Plays Collection (page 17)

The Man Who Stayed at Home - German spy play, WW1
Scenes from the play, The Man Who Stayed at Home starring Dennis Eadie and Isobel Elsom, a play about a German spy in England which played at the Royalty Theatre, London in December 1914. Date: 1914

Herbert Tree and Mrs Patrick Campbell in Pygmalion, 1914
Impression of Sir Herbert Tree in the role of Professor Higgins, and Mrs Patrick Campbell as Eliza Doolittle in the George Bernard Shaw play, Pygmalion

Geraldine Oliffe as Mrs Pearce in Pygmalion, 1914
Impression of actress Geraldine Oliffe in the role of Mrs Pearce, housekeeper to Professor Higgins in the George Bernard Shaw play, Pygmalion

Mrs Patrick Campbell as Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion, 1914
Impression of Mrs Patrick Campbell in the role of Eliza Doolittle in George Bernard Shaws Pygmalion, which opened in London for the first time at His Majestys Theatre on 11 April 1914. Date: 1914

Herbert Tree as Professor Higgins in Pygmalion, 1914
Impression of the actor Sir Herbert Tree in the role of Professor Higgins in George Bernard Shaws Pygmalion first staged in London on 11 April 1914. Date: 1914

Miss Ethel Levey in Hullo Tango
Colour photograph of Ethel Levey (1880-1955), American actress and singer, pictured in one of the costumes she wore in the theatre production, Hullo Tango! in 1914. Date: 1914

Marsinah costumes from Kismet
Miss Lily Brayton (aka Mrs Oscar Asche) as Marsinah in Kismet which was revived at the Globe Theatre in London in 1914. Date: 1914

Man playing the violin Date: c.1910

Pygmalion drawn by Tony Sarg
Scenes from Pygmalion, the play by George Bernard Shaw which opened at His Majestys Theatre in London on 11 April 1914. The sketches drawn by Tony Sarg show the various characters including Mrs

Edmund Gurney as Alfred Doolittle in Pygmalion
Edmund Gurney in the role of Alfred Doolittle in George Bernard Shaws Pygmalion which first opened in London on 11 April 1914 starring Mrs Patrick Campbell and Sir Herbert Tree as Eliza Doolittle

Japan - Temple of Kwannon at Mizusawa
Lantern slide of Temple of Kwannon at Mizusawa. Mizusawa Temple, founded over 1000 years ago, plays an important religious role as one of the 33 sites of the Kanto Kannon Pilgrimage

The Knitting Club Meets - WW1 American knitting play
Front cover of a short play, The Knitting Club Meets in which a group of American women knit comforts for the troops during the First World War. Date: c.1917

Leslie Henson in Yes, Uncle! during WW1
One of the most popular male entertainers of the First World War, Leslie Henson (1891 - 1957), appearing in Yes, Uncle! at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London in 1918

The Cast of the Better Ole - Bruce Bairnsfather play, WW1
Arthur Bourchier (centre) and cast pose in costume at the time they were playing in The Better Ole at the Oxford Theatre, London which was based on the cartoons of Bruce Bairnsfather published in The

Third act of the play Chantecler by Rostand, 1910
A scene from the third act of the play Chantecler by Edmond Eugene Alexis Rostand. Lucien Guitry plays the cockerel Chantecler, the eponymous hero of the play. Date: 1910

Daddy, what did You do in the Great War? British Military Recruitment Poster, WW1
Recruitment poster, Daddy, what did You do in the Great War? Colour lithograph, after Savile Lumley, published by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, Poster No 79

Scenes from the play Chantecler by Rostand, 1910
A page from Femina magazine, showing scenes from the first and second act of the play Chantecler by Edmond Eugene Alexis Rostand

Tatler cover - Winifred Barnes
Front cover of The Tatler magazine, featuring the popular stage actress, Winifred Barnes (1892-1935), appearing at the time as the heroine in an Albert de Courville production, Soldier Boy

Billie Carleton in Fair and Warmer
Billie Carleton (4 September 1896 28 November 1918), an English musical comedy actress during the First World War. She began her professional stage career at age 15

