Play Collection (page 13)

The Christian by Hall Caine, Wentworth Crokes Company - a bouquet of roses addressed to Glory Quayle. For the transfer to the Shaftesbury Theatre on 12 December 1907. Date: 1907

The Days of Cromwell by Charles Rogers and Carter Livesey. First produced at the Borough Theatre, Stratford, on 19 October 1896. Touring to the Avenue Theatre, Sunderland, July 1896. Date: 1896

Cinderella, Theatre Royal, Bognor - collecting firewood Date: early 20th century

The Young Idea by Noel Coward, Savoy Theatre, London, a Robert Courtneidge production. Date: circa 1923

The Pearl Girl by Basil Hood; music by Howard Talbot and Hugo Felix. First produced at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, 25 September 1913

The Walls of Jericho by Alfred Sutro. First produced at the Garrick Theatre, London, 31 October 1904. The walls of London Society crumble in as the angel blows her trumpet

Japanese Actor (possibly dressed as a woman?) - traditional play Date: circa 1930s

Henry Ainley in Uncle Ned by Douglas Murray, at the Gaiety Theatre, Manchester Date: circa 1919

Scene from The Tempest by William Shakespeare, at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham, 4 December 1905 for one week, Herbert Beerbohm Trees production which opened at His Majestys Theatre on 14 September

Shanghai, a spectacular musical play, Drury Lane Theatre, London, presented by Macdonald and Young Date: early 20th century

Ian Robertson as The Stranger in The Passing of the Third Floor Back, Grand Theatre, Southampton Date: circa 1909

Weather Report - Illustrated - Breezy, A green-faced sickly-looking Gent seated by a ships rail is less than happy at the attentions of a rosy-cheeked rotund fellow passenger whos breezy countenance

Promotional interactive postcard for The Mousme at the Shaftesbury Theatre. The tab has been pulled and in the eye is written " The Other Corner"

The Baron, in L Enfant Prodigue, a musical play without words, at the Duke of Yorks Theatre, London Date: circa 1915

Felix Gets a Month, a whimsical farce by Tom Gallon and Leon M Lion, at the Theatre Royal, Bradford, direct from the Haymarket Theatre, London Date: circa 1917

The Fanatics, by Miles Malleson, A Play for the Broad-Minded, at the Marina Theatre, Lowestoft, directed by Clifford Hamilton, produced by Arthur Gibbons, from the Queens Theatre

The Farmers Wife, The Devonshire Comedy by Eden Phillpotts, at the Royal Court Theatre, Sloane Square, London Date: 20th century

French Leave, by Reginald Berkeley, touring play, at the Opera House, Buxton, Derbyshire, from 3 July 1922 for three nights. Date: 1922

Madame Sans-Gene by Victorien Sardou and Emile Moreau. First produced Theatre du Vaudeville, Paris, 27th October 1893.Henry Irving starred in J

A scene from Adam Bede: as played at an Indian Hill Station. Date: 1898

Comic postcard, Two black cats on greetings card Date: circa 1918

Comic postcard, Black cat annoyed by kittens Date: circa 1918

Comic postcard, Boy and girl playing Date: circa 1918

Comic postcard, man, girlfriend and goat Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Two boys playing at soldiers, WW2 Date: circa 1940s

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Good Night, Forces
The Caption is Good Night Forces. This is a play on the closing words of BBC Forces Radio which broadcast to the BEF. It began in 1940 and finished in 1944 well before this card was posted

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - The result of careless talk
The Caption is The Result of Careless Talk. This is a play on the wartime slogan Careless talk costs lives. The Prime Minister exhorts This is a time for everyone to stand together and hold firm

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - I m doin me knit
The Caption reads I m doing my knit - a play on the wartime need to do your bit. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1941

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Booked
This is a typical Dinah play on words. Dinahs children always have shiny shoes. The boy has a satchel while the girl has a handbag. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: circa 1944

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Engaged
The caption is Engaged Dinah, the artist, was very fond of word play. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: circa 1944

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Black Out
The caption is Black Out! a play on the need to cover all windows and lighting so that German bombers could not see their targets, and also putting the cat out

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Deep in the Heart of Texas
The caption on the postcard is Deep in the heart of Texas. During the war tens of thousands of Americans came to the UK and things American became very popular

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Washing up
The caption on the postcard is Washing up - probably a play on sorting things out now that the war is over. The reverse carries a message from Winston Churchill We must now devote all our strength

"Never mind Bobbie. Mummy will buy you a beautiful box of Reeves British-made water
" Never mind Bobbie. Mummy will buy you a beautiful box of Reeves British-made water colours, like ours." Poor old Bobbie longs for the day he is old enough to qualify for some quality

Review of Walter Greenwoods Love on the Dole at the Garrick Theatre in The Bystander magazine, complete with caricatures of the leading characters by Rouson. Date: 1935

A little boy beaming widely as he gets a push on a garden swing. Another boy, possibly his brother, waits his turn. Date: c.1950

A little boy being pushed on a swing. Date: c. 1950
A little boy being pushed on a swing. Date: c.1950

Three children in a very impressive toy car. We can only hope the baby at the front isn t in charge of steering. Date: c.1910

Haircutting
Children at play in their make-believe hairdressing salon

The Laughing Cavalier at The Adelphi Theatre, London: Arthur Margetson in the role of the Cavalier about to surprise the wife of Frans Hals the painter (played by Irene Eisinger)

Sketches of the play Desert Song at the Drury Lane Theatre, London, 1927 with Clarice Hardwicke, Gene Gerrard, Edith Day, Harry Welchman, Leonard Mackay and Phebe Brune Date: 1927

A scene from the popular childrens play Where the Rainbow Ends at the Holborn Empire, London, 1926 with Myrtle Peter as Betty and Bobby Smith as Cubby Date: 1925

A portrait of George M. Cohan in the role of Happy Farrell in his revived play The Song and Dance Man, 1930 Date: 1930

The Barbers Shop
Children at play. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1920

Reproduction of a poster for The Country Girl at Dalys Theatre in December 1902. Date: 1902

Reproduction of the poster, printed by Weiner s, for Three Little Maids staged at the Prince of Waless Theatre by George Edwardes and Charles Frohmans company in 1902. Date: 1902

Scene from J. M. Barries Peter Pan at the Duke of Yorks Theatre in 1905
Scene from J.M. Barries Peter Pan at the Duke of Yorks Theatre in 1905, showing Peter saving his band from the pirates,

The cast of Don t Listen, Ladies, written by Sacha Guitry, and staged at the St. Jamess Theatre in London in 1948, caricatured by Tom Tit in The Tatler

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