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The Lady With A Lamp by Reginald BerkeleyPromotional postcard for The Lady With A Lamp by Reginald Berkeley. First produced at the Arts Theatre, 5th May and the Garrick Theatre, 24th January 1929. Originally called Florence Nightingale
Storm of The Battle of Tinderley Down by C K MonroPromotional postcard for Storm or The Battle of Tinderley Down by C. K. Monro. First produced at the Ambassadors Theatre, 13th August 1924. The title refers to the expression storm in a tea-cup
The first authentic stage TessPhotographs of the first production of Thomas Hardys own dramatic version of his novel Tess of the d Urbervilles on 26th November 1924 by the Hardy Players at the Corn Exchange, Dorchester
Half Past Eight by P Rubens and C H BovillPromotional postcard for Half Past Eight, One of those Musical Things by Paul Rubens & C. H. Bovill; music Paul Rubens. First produced at the Comedy Theatre on 10th August 1916
Farnborough National Childrens Home (NCH) - PlaygroundFarnborough National Childrens Home (NCH). Boys at play in the homes playground
A Woman of No ImportanceA rather dark humoured illustration by Phil May, entitled A Woman of No Importance, a skit on the title of the play by Oscar Wilde of 1893
Scenery for the Vladimir Mayakovskys play Mystery-Bouffe" Scenery for the Vladimir Mayakovskys play " Mystery-Bouffe" in 1919. Oil on canvas."
Otis Skinner in his latest play, Prince Otto. Date c1900
Blindmans Buff Date: 1916
Hoops Date: 1916
Swing High Swing Low by Muriel DawsonA little girl sits placidly in a baby swing clutching a necklace of brightly coloured beads
His Share by Muriel DawsonA tiny child with a shock of red hair struggles up to bed in a dressing gown carrying as many toys as he possibly can
Rock a Bye Baby by Muriel DawsonA little girl in a charming sun hat, sits in a hammock and rocks her doll to sleep
Two boys on their Go-cartTwo boys (twin brothers?) in their Sunday best sitting on their beautifully-made toy car, complete with slender steering wheel, running board, lamp and number plate
Belgian refugee children WWIIBelgian refugee children arrive in England during World War II
Playing with LegoA little blond girl and her Mother play with Lego building blocks, possibly building a train which is travelling under two little Lego bridges? Photograph by Heinz Zinram
Roman Ladies PartyThree Roman ladies partying, while servants play music and fill their beakers
The Lighthouse; Rudyerds Eddystone LighthouseAn engraving of The Lighthouse, a painting by Clarkson Stanfield, R.A. for some private theatrical events at Campden-House
A Game of Bezique / PhotoA man and two women play a game of bezique around a polished wood table in a comfortable drawing room
Dominoes in a TavernA group of men play dominoes in a tavern
Mrs Patrick CampbellBeatrice Stella Campbell (nee Tanner), 1865-1940, stage name Mrs Patrick Campbell, posing for a photograph while acting in the melodrama The Black Domino at the Adelphi Theatre
Nicolas Ii / Costume / 1890ELIZABETH FEODOROVNA - Russian Grand Duchess with the future Czar, Nicholas II in theatrical costume (for the play Eugenie Onegin)
Two Brothers 1922Two young brothers sit on a bed. The older pulls a wooden toy train to amuse his baby brother. I love you well, my little brother
Review in the TatlerA theatrical review in The Tatler of the play Roberts Wife featuring cartoons by Tom Titt of Owen Nares, Edith Evans and Robert Holmes
RUR POSTERPoster for a New York production of Capeks play, Rossums Universal Robots
Sport / Football / GuyanaNative Guyanese Indians play a regional variant of football, reliant it appears on keeping the ball in the air using clever ball skills
Noel Coward / Play PictoriNOEL COWARD At the time of his play Cavalcade in 1931
Play / Wallenstein / 1800Act 3, scene 15 from the trilogy written by Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
Play / Feydeau / Flea in EarTranslated as The Flea in the Ear, this farcial confusion was written by the French novelist Ernest Aimee Feydeau
Whist Party at AthenaeumAnthony Trollope, Abraham Hayward, W E Forster and Sir George Jessel play whist at the Athenaeum Club, London
Music / Military / German ?Three musicians - probably German, but they could be Dutch or Belgian - play a piccolo, a cornet and a drum respectively
A Kabuki Play / Japan / C19An actor with a brilliant red wig, and a long flowing gown, dances wildly during a scene from a Kabuki play
Children in Sand PitChildren play in a sandpit in a park; a little boy digs, whilst a young girl ties a bonnet around her dogs head
Leonid LeonovLEONID LEONOV Russian novelist and play- wright, author of the patriotic play Invasion written during the early stage of the Patriotic War
Jesus on Cross C15Mary swoons, soldiers play dice, Jesus and his companions slowly die
Inn-Yard Play / C16 / SwainA performance of Shakespeares Twelfth night is given in the yard of an inn
Coventry Mystery Play
Fairies and SnowballFairies and children play with a giant snowball, each seeing which can push it hardest
Western passengers on a Nile steamerA group of western passengers on a Nile steamer, listening to a young woman play the piano
Scene from Shakespeares CymbelineA scene from shakespeares Cymbeline, in which Imogen, dressed as a boy, has found a hut in the forest and, being hungry, has eaten some food
William Haviland as Prospero, The Tempest, ShakespeareWilliam Haviland as Prospero in The Tempest by William Shakespeare Date: 1904
Miranda in The Tempest by William Shakespeare, at the Opera House, Southport, 9 October 1905 for one week, Herbert Beerbohm Trees production which opened at His Majestys Theatre on 14 September 1904
The Song to the Moon - Kay NielsenThe Song to the Moon - The Art of Kay Nielsen. Date: 1913
Mlle. More as Fanchette in Les deux jalouxFrench opera singer Mlle. More as Fanchette in the comic opera Les deux jaloux with music by Sophie Gail at the Theatre Feydeau
Anton Lang, actor, in his pottery workshopAnton Lang (1875-1938), German actor, in his pottery workshop. He worked as a potter, and performed as an actor in the Oberammergau Passion Plays, playing the role of Jesus Christ in 1900
Lily Langtry in A Society Butterfly - gowns by WorthLily Langtry in Act II and Act III of A Society Butterfly by Robert Buchanan and Henry Murray at Opera Comique, London - gowns by Worth
The old outdoor swimming pool at Portstewart, County DerryA small boy fishes with a net in the old outdoor swimming pool at Portstewart, County Derry, Northern Ireland. This area is now redeveloped as The Crescent Play Park
Comic postcard, Vegetable love, The Allotment Love Letter Date: 20th century