Wee Georgie Wood (1894-1979), attending a screening of rare clips of early music hall acts at the National Film Theatre in
Myanmar - Performing zat pwe - Dance and MusicPerforming zat pwe the traditional Burmese performance form that combines elements of music, dance, and theatre. Date: circa 1908
Caricature of Afred and Paul Martinetti, performersCaricature of Alfred and Paul Martinetti, American pantomime performers. 1883
Punks at a gig, ManchesterA punk finds himself upside-down in the mosh-pit at a punk gig in Manchester. Date: circa 1982
Ballet dancers at Lanhydrock House, CornwallTwo ballet dancers from the Royal Opera House dance a pas de deux from Swan Lake to entertain children from all over East Cornwall
The Varlets, WW1 entertainment troupeThe Varlets, a British troupe entertaining men on the Western Front during the First World War. Their theatres included barns, fields, dug-outs
Artistes de Music Hall by Rose-Marie GuillaumeSalon de Paris - Artistes de Music Hall - painting by Rose-Marie Guillaume Date: circa 1910
Theatre - Play - The Assassin - Duel scene between Prince Demetri and Countess Wanda Date: 1904
China - Chinese Actors in elaborate costumes Date: 1910s
Stage Fright by Jack GordgeAn actress stands by a theatre curtain, terrified to go on stage, a phobia personified by a menacing shadowy figure behind her. Date: 1927
Strip clubIllustration of strip club with scantily clad strippers performing for an ogling male audience. Date: 1960
Rosie Dolly and Irving Netcher arrive in New YorkRosie Dolly and Irving Netcher as they arrived in New York from Paris aboard Olympic for their wedding, March 1932 1932
Jenny Dolly with her adopted daughtersJenny Dolly with her two adopted daughters (Manzi and Klari) shortly before her suicide, Los Angeles, 1941 1941
The Dolly Sisters and Parents, USA
Dolly Sisters in their dancing frocksThe Dolly Sisters in His Bridal Night, Republic Theatre, New York, 1916 in creations by Lucile (Lady Duff Gordon) 1916
Three acrobats doing balancing act on a high wireThree acrobats doing a balancing act on a high wire in the open air
Scene in the wings during a pantomime, with performers in costume waiting for their next entrance
Members of a Parsee theatre company, IndiaGroup photo, members of a Parsee (Parsi) theatre company, India. Groups of this kind toured around northern India, offering a combination of drama and music
Eastbourne Patriotic Concert Party - 1914-18 - who performed at the RAF Cadet Brigade at its training camp at Saint Leonards-on-Sea (near Hastings). Performers (from top left): Kathleen McIntyre, S
Victorian Scrap - Circus Harlequinade - Harlequin and Columbine, with a clown in the background. late 19th century
Cartoon, Henry Irving and Wilson Barrett -- Mr Wilson Barrett will soon let us know that there is more than one English actor who can do justice to Shakespeare
Young ballerina in a studio photoYoung ballerina (Dorothy Turner) in a studio photo. Date: early 1910s
Amateur theatre performance, The Pyjama Game. Date: circa 1980s
Theatre Rotto, Sancreed Village Hall, Penzance, CornwallTheatre Rotto in action, Sancreed Village Hall, Sancreed, near Penzance, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s
Street theatre on the beach, St Ives, Cornwall -- five actors (male and female) from the National Theatre Company, Bath, in teeshirts and miniskirts holding boxes of Kelloggs Cornflakes
Native acrobats, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, IndiaNative acrobats in action, one on a tightrope, Jabalpur (Jubbulpore), Madhya Pradesh, India. Date: circa 1930s
Hindu dancer and drummer, India. Date: circa 1910
Aswad reggae band at Penwith, CornwallMembers of the reggae band Aswad, including founder member Brinsley Forde (front row, left) relaxing offstage at Penwith, Cornwall, during an open air concert. Date: 1983
Brinsley Forde performing at Penwith, CornwallBrinsley Forde (b.1953), founder member of the reggae band Aswad, performing at Penwith, Cornwall, in an open air concert. 1983
Group of native actors, Sierra Leone, West AfricaGroup of native actors in costume for a Mendi play, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: circa 1920
Music cover, For an A1 Nation Beer is Best, words and music by Nat Travers and Will Hyde, performed by Nat Travers, King of Coster Comedians. 1935
Mr Warde as the Prince of Wales in Shakespeares Henry IVMr Warde (probably James Prescott Warde, 1792-1840) as the Prince of Wales (Hal) in Shakespeares Henry IV. 1827
Charles Kemble as Falstaff in Henry IVCharles Kemble in the role of Sir John Falstaff in Shakespeares King Henry IV. 1827
Theatre Characters - Dancers. 19th century
The Orphan Ballad Singers. 19th century