Plays Collection (page 12)

The Female Swindler - Walter Melville
Promotional card showing Tom H. Taylors production of The Female Swindler by Walter Melville which was first produced at the Terriss Theatre in Rotherhithe, London on 12th October 1903

Fedora by Victorien Sardou - Australian actress Marie Lohr
Fedora by Victorien Sardou was first produced at the Theatre du Vaudeville in Paris, 12th December 1882. The English version by Herman Merivale was first produced at the Haymarket Theatre

Faust by Stephen Phillips and J. Comyns Carr. First produced at His Majestys Theatre, London on 5th September 1908. Mr Tree as Mephistopheles. Mr Henry Ainley as Faust

Phyllis and Zena Dare with their parents and brother Jack
Phyllis Dare, English singer and actress (1890-1975) and her sister Zena Dare, English singer and actress (1887-1975) pictured with their Father (Arthur Albert Dones)

Children playing at the beach
Young children playing on the beach with a shovel and bucket. Altl are wearing charming fashions from Gnooch s, Brompton Road, London

Croatian Shepherd, playing a Frula. The frula (also known as svirala or jedinka), is a musical instrument which resembles a medium sized recorder or flute, traditionally played in Serbia

John Galsworthy Photo
JOHN GALSWORTHY Author of The Forsyte Saga and other novels, and of Loyalties, The skin game and other plays. Date: 1867 - 1933

Moliere / Misanthrope
LE MISANTHROPE Date: first performed 1666

Moliere / L etourdi
L ETOURDI Lelie asks who the purse belongs to ? Date: 1653

An Ideal Husband, Oscar Wilde caricature
A caricature of playwright Oscar Wilde, acting the part of An Ideal Husband when it was playing at the Haymarket Theatre. Date: 1929

Edmund Gurney as Alfred Doolittle in Pygmalion, 1914
Impression of Edmund Gurney in the role of Alfred Doolittle in the George Bernard Shaw play, Pygmalion, which opened in London at His Majestys Theatre on 11 April 1914. Date: 1914

Premiere of Pygmalion in London, 1914
Front cover of The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News reporting on the premier in London of a new play, Pygmalion, by George Bernard Shaw with Mrs Patrick Campbell in the role of Eliza Doolittle

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791). Austrian composer of classical music. Mozart, with fourteen years, plays from memory the Miserere by Gregorio Allegri

Smooth otter - tamed wild animal, plays with visitors in Labuk Bay Proboscis Monkey Sanctuary (Lutra (Lutrogale) perspicillata). Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; June

Cicely Hamilton and Edith Craig. Cicely Hamilton (1872-1952) and Edith Craig (1869-1947) portraits of Cicely Hamilton and Edith Craig

Characters from the play Chantecler by Rostand, 1910. Chicken, owl, dog and peacock costumes are shown here in detail. Lucien Guitry is pictured in cockerel costume

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

Tallulah Bankhead and Leslie Howard in Her Cardboard Lover
Tallulah Bankhead and Leslie Howard appearing in in Her Cardboard Lover at the Lyric Theatre, London in 1928. Date: 1928

Garden Scene - Geisha - Japan - Blind Mans Buff
Garden Scene - Geisha - Japan - Four Geisha Girls playing a game (similar to Blind Mans Buff?) Date: circa 1905

Cohan & Harris present Thomas E. Shea in standard plays Coha
Cohan & Harris present Thomas E. Shea in standard plays. Date c1907

Macbeth Meets Witches
Macbeth and Banquo, after defeating the invading Norsemen, encounter three witches on a blasted heath, who predict wonderful events

Macbeth / Three Witches
Act I, Scene iii The three witches: " so wither d and wild in their attire"

His Borrowed Plumes
HIS BORROWED PLUMES The cast, with author Mrs George Cornwallis-West (Lady Randolph Churchill), seated in the centre

Victorian girl with pet kittens
A Victorian era girl with bonnet and parasol sits on a low wall and plays with her two kittens in a break from a walk to pick flowers. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

The Theatre on board HMS Alert, British Arctic Expeditio
Engraving showing the theatre on board HMS Alert during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876. Plays were staged aboard the ship to keep up morale during the cold, dark winter months

L avare - Harpagon
L Avare - The miser Harpagaon from this comedy by Moliere

Sapphic lovers
Two women, barely clad in diaphanous classical togas embrace each other, while a statue of pan plays pipes in the twilight

Fashion on Beach, 1895
High-fashion on the beach: women in dresses with leg-of- mutton sleeves; one holds a parasol, while a girl in a sailor-style dress plays with a hoop

Hamlet and Ghost / 1899
Hamlet with the ghost of his father on the battlements of Elsinore

Racine / Antigone
ANTIGONE as portrayed by Jean Racine in Les Freres Ennemis

Kiyohime, Japanese Myth
She is the personification of Disappointed Love, and as such is a frequent character in the traditional No plays; her love turns to hate and she becomes a she-devil

Macbeth / Banquo / Witches
Act I, Scene III Macbeth & Banquo encounter the three witches. M:" Speak, if you can: what are you?"

Macbeth and Banquo Ghost
Macbeth loses his appetite when Banquos ghost appears at his banquet

Dog as Hamlet
the Dog that Always Wanted to Play Hamlet

Moliere / Don Juan
LE FESTIN DE PIERRE Act 2 Scene 5: Don Juan with a girl on each arm

Hamlet Play Scene
The play scene

Tennis / Dashing Man Plays
Dashing man plays a difficult tennis shot

Scene from Shakespeares play, The Merchant of Venice
A scene from Shakespeares comedy, The Merchant of Venice, in which Bassanio chooses the leaden casket rather than the gold or silver one, and wins Portia, a rich heiress

Florodora by Owen Hall; music by Leslie Stuart which was first produced at the Lyric Theatre in London on 11th November 1909

The Flag Lieutenant by Major WP Drury and Leo Trevor
Promotional material for Lyn Harding and Sidney Coopers touring production of The Flag Lieutenant to the Gaiety Theatre in Douglas, Isle of Man on 13th September 1909 showing performance times

The Flower Girl by William T Gliddon
The Flower Girl musical comedy by (book, lyrics and music) William T. Gliddon. First produced at the Theatre Royal in Lincoln on the 14th May and the Grand Theatre in Croydon on 10th November 1908

The Follies by Langfier
Promotional postcard showing the Follies, a pierrot troupe founded by H G Pelissier in 1895 taken by popular theatrical photographers Langfier of London

The Follies by The Hana Studios, London
Promotional postcard showing The Follies, a pierrot troupe founded by H G Pelissier in 1895. Taken by popular theatrical photographers Hana Studios of London

H G Pelissiers Follies by Julius Price
Promotional postcard of H G Pelissiers Follies troupe in 1909, designed by Julius Price. The reverse has David Allen & Sons First World War offer to do any printing formerly done in Germany or

The Follies by Con Lomax
Promotional postcard showing Harry George (H G) Pelissier manager and leading performer of " The Follies", a pierrot troupe founded in 1895 during their run at the Empire Theatre

The Follies by John Hassall
The Follies, a pierrot troupe founded in 1895. In 1895, Harry Gabriel (H E) Pelissier was a member of amateur entertainers who performed at charity events around South London

The Flying Squad by Edgar Wallace. First produced at the New Theatre in Oxford on 5th March 1928 and later produced by M Barry O Brien at the Lyceum Theatre, London on 7th June 1928

Looker On: The Follies, by Langfier
This publicity photograph entitled " Looking On", taken by theatrical photographer Langfier of The Follies, a popular pierrot troupe

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