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The Christmas Waits 1848Town waits, playing their musical instruments while people are standing around listening. From medieval times up to the early 19th century
Harriet Bosse 1930Harriet Bosse (1878 - 1961) actress, and third wife of the Swedish playwright August Strindberg Date: circa 1820
MISTINGUETT & DOG MISTINGUETT & DOGMISTINGUETT (Jeanne Bourgeois) wearing a white silk wig which, we are assured, is the latest fashion in head adornment from the French capital Date: 1923
TALMAS AUDIENCEFrench actor TALMA, by sheer will-power, sees his audience divested of their clothes and transformed into skeletons, which he claims inspires his finest performances Date: late 18th century
RISTORI / ARTISTE 1857Adelaida Ristori, noted Italian actress, depicted in the role of Myrra Date: 1821 - 1906
MACREADY / LEAR / ACT 5 SC 3WILLIAM CHARLES MACREADY English tragedian plays King Lear in Shakespeares play of the same name. Date: 1793 - 1873
EDWIN BOOTH / US ACTOREdwin Booth American tragedian Date: 1833 - 1893
MACKLIN / SHYLOCK / PROFILECHARLES MACKLIN as SHYLOCK in Shakespeares The Merchant of Venice Head and shoulders in profile Date: 1697 - 1797
MACKLIN / SHYLOCK / 1777CHARLES MACKLIN as SHYLOCK in Shakespeares The Merchant of Venice Act IV Scene I Date: 1697 - 1797
SIDDONS / LADY MACBETHSARAH SIDDONS as Lady Macbeth in Shakespeares Macbeth Act II Scene I Date: 1755 - 1831
ENTERTAINMENT / FORRESTEDWIN FORREST American actor of Shakespearean plays Date: 1806 - 1872
ELLEN TERRY / HAMLET 1880Ellen Terry in the role of Ophelia in Hamlet. Date: 1880
CLEVER DOG MUNITOMUNITO, the clever French poodle, performs mathematical feats with numbered cards Date: circa 1818
JENNY LIND Often called the Swedish Nightingale, she was a soprano singer. Date: 1820 - 1887
JOHN LAWRENCE TOOLEJohn Lawrence Toole, English actor-manager Date: 1830 - 1906
CHARLES FECHTER / FUN 1868CHARLES FECHTER actor in, inter alia, La Dame aux Camelias Date: 1824 - 1879
NELLIE FARREN / PHOTONellie Farren (on the right) with Fred Leslie, dressed as schoolgirls. Date: unknown
Big Game at the CircusBig game at the circus. In the ring with two large, fierce tigers
MARTHA RAYE / DOUBLE IMAGEMARTHA RAYE American film actress - double-image Date: 1916 - 1994
Henry Irving as Malvolio in Twelfth NightHenry Irving(1838-1905), actor, pictured here as Malvolio in Twelfth Night
Mademoiselle BranchuMademoiselle Caroline Branchu(1780-1850), singer. Date: 19th century
Mademoiselle FalconDate: early 19th century
EDMUND KEAN / TWO ROLESEDMUND KEAN Actor, as Shylock, and as Othello. Date: 1787 - 1833
EDMUND KEAN / BLOODEDMUND KEAN Actor, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane Date: 1787 - 1833
Edmund Kean as Giles OverreachThe actor, Edmund Kean, in the role of Giles Overreach in A New Way to Pay Old Debts by Philip Massinger Date: c. 1820
HOGARTH / INDUSTRY / IDLE 22. The industrious prentice performing the duty of a christian Date: 1747
CHARLES KEAN (1811 - 1868), actor and son of Edmund Kean
MAURICE BARRYMORE / SEPIAMAURICE BARRYMORE Also known as Herbert Blyth, British-American actor Date: 1847 - 1905
EDWARD ALLEYN / HARDINGEDWARD ALLEYN Actor; founder of Dulwich College Date: 1566 - 1626
ANNE BELLAMY / COMIC MUSEGEORGE ANNE BELLAMY Actress, as the Comic Muse Date: 1731? - 1788
Mary Anderson, American actressMARY ANDERSON (MME. DE NAVARRO) (1859 - 1940), American actress and singer (admiring caricature) Date: 1883
SMITHSON AS JULIETHARRIET SMITHSON - British actress in the role of Juliet with Charles Kemble as Romeo. Date: (1827)
Theatre in Pompeii, Italy, seen from the wingsA theatre in Pompeii, Italy, seen from the wings during a performance of a not very popular play
Maskelyne & Cooks automata performing in London Maskelyne & Cooks automataMaskelyne & Cooks automata perform at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly, London. Date: 1878
Concert Mecanique, invented by M RichardA Concert Mecanique invented by Monsieur Richard and demonstrated in the Royal Library. It consists of three automata, playing keyboard, violin and cello
Horseback dancer at a circusHorseback dancer dressed as a ballerina performs in the ring with some clowns and a beautiful white horse, all under the direction of the ringmaster. Date: 1890s
Harrier take-offHawker Siddeley Harrier XV804 from 233 Operational Conversion Unit RAF Wittering, performing a short take-off. Date: unknown
The Girl behind the Counter, musical comedy, PortsmouthThe Girl behind the Counter, a musical comedy, at the New Theatre Royal, Portsmouth, starring Nora Brocklebank, previously at Wyndhams Theatre, London
The performing ponies of William Gilberts Circus Date: circa 1930s
Small boy busking with his violin for an audience in DublinA small boy busking with his violin for an audience in Grafton Street, Dublin, Ireland. He wears a tee shirt and shorts Date: 1992
The only troupe of performing Geese in the World, pictured with their owner/trainer, Olga. Date: circa 1928
Performing Fleas - Street Entertainment - North East London. Date: circa 1907
The Conservatoire - South HampsteadThe Conservatoire - 64 Eaton Avenue, South Hampstead, London. Now part of the Central School of Speech and Drama. Date: 1906
Leopold Godowsky performing at the Bechstein Halll, LondonLeopold Godowsky (18701938) - Polish-American virtuoso pianist, composer, and teacher - performing at the Bechstein Hall (now the Wigmore Hall), Wigmore Street
Royal Italian Circus - Performing Goat and dogs" Royal Italian Circus" - Performing Goat Liza and dogs climbing up a Japanese ladder. Date: 1904
Group portrait of Alfred Rooke and his family in their homeGroup portrait of Alfred Rooke and his family at their home in Mount Park, Ealing, watercolour on paper, by Thomas Matthews Rooke (1842-1942), c.1891-2. Date: 1891-1892
Paul Cinquevalli (1859 1918), German entertainer whose speciality juggling act was popular, known as (King of the Jugglers), who could catch a cannon ball on his neck
Theodore Hardeen brother of Harry Houdini 1905Theodore Hardeen (1876 1945), Hungarian magician and escape artist, younger brother of the famous Harry Houdini, (with whom he formerly worked with), known simply as Hardeen or Brother of Houdini
