Performing Collection (page 57)

Charles Kean / R3 Gloster
Charles Kean as Gloucester in Shakespeares Richard III Act I Scene I

David Garrick as Lear
DAVID GARRICK English actor, producer and dramatist plays the part of Shakespeares King Lear. Date: 1717 - 1779

Garden Scene 1770
A general garden scene with people performing various operations

Giuditta Pasta / Singer
GIUDITTA PASTA Italian opera singer. She sang in Venice, London, Paris and St Petersburg

John Liston, Actor
Mr Liston as Biully Lackaday in Sweethearts and Wives

Wonderful Horse of 1595
A horse named Morocco or Marocco, exhibited by Banks; it was trained to leap on its hind legs, and count numbers on dice; it was shown in London at the Bell Savage Inn

Lily Damita, French dancer and film star of silent films and early talkies more famous for brawling with husband Errol Flyn (married 1935 - 1942) than her acting skills

Yvonne LA Bois
Yvonne La Bois, American starlet, reclining languidly on her bed as she makes a phone call, surrounded by photographs of her men friends

Charlie Chaplin 1931
English silent film star and director, CHARLIE CHAPLIN (1889-1977), arriving in London to attend the British premiere of his film City Lights (1931)

Travelling Actors
Actors, part of a travelling theatre company, performing their comedy (or mime) routine on a platform in the middle of a field

Gabrielle Ray (Actress)
GABRIELLE RAY Actress and singer in musical comedy : considered by some to be the most beautiful woman in the United Kingdom

Circus Scrap
All the fun of the circus in one single picture - clowns, performing horses and dogs, and the ring-master presiding with his whip ! Roll up, roll up !

Chinese Schoolboys
Chinese schoolboys performing physical exercise. This glimpse of modern China is significant of much.. a Yellow Peril or a Yellow Blessing

Actor Thomas Sheridan
Thomas Sheridan, actor and father of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, in the prologue to Joseph Addisons play " Cato"

Thomas Sheridan as Cato
Thomas Sheridan, actor and father of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, in the title role of Joseph Addisons play " Cato"

Lily Damita / Beaute
Lily Damita, French dancer and film star of silent films and early talkies Married Errol Flyn (married 1935-1942)

Adelaide Hall / Beaute
ADELAIDE HALL American born, British adopted. One of the highest earning entertainers of the 1940s. First black star to be given a long term BBC contract

Ellen Terry 1909
Dame ELLEN ALICE TERRY English actress in costume

Performing Horse C. 1700
The Finest Taught Horse in the World. The horse bedecked in floral garlands assists in a card trick. No doubt he just responds to small signals from his master

Piccolomini in LA Figlia
Mlle Piccolomini performing in La Figlia del Reggimento at Her Majestys Theatre in London

Showgirl & Fireman
A backstage fireman takes a closer look at a performing showgirl, and gets a little hot under the collar!

Andre Pasdoc Photo
ANDRE PASDOC French singer (with Grapelli) and actor

Pompey the Little, the eponymous hero of the book The History of Pompey the Little; or, the Life and Adventures of a Lap-Dog, by Francis Coventry, first published 1751

Egyptian Storyteller
An Egyptian sha er (story- teller) with his accompanying musician, performing to an audience of smokers

Pavlova in Bacchanale
Anna Pavlova and Laurent Novikoff dancing a bacchanal

Harry Brodribb Irving
HARRY BRODRIBB IRVING, in the stage version of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde. Son of Sir Henry Irving, went into acting and theatre management on his own account

Anna Pavlova / Klods-Hans
ANNA PAVLOVA Russian ballet dancer: a satirical view in a Danish magazine

Fritz Kreisler / Photo
Fritz Kreisler, Austrian violinist and composer

Mischa Elman / As Boy
Mischa Elman, Russian violinist as a boy

Mischa Elman / Photo
Mischa Elman, Russian violinist

Aborigines Dancing 1850S
Aboriginals performing a Corroboree or native dance

Mata Hari / Spanish Dance
MATA HARI (= Eye of Dawn) (Margarete Gertrude Zelle) Dutch-born dancer at the Folies Bergere, Paris, where her Spanish Dance won the praise of the critic Serano

Ida Rubinstein / 1913
Ida Rubinstein in D Annunzios La Pisanella

Charlie Chaplin / Doorway
CHARLIE CHAPLIN (Sir Charles Spencer) English comedian and actor walking through a doorway

C17 Wedding Ceremony
A priest at work : he performs a marriage ceremony

Thomas Matthews / Hornet
Thomas Matthews, actor

Wh Kendal / Hornet 1872
WILLIAM HUNTER KENDAL English actor-manager

Fechter (Hornet)
Charles Albert Fechter Actor

Frederick Lemaitre / Lune
FREDERICK LEMAITRE French actor: a satirical view

Adah Menken / Lune 1867
Adah Menken, American actress, with a brief but controversial life story - this cartoon was done on the occasion of her very successful Paris visit

Thought Reading
The fashionable amusement of pretending to discern ideas in other persons minds has adepts who occasionally succ- -eed in performing this feat to the wonder of spectators

Actor / Armin
ROBERT ARMIN Actorin Shakespeares plays

Fanny Kemble / Taylor
FRANCES ANNE ( FANNY ) KEMBLE actress and writer at age 22

Henry Irving / E&f Photo
Sir HENRY IRVING actor

Martha Raye
MARTHA RAYE American film actress

Pauline Chase as Pan
Pauline Chase in the stage version of Peter Pan. Chase was J. M. Barries favourite actress for playing the part of the lovable tomboy

Gladiators after Dinner
Gladiators performing as after dinner entertainment

Circus Elephants / Garnier
Circus elephants and their trainer

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