Play Collection (page 12)

NOEL COWARD Acting in his own play, The Young Idea, with Ann Trevor in 1923 Date: 1899 - 1973

JESUS ON CROSS POUSSIN
Mary watches, soldiers play dice, Jesus and his companions slowly die

VERDI/MASNADIERI FINALE
(The Robbers) The corpse-strewn finale of this somewhat unsuccessful opera based on Schiller's play Die Rauber Date: first performed 1847

Vauxhall Gardens, people enjoying the music coming form the bandstand. Date: 1800

When the cat's away the mice will play
Girl and boy with cat. When the cat's away the mice will play by Gladys Peto

Play Time by Gifford Ambler

Lew Lakes Colossal Comedy Company of Comedians
Promotional postcard for Lew Lakes Colossal Comedy Company of Comedians. Popular music hall sketch company set up by Lew Lake (1874-1939)

Cynthia Brooke as Paula Ray in The Second Mrs Tanqueray, by Pinero Date: 1890s

Decima Moore in The Wedding Eve
Decima Moore, English singer and actress, in The Wedding Eve Date: 1890s

Comic postcard, Father and son in the garden Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Women and washing line Date: 20th century

Canoe-dling
A spot of Canoe-dling! Date: 1906

Sarah Bernhardt, French actress, in Ruy Blas
Sarah Bernhardt, French actress, as Dona Maria, Queen of Spain, in Ruy Blas by Victor Hugo Date: 1890s

Winifred Fraser as Hedvig in The Wild Duck by Ibsen Date: 1890s

May Fortescue as Lady Teazle in School for Scandal Date: 1890s

Children and cat playing with Mr Punch puppet Date: circa 1850

Beerbohm Tree, actor, as Svengali in the play Trilby Date: 1895

Original Artwork - Get Better Quick card design
Original Artwork - Design for a Get Better Quick card featuring a poorly teddy bear with an attentive young nurse holding a bottle of Castor Oil. A play on the word bear ! Date: circa 1937

Original Artwork - Fantasy scene with dancing elephant
Original Artwork - Fantasy scene with five young Indian boys playing music to a crazy-looking dancing elephant! Date: circa 1937

Seesaw Calendar design - Original artwork
Design for a Calendar - Original artwork - boy and girl on a yellow seesaw Date: 1939

Postcard design - Washing Day. A young child washing her doll and her pet Scottie dog in a red wooden tub. Date: circa 1937

Postcard design - Ring me up sometime! A cowboy has successfully lassooed a little mouse! Date: circa 1937

Comic postcard - plump man on the beach - I Can t See My Little Charlie Date: circa 1949

Comic postcard - plump woman on beach - I Can t See My Little Charlie Date: circa 1949

Comic postcard, Little boy with drum and trumpet Date: 20th century

The Duchess of Dantzic, written by Henry Hamilton, music by Ivan Caryll, a romantic comic opera based on the French play, Madame Sans Gene. Touring to Sale Public Hall

Cinderella, Adelphi Theatre, London, Christmas pantomime with Phyllis Dare in the title role, Carrie Moore as the Prince, Dan Rolyat as the Baron, John Humphries as the Baroness

Butterflies, musical play from the Apollo Theatre, London, touring to the Princes Theatre, Bristol, starring Ada Reeve. Libretto by W J Locke, music by J A Robertson, lyrics by T H Read. Date: 1908

The Padre, adapted by Jose G Levy, first produced at the Lyceum Theatre, Strand, London, 22 May 1926, from Mon Cure Chez Les Riches by Andre de Lorde, Pierre Chaine and Clement Vautel

Shadows of a Great City by Joseph Jefferson and L R Sherwell. First produced in England, at the Princesss Theatre, 14 July 1887

A Ring of Iron, a melodrama by Frank Harvey, the Beatrice Company. Date: late 19th century

Florodora, a musical comedy by Owen Hall, with music by Leslie Stuart, first produced at the Lyric Theatre, London, 11 November 1909

Gipsy Love by Basil Hood and Adrian Ross. First produced by George Edwardes at Dalys Theatre, London on 1 June 1912. Showing Harry Dearth, Sari Petrass and Robert Michaelis. Date: circa 1912

The Purple Mask at the Scala Theatre, adapted by Matheson Lang from Le Chevalier du Masque by Paul Armont and Jean Manoussi (1913)

L Aiglon, by Edmond Rostand
L Aiglon, a play in six acts by Edmond Rostand, based on the life of Napoleon II, son of Napoleon Bonaparte and Empress Marie Louise

Gerald du Maurier in A Kiss for Cinderella, a fancy in three acts by J M Barrie, at Wyndhams Theatre, London. Date: circa 1916

Sarah Bernhardt in The Lady of the Camelias, Victoria Hall. Date: circa 1900s

Chu Chin Chow by George Grossmith and Edward Laurillard, touring to the Theatre Royal, Glasgow, the Oscar Asche and Lily Brayton production from His Majestys Theatre, London. Kissing Time. Date: 1910s

Beerbohm Tree and His Majestys Theatre Company in Business is Business, The Man Who Was, and Colonel Newcome, Tyne Theatre, Newcastle. Date: 1900s

The Boy, a musical comedy by Fred Thompson and Percy Greenbank, adapted from The Magistrate by A W Pinero, with music by Lionel Monckton and Howard Talbot

Edmund Payne as Max Moddelkopf and Happy Fanny Fields as Mitzi in The Girls of Gottenberg by George Grossmith and L E Berman; with music Ivan Caryll and Lionel Monckton

Little boy on a rocking horse with toy whip. Date: circa 1900s

Two boys explore nuclear fallout shelter, Deal, Kent
UKs first domestic nuclear fallout shelter about to be installed in Deal, Kent. Two young boys explore it. Date: circa 1960s

School playground in Pimlico, London
A school playground in Pimlico, London - two road sweepers stop for a chat. Date: circa 1960s

Boys playing on beach, Sussex
Two boys play in the waves on a beach in Sussex. Date: circa 1950s

Boys outside block of Marylebone flats, NW London
Boys play outside a block of recently built Marylebone flats, NW London. Date: circa 1930s

Boys playing by Keston Ponds, Kent
Group of boys playing by Keston Ponds, Kent, at sunset. Date: circa 1950s

Irene, a musical comedy by James Montgomery, music by Harry Tierney. First produced in England at the Empire Theatre, London, 7 April 1920. Touring to the Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield. Date: 1920s

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