Plays Collection

Twelfth Nights / Speare
Viola and Olivia

Hobsons Choice opens at the Apollo Theatre, 1916
Hobsons Choice, the comedy play by J. B. Priestley set in Hobsons boot shop, Salford, opens at the Apollo in London in 1916

Brendan Behan, Irish writer and republican
Brendan Behan (Brendan Francis Behan, 1923-1964), Irish poet, short story writer, novelist and playwright who wrote in both Irish and English. He was also an Irish republican and IRA volunteer

Cordelia in King Lear
Portrait of Cordelia Date: 1909

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

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

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

Romeo and Juliet
Romeo & Juliet

Henry V / Agincourt
Act IV, Scene I Henry V, victorious after the battle of Agincourt; H: " Praised be God, & not our strength for it!"

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

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

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

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

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

Puppet in kimono being manipulated by two bunraku puppeteers in black robes. Woodblock ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Kunisada II, Tokyo, 1850s

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hamlet and Skull
Hamlet with Yoricks skull

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

Midsummer Nights Dream
Act II, Scene II Oberon places a spell on Titania: " What thous seest when thou dost wake/Do it for thy true-love take, "

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

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

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

Falstaff in Basket
Falstaff is hidden in a laundry basket

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

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

Hamlet & Ophelia
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark and Ophelia

Romeo Juliet Balcony
The balcony scene

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

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

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

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

Midsummer Nights Dream
Act IV, Scene I Bottom & Titania; T: " Come, sit thee down upon this flowery bed/While I thy amiable cheeks do coy, "

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

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

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

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

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

Midsummer Nights Dream
Titania & Bottom

Lady Plays the Violin
A lady plays the violin

Midsummer Nights Dream
Theatre programme cover for a performance at Her Majestys Theatre on 10th January 1900

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

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

Ophelia Drowns
Ophelia drowns

Lady Plays Lute at Knole
An aristocratic lady plays her lute in a room at Knole, Kent

Theatre / Plays / Wilde
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST Algy, Cecily, John Worthing, Lady Bracknell and Canon Chasuble; at the St James Theatre

Theatre / Plays / Wilde
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST George Alexander as Jack Worthing, Stella Patrick Campbell as Lady Gwendolen, Helen Rous as Lady Bracknell

Midsummer Nights Dream
Bottom & Titania, surrounded by the fairies Date: 1909

Drake Plays Bowls 1588
Sir Francis Drake, learning that the Spanish Armada has been sighted near England, insists on finishing his game of bowls at Plymouth

Bluebell in Fairyland by Seymour Hicks and Ellaline Terriss
Flyer for the revival of the musical Bluebell in Fairyland on 26th December 1927 at The Scala Theatre, by Seymour Hicks and Ellaline Terriss, with music by Walter Slaughter

Playing the Rabana drum - Sinhalese - Colombo, Sri Lanka
Playing the Rabana drum - Sinhalese people - Colombo, Sri Lanka

Emperor Nero watches Rome burn, whilst playing his Lyre
Roman Emperor Nero watches Rome burn from the Tower of Maecenas on the Esquiline Hill, whilst singing and playing the lyre. Painting by Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846-1916). Polish Artist Date: 64 AD

The Peacock Skirt, an illustration from Salome by Oscar Wilde, 1894. Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898). Date: 1894

Characters of Peter Pan by H. M. Brock
Wendy and Peter heading the procession of characters in J. M. Barries famous childrens play, Peter Pan, as imagined by H. M. Brock in an illustration specially drawn for The Sphere. Date: 1920

The Mad Hatters Tea Party, Alice in Wonderland at theatre
Alice in Wonderland, performed on stage in 1918 at the Savoy Theatre, and starring Estelle Dudley as Alice, Adrienne Puret as the March Hare

Louis Wain Postcard - Diabolo
A cat playing with a wooden Diabolo toy gets hit in the eye! Date: 1907

Nude model on a break plays a piano
The Model rests A nude model takes a break from posing for an artist and plays a little ditty on the Baby Grand Piano just off his studio. Date: circa 1914

Hamlet Slays Polonius
While talking with his mother, Hamlet detects an intruder hiding behind a curtain : he stabs him, only to find it is his girl-friends father, Polonius

Shakespeare & Scenes
The writer, with scenes from twelve of his plays -including a splendid ghost of Hamlets father !

Angel Playing Harp
An angel plays a harp

Scene from Shakespeares Midsummer Nights Dream
A scene from Shakespeares comedy, A Midsummer Nights Dream (Act II, Scene ii), in which Puck drops a love potion into the sleeping Titanias eyes

Fedora by Victorien Sardou - Mademoiselle Lina Munte
A card for a French production of Fedora by Victorien Sardou on 18th February, 1903 with Mademoiselle Lina Munte playing the title role of Princess Fedora

5064 Gerrard by Cosmo Gordon Lennox and Robert Hale
5064 Gerrard revue by Cosmo Gordon Lennox and Robert Hale; music arranged by Willy Redestone. Artist Harold Smith

David Buck - English actor
David Buck (1936-1989), English actor, known for his role as Richard Beckett in the series Plays of Mystery and Imagination. Date: 1966

Moliere / Tartuffe
LE TARTUFFE - Ah, just because I am devout, I m none the less a man !

Plays / Aristophanes
LYSISTRATA German actress Fraulein Eibenschutz as Lysistrata

The cast of Hay Fever, described as Noel Cowards Clean Play "by The Sketch
The cast of Hay Fever, described as Noel Cowards Clean Play " by The Sketch. Marie Tempest played the role of Judith Bliss, a bohemian ex-actress, while Graham Browne her husband, David Bliss

Play, Lady Windermeres Fan
LADY WINDERMEREs FAN Mrs Erlynne (Marion Terry) entreats Lady Windermere (Lily Hanbury) to return to her husband; first production at St James Theatre, London by Oscar Wilde Date: 1892

Four women playing bridge in the Orangery at Denham Court, Denham, Buckinghamshire. Date: circa 1904

Japanese Geisha playing a Traditional Shamisen
Japanese Geisha in her home playing a Traditional Shamisen Date: circa 1904

Hurdy-Gurdy Man - France Date: circa 1910s

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