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Emmy Destinn / CarmenEMMY DESTINN Czech opera singer as Carmen
Ballet / Ally Sloper 1890Ally Sloper dances before the County Council in an attempt to demonstrate the value of the performing arts
Carl Hertz / Variety 1905CARL HERTZ Music hall entertainer: Modern Magic
Tony Curtis / UniversalTONY CURTIS American film actor
CERUTTITERESA CERUTTI Italian singer, as Salome in Strausss opera
Dolly Sisters / FantasioDOLLY SISTERS Jenny and Rosie, American stage performers, with what looks like a mirror, but isn t
Mabel Normand / LilywhiteMABEL NORMAND American comic actress: she appeared in Keystone films and co-starred with Charlie Chaplin
Anna Pavlova / Rv StevensANNA PAVLOVA Russian ballet dancer on stage in 1912
Joyce Barbour in 1922Joyce Barbour (1901 - 1977), British actress. Married to the actor Richard Bird. Appearing in " The Babes in the Wood", as Maid Marion. Date: 1922
Gladys Swarthout (1900 - 1969), American opera singer who also appeared in films
Winifred Shotter (1904 - 1996), English actress of the 1930s, mainly in Aldwych farces
Concerts at the Front: Miss Lena AshwellA concert party, including Miss Lena Ashwell(sixth figure from the left), at the Indian Y.M.C.A hut. Lena Ashwell, British actress and actor-manager, OBE(1872-1957)
Michael Chapman, folk and rock performer
Conjuror - Robert HoudinJean Eugene Robert-Houdin (1805-1871) the " conjuror" performing in front of a mid-nineteenth century French audience. Date: circa 1840
Signorita Galetti and her troupe of the worlds greatest performing monkeys. Date c1892
Street music: hurdy gurdy player, 1857A hurdy gurdy player performing on the street, accompanied by two violins and a harp. Date: 1857
Deanna Durbin / UniversalDEANNA DURBIN (Edna Mae Durbin) Canadian singer, popular in films of the 30s and 40s Date: 1921 -
Flea Circus ChariotsProfessor Tomlins flea circus: a flea is pushed into position at the start of the chariot race; fine harnessing wires attach the fleas to the chariots Date: 1960s
Esmond as TouchstoneHARRY VERNON ESMOND English actor in the roll of Touchstone in Shakespeares As You Like It
Dancing DogsDogs dancing to a hurdy-gurdy and fiddle
Dietrich / PostcardMARLENE DIETRICH German film actress
Cavalieri / Thais PostcardLina Cavalieri in the title role of the Egyptian courtesan who converts to religion and dies as a desert hermit
Joan Crawford / 1931JOAN CRAWFORD American film actress having a ball of a time
Street AcrobatsStreet acrobats performing before a London crowd
Joe Elvin as a CabbyThe Cockney Comedian Joe Elvin in the role of The Hansom Cabby, singing a ditty entitled My Lot. " Strange things I view when I peep through the little trapdoor!"
Vera Kholodnaya / MeledinVera Kholodnaya, Russian silent-film actress
Flea Circus / Dr PaulAn advert for Doctor Pauls Performing Fleas
Harry Tate / Vfair 1912HARRY TATE (Ronald Macdonald Hutchison) English music hall comedian, best known for sketches on golfing, motoring and fishing
William Powell / MgmWILLIAM POWELL American film actor
Marcello Mastroianni / UfaMARCELLO MASTROIANNI Italian film actor
Harry Ford / VarietyHARRY FORD Music hall entertainer Date: early 20th century
Chabert / Fire KingMONSIEUR CHABERT Showman entertainer, known as The Fire King
Jp Kemble / Timon AthensJOHN PHILIP KEMBLE Popular actor and theatre manager, seen here in the role of Timon of Athens, Act 4, Scene 3
Lady Dance with DogA lady and her borzoi perform a pas de deux
John Liston / Paul PryJOHN LISTON English comedian in the role of Mortons Paul Pry
Orson Welles / ColumbiaORSON WELLES American film actor, producer and director
Paul Robeson / Cig CardPAUL BUSTILL ROBESON American actor and singer
Mrs Potter / Players 1903MRS JAMES BROWN-POTTER (nee CORA URQUHART) American actress
Mistinguett / LeopardMISTINGUETT (Jeanne Bourgeois) French actress and dancer with a leopard wrapped around her neck - just for decoration, you understand
Marie Lloyd / PostcardMARIE LLOYD Music hall entertainer wearing a large feathered hat
Charles Laughton / SmilingCHARLES LAUGHTON English character actor of stage and film
Clark Gable / Cig CardCLARK GABLE American film actor with Joan Crawford
Chaplin / ChampionCHARLIE CHAPLIN (Sir Charles Spencer) English comedian and actor with a bulldog in the film Champion Charlie
Christine Nilsson / CdvCHRISTINA NILSSON Swedish opera singer as Violetta in Verdis La Traviata
Isadora Duncan / 3 of 4ISADORA DUNCAN at her school at Grunewald, near Berlin, where she teaches children to dance in the Greek manner (3 of 4)
Annie Oakley / GarnierANNIE OAKLEY (Phoebe Annie Oakley Mozee) American sharpshooter, star of Buffalo Bills Wild West show
Burgess Meredith / B LionBURGESS MEREDITH American character actor
Great Macdermott / FeatherTHE GREAT MACDERMOTT (Gilbert Hastings Farrell) Music hall singer of patriotic songs: I ll strike you with a feather