Plays Collection

A Scottish Highland Piper. Date: circa 1940s

Einstein Plays Violin
ALBERT EINSTEIN German born physicist. Playing the violin on board the steamer Deutschland from Europe to the USA

Shakespeare; Titania
Act II, Scene I Titania, Queen of the fairies with her train; "...Fairies, away! We shall chide downright, if I no longer stay Date: 1908

Boy & Marklin Toy Train
A German boy plays with his Marklin train

Edmundo Ros Club in Regent Street, London drawn by Arthur Ferrier. Couples sit at lamplit tables while people dance, the band plays and the singer croons

Romeo and Juliet
Romeo & Juliet

Pygmalion - George Bernard Shaws play opens in 1914
Spread from The Sketch magazine showing scenes from the George Bernard Shaw play, Pygmalion, which opened at His Majestys Theatre, London on 11 April 1914

Organist Plays with Fire
While fire rages in Norwich cathedral, the organist plays on... and is found by the firemen half-asphyxiated by the smoke

Macbeth / Witches / Cauldron
Act IV, Scene I The witches in their cavern, gathered around the boiling cauldron; " in the poisn d entrails throw"

Falstaff in Basket
Falstaff is hidden in a laundry basket

Raphael Kirchner - Art Nouveau Girl playing the harp from the Greek Virgins postcard series. Date: 1900

Shakespeares Bees by Pauline Baynes
William Shakespeare, lost in thought, and inspired by a swarm of honey bees as he writes Henry V

The Land of Christmas Plays by Pauline Baynes
Charming illustration showing a land populated by all the characters from Christmas plays and pantomimes including Aladdin, Sleeping Beauty, Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk and Robinson Crusoe

Romeo / Juliet / Balcony
Act II, Scene II The famous balcony scene

Pipe Major of The Scots Guards in full ceremonial dress. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

The Tempest, Ariel
Act I, Scene II Ariel guides the ship to safety Date: 1909

Fred and Adele Astaire in Stop Flirting
Fred and Adele Astaire starring with Majorie Gordon in the successful show, Stop Flirting which opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London in 1923 and moved to the Queens Theatre a few months later

Blackheath Goffer
To the Society of Goffers (golfers) At Blackheath Mr William Innes, merchant, plays golf on the heath. A caddy holds his clubs

Hamlet and Skull
Hamlet with Yoricks skull

Carroll / Alice & Croquet
Alice Plays Croquet with the Duchess Using a Flamingo

LADY MACBETH & DAGGERS
Macbeth, Act II, Scene ii Lady Macbeth: "give me the daggers..." Date: 1925

The Red Moth by William Barribal
A showgirl in a fabulous stage costume with enormous butterfly wings plays to a theatre audience

OPHELIA
Ophelia Goes Mad, Hands out Wild Flowers Date: 1906

Play / Capek / R. u. R
Programme for the first English production of the play, also known as R.U.R. and written by Karel Capek, when it was performed at St. Martins Theatre in London

Beardsley / Salome / Head
The dancers reward : the head on a platter

Hamlet & Ophelia
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark and Ophelia

Play / Racine / Phedre
Sarah Bernhardt wears a full dress with sleeves to the floor as they plays Phedre by Jean Racine

Japan - the Shakuhachi
A Japanese musician plays the SHAKUHACHI, a wind instrument resembling the western flute

Chekhovs three Sisters
A scene from the 1940 production of Chekhovs classic play, THREE SISTERS performed by the Moscow Arts Theatre

Dachshund and Piano
A musical dachshund plays a tune on the piano

Rubinstein Plays Piano
ANTON RUBINSTEIN over-enthusiastic pianist plays a tune. So caught up in his performance he is lifted bodily from the stool, long hair & coat-tails flying

Ibsen / Dolls House
A DOLLS HOUSE The famous French actress Suzanne Despres in the role of Nora

Drake Plays Bowls
Drake, learning that the Spanish Armada has been sighted approaching England, insists on finishing his game of bowls

Oberon & Titania
Act II, Scene II Oberon squeezes the flower onto Titanias eyelids

Ophelia Drowns
Ophelia drowns

Hamlet at the Grave
Hamlet at the grave moralises on the skull of the jester Yorick

ANTIGONE - CHORUS
Antigone the chorus of elders who comment dispassionately on the action

Scene from Shakespeares The Merchant of Venice
A scene from Shakespeares comedy, The Merchant of Venice, with Portia and other characters

Turkish Musician Pair
Turkish musicians : he plays, she fixes the drinks (1 of 2)

Playing with Cake Mix
A little girl plays with the cake mix with a wooden spoon

Girl Plays Ping Pong
A girl in a flowing pink dress plays ping pong

Ancient Persian Music
A Dervish of Ancient Persia in long green robe with fur trimming; he wears an ornate hat and plays a woodwind instrument

The Winters Tale
Leontes is astonished by the lifelike nature of the statue of Hermione : Paulina, too, is enraptured

Play / Ibsen / Hedda Gabler
A series of simple sketches of Eleonora Duse

Cornet on its Own
The CORNET-A-PISTONS - usually known simply as the Cornet, has a tube half the length of the trumpet, and consequently plays an octave higher

Lady Plays the Violin
A lady plays the violin

Hotspur and his Wife
Act II Scene 3 Hotspur and his wife (Lady Percy)

Angel Musician - Window
One angel helps Saint Cecilia play the organ, while another holds a lyre : thanks to this heavenly instruction, she will become the patron saint of musicians

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