Performing Collection (page 9)

Fats Waller, legendary American jazz musician
Fats Waller (Thomas Wright Waller, 1904-1943), legendary American jazz musician, composer, singer and entertainer. Date: circa 1930s

Helene Weigel, German actress with Berliner Ensemble
Helene Weigel (1900-1971), German actress, second wife of the playwright Bertolt Brecht. She joined the Communist Party in 1930

Billy Bragg, singer, songwriter, and political activist
The singer, songwriter, alternative rock musician and left-wing political activist Billy Bragg (Stephen William Bragg, b 1957). Seen here singing and playing an electric guitar. Date: circa 1980s

Lady Grant, nee Miss Margaret Cochran, in costume for the play Polly at the Savoy Theatre, London, 1923. Lady Grant was the wife of Sir Alfred Hamilton Grant

Charles Sherwood Stratton known by everyone as General Tom Thumb (1838 - 1883), American dwarf, who achieved great fame. Wearing court dress, appearing at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly

Pageants or dramatic mysteries anciently performed at Coventry Date: 16th century

Actress As Juliet
Act V, Scene III Phyllis Neilson-Terry & Vernon steel as Romeo & Juliet'; lovers united in death Date: Early twentieth century

TIGHTROPE ACCIDENT
Acrobat Giacomo Gullotti dies when his tightrope wobbles violently while performing the stunt over the Piazza Nicastro. Date: 1930

THE GREAT MACDERMOTT (Gilbert Hastings Farrell) (1845 - 1901), music hall singer of patriotic songs

IDA LUPINO (1918 - 1995), British actress in British and American films

DEREK McCULLOCH Uncle Mac (1897 - 1967), of BBC Children's Hour. Date: circa 1934

ALEC HURLEY (1871 - 1913), English music hall singer entertainer, tenor singer of coster songs

CLEO DE MERODE French actress and her friend Leopold II of Belgium are interrupted by his daughters, who would like her clothes when she's finished with them Date: 1904

GEORGE H CHIRGWIN/HALLS
GEORGE H CHIRGWIN Music hall entertainer, known as the White-Eyed Musical Moke or the White- Eyed Kaffir Date: 1854 - 1922

CLEO DE MERODE French actress and dancer in profile - she became the mistress of Leopold II of Belgium Date: early 1900s

CLEO DE MERODE French actress and dancer who became the mistress of Leopold II, King of the Belgians Date: early 1900s

BERNHARDT/L'AIGLON 1900
SARAH BERNHARDT (1845 - 1923), French actress in Rostand's L'Aiglon in 1900: Act VI, The Death of the Duke of Reichstadt

HENRYK WIENIAWSKI (1835 - 1880), Polish musician depicted in the throes of performing variations on the Carnival of Venice Date: 1858

GARRICK
DAVID GARRICK (1717 - 1779), English actor, famous for his Shakespearean roles, a few months before his death

Lehar Widow Elsie Photo Music Opera Die Lustige
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Sukhoi Su-27 of the Russian Knights performing aerobatics while ejecting decoy flares, at Boscombe Down - Air Tournament International - June 1992. Date: 1992

Carol singing wassail cup wassailing wassailers
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Colonial group performing The Geisha on ocean liner
British colonial group on the way to or from India performing The Geisha on board an ocean liner. Date: circa 1900s

Dandy George presents The Limit in Original Animal Productions, Bedford Music Hall, Camden Town, London Date: 1915

Olive May (nee Olive Mary Meatyard), Countess of Drogheda (1886 - 1947)
Olive May (ne Olive Mary Meatyard), Countess of Drogheda (1886 - 1947), Actress; former wife of Lord Victor Paget, and later wife of 10th Earl of Drogheda

The Javanese dancer Mas Madje-Djawa performing in France and Belgium, 1931 Date: 1931

A sketch representing the Dolly Sisters, 1925 performing in Paris Date: 1925

A young girl ballerina. Date: 1930s

Army officers performing the Wetting the Commission ritual
Army officers performing a ritual commission ceremony. An officer wets a document in a bowl of punch with a sword at the Elephant and Castle pub. Wetting an Irish Commission

Muezzin performing the call to prayer or adhan
Muezzin in turban and robes performing the call to prayer or adhan. Muezzin particolare. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Nasi after Giulio Ferrario in his Costumes Ancient

Muezzin in a minaret performing the call to prayer
Muezzin in a minaret of a mosque performing the call to prayer or adhan. Muezzin pubblico. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Nasi after Giulio Ferrario in his Costumes Ancient

A Muslim man performing his ablutions before prayer, washing his hands in a bowl of water. A servant pours water and another offers a towel. Musulmano che fa abluzione

Yemeni cavalry performing military exercises, 1800s
Yemeni cavalry performing military exercises. They gallop on horses in front of a fortress wall and mosque, while a soldier with musket watches. Ezercizi Militari del Yemen

Noel Coward in cabaret at the Cafe de Paris
Noel Coward seen during final rehearsals for his performance in cabaret at the Cafe de Paris, London, in 1951. 28th October 1951

Xmas Carol singers
Traditional scene depicting a group of carol singers with musical accompaniment performing outside a tudor style house, inside of which is a party in full swing. Artist: CT Howard Date: circa 1908

Hoffman Girls at the London Hippodrome
The Gertrude Hoffman Girls in the British Empire Exhibition scene in Leap Year, the 1924 revue at the London Hippodrome. Date: 1924

The Hoffman Girls performing webbing act, London Hippodrome
The eighteen Gertrude Hoffman Girls performing their extraordinary acrobatic webbing act at the London Hippodrome, Leap Year, in 1924. Date: 1924

Simone de Beryl performing at the London Hippodrome
Dancer Simone de Beryl as The Fairy of the Fountains at the London Hippodrome. Her dance act consisted of her dancing amid a fountain illuminated by many ever-changing lights

Sahary Djeli, dancer
Sahary Djeli, oriental dancer who was performing at the London Hippodrome in 1911. Her act was notable for the sinuous, serpentine movement of her arms. Date: 1911

Sketches at the Hippodrome, 1909 by Norman Morrow
Various performers at the re-opened London Hippodrome in August 1909. Acts included the Ahearn Troupe who seem to be comedy cyclists, The Marvellous Schenk Brothers, Braatz Performing Dogs

Performing polar bears 1903
Herr Litz with his performing polar bears. Date: 1903

Performing cats 1903
Herr Litz with his performing cats. Date: 1903

Claire Heliot and her performing lions 1903
Claire Heliot (1866 -1953), renowned female lion tamer, photograph showing her in a huge cage caressing and talking to the large cats. Date: 1903

Chung Ling Soo at the London Hippodrome
Chung Ling Soo, Chinese conjuror (real name Billy Robinson) in publicity photographs for his act at the London Hippodrome in 1904. Date: 1904

Newest turns at the London Hippodrome 1900
Newest turns at the London Hippodrome in October 1900 - Eugene Sandow, the famous strong man, Ghezzi the clown, the Sisters O Meers, the clever wire artists and M. Batty and his famous bear

Babs the tiger cub at the London Hippodrome
Babs, a male tiger cub bred by Herr Richard Sawade, who was exhibiting his troupe of performing wild animals at the London Hippodrome

Performing bear at the London Hippodrome
A Bright Little Bruin at the Hippodrome. A bear cub performing at the London Hippodrome in 1905. His act consisted of him riding on the back of a pony

Fish-catching cormorants at the Hippodrome
Four cormorants, brought from China to appear at the London Hippodrome in 1905. Their act consisted of retrieving fish thrown into the water tank and when a large trout was put in

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