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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
Actors in historical costume in a scene from Shakespeare. circa 1962
Banda Wallah (showman) with boy and animals, IndiaBanda Wallah (showman) with boy and three animals (monkey, goat and bear), India. Date: circa 1905
Abies Irish Rose by Anne Nichols - The Jewish and Irish fathers do not like their children marrying out. Rosemary, the Irish girl, is seen here with Solomon, the Jewish father
The Scarf Dance - Algeria, North Africa Date: circa 1908
Ballet dancers at the barTwo ballet dancers in a dark setting, male and female, at the bar. circa 1966
Hindu Street Entertainers, India, including a juggler, two musicians (drum and pipes) and what appears to be an escapologist! Date: circa 1909
The Tyrolese Singers -- a group of four men and one woman. 1827
Advertisement, Birmingham Empire Theatre, Moss Empires Ltd, Managing Director R H Gillespie. Showing Pierrot and Columbine taking a bow. 1926
Flanagan and Allen - British comics - holding cards (1 / 2)Flanagan and Allen - a British singing and comedy double act popular during World War II. Formed of: Bud Flanagan (18961968) and Chesney Allen (18931982) - pictured here holding playing cards (1/2)
Coliseum Theatre, Charing Cross, London - BlackbirdsColiseum Theatre, Charing Cross, London - Lew Leslies New Production of Blackbirds of 1935. Leslie (1888-1963) was a Broadway writer
Peg Leg Bates - Lew Leslies Blackbirds Revue - London, 1935 Date: 1935
Poster, Carnival scene with cars and performersCarnival scene with cars and performing artistes. circa 1925
Music cover, Alone, Marx BrothersMusic cover, Alone, words by Arthur Freed, music by Nacio Herb Brown, as sung by Allan Jones and Kitty Carlisle in the MGM film A Night at the Opera, featuring the Marx Brothers. 1935
Roger and Andre - Floor Acrobats Date: circa 1930s
Brighter London - Beauties at the London Hippodrome. A pictorial record of a few of the clever and beautiful Hippodrome dancers. 1923
Memories of Italy - Playtime at the PiccadillySuppertime Pastimes of the London Season. Memories of Italy - a charming cabaret number for sixteen performers, one of the items on the attractive programme of Playtime at the Piccadilly
Crimean War, theatrical production before SebastopolCrimean War -- theatrical production by amateur performers of the Second Division of Zouaves (French North Africans) before Sebastopol. 1855
London Street Types - An Old PerformerA street musician playing an accordian. Date: 1933
Street acrobats, performers, Japan, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s
Circus Acrobats - Edy Ruth and FrancyEdy Ruth and Francois (Francy) Edouard - Belgian aerial Circus Acrobats (Trapeze artists) - performing their sensational aerial act. Date: circa 1930s
Riviera entertainment - street performer outside Nice casinoA street performer entertains a fashionable crowd before the casino in Nice on the French Riviera in the spring of 1926. Date: 1926
HMS Marlborough - Concert Party PerformersTwo members of a Concert Party in mid-performance! HMS Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, named in honour of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
Jenny Dollys trinkets Date: 1933
Chinese Actors holding up masks, a rake and a broomA Chinese Actor and Actress in a posed studio portrait holding up masks in one hand and a rake and broom in the other. Date: circa 1908
Theatrical Troupe supporting Womens Suffrage MovementA Theatrical Troupe performing a play supporting Womens Suffrage Movement Date: circa 1908
Myanmar - Street Musicians with Pattala and Mon ViolinMyanmar - Street Musicians playing a curved Burmese Xylophone or Pattala and the Mon violin, a 3-string fiddle with a western-like body played upright. Date: circa 1906
Myanmar - Yangon - Pongyi Street Dramatic Troupe of traditional Burmese entertainers/dancers/performers. Date: circa 1910s
Cartoon, English actors will soon be crowded out. 1880
Cartoon, acrobats advised to emigrateCartoon showing acrobats being advised to emigrate, possibly with their livelihoods under threat because of the Dangerous Performance Bill
Cartoon, behind the scenes in a theatre -- A member of the audience who likes to go behind the scenes and chat up the actresses. 1880
Music cover, Barnum Circus by Maurice VandairMusic cover, Barnum Circus, music by Maurice Vandair, words by Charlys and Vandair. 1941
Music cover, The Forty Thieves Lancers, by W Meyer Lutz. circa 1880s