The Freaks at the New Theatre by Claude Shepperson, 1918
The drop-scene of The Freaks, at the New Theatre, a comedy by Sir Arthur Pinero staged from 1917 to 1918. Date: 1918

Cricket Ball Among Spectators
A batsman plays a shot to square-leg which then enters the audience. Date: 1888

Billie Carleton & Dennis Eadie in Freedom of the Seas, 1918
Billie Carleton (4 September 1896 28 November 1918) was an English musical comedy actress during the First World War. She began her professional stage career at age 15

Enough of war plays - theatre in WW1 by Norman Morrow
A soldier back home on leave from the trenches is disgruntled to find that the entertainment on offer at the theatre is war-themed. He sees enough of that at the Front

Naval Recruiting Officer and Actor - WWI humour
Naval Recruiting Officer: And what experience have you had. Actor (wishing to join): Quite considerable. I was two years a midshipman in HMS Pinafore

Francis Beaumont (1584 - 1616), English dramatist Wrote commendatory verses for the plays of Ben Jonson

Dennis Eadie & Isobel Elsom in The Man who stayed at home, W
Mr Dennis Eadie and Miss Isobel Elsom as Christopher Brent and Molly Preston in " The Man Who Stayed at Home, " at the Royalty Theatre

Laurette Taylor in Out There, war-themed play in New York, W
Miss Laurette Taylor (1883-1946) American actress born Loretta Helen Clooney, pictured appearing in various scenes in the play, " Out There

Girl on a swing
Edwardian girl on a swing. Date: 1905

Ping Pong in Fairyland
Fairies playing ping pong on a mushroom. Date: 1902

Aboriginal boy playing cricket
Australian aboriginal boy playing cricket, published by Raphael Tuck. Date: 1905

Abraham Lincoln a the Lyric
The actor, Mr William J. Rea as Abraham Lincoln at the Lyric Opera House, Hammersmith in 1919, playing the lead role in the play by John Drinkwater

Mlle. Edmee Dormeuil in the Better Ole
Edmee Dormeuil, French actress and star of The Better Ole, the musical play based on the cartoons of Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander

The Better Ole at the Oxford Theatre in 1917
Sketches taken from the musical The Better Ole by Bystander cartoonist Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, staged at the Oxford Theatre (formerly the Oxford Musical Hall)

Miss Faith Celli by Madame Yevonde
Miss Faith Celli (Dorothy Faith Standing, 1888-1942), by Madame Yevonde. She was an actress in plays including The Blue Lagoon and the comedy Threads at the St Jamess Theatre, London. 1921

Ian Hay, alias John Hay Beith, writer
Ian Hay, the pen name of Major General John Hay Beith (1876-1952), British schoolmaster, soldier, and writer of novels and plays. Date: 1914

Advert for Verona metal furniture
A woman plays piano in a 1920s living room with metal furniture from the Chicago Hardware Foundry Company Date: 1926

Two sprites playing a violin and a flute
A butterfly dances to the music played by two sprites playing a violin and a flute

Illustration of the Shakespeare Play Timon of Athens
Illustration of the Shakespeare Play " Timon of Athens", by S. G. Boxsius. Date: 1913

A talented performer
A very little boy plays a grand piano from a raised piano stool. Two other small children look on in wonder. Date: 1875

Steevens Memorial
GEORGE STEEVENS literary critic, depicted contemplating a bust of Shakespeare on whose plays he had written commentaries. Date: 1736 - 1800

Georges De Scudery
GEORGES DE SCUDERY French writer of plays and romances; governour of Nostre- Dame de la Gard. Date: 1601 - 1667

John Philip Kemble 9
JOHN PHILIP KEMBLE actor, with a copy of Shakespeares plays. Date: 1757 - 1823

Marquise De Montesson
CHARLOTTE JEANNE BERAUD de la HAYE de RIOU, marquise de MONTESSON - wife of duc d Orleans, saved from the guillotine by Josephine, author of several plays. Date: 1737 - 1805

Joseph Mery
JOSEPH MERY French writer, prolific author of poems, plays and novels, often in collaboration with others : he was a resolute opponent of the monarchy. Date: 1798 - 1865

Piano Lesson 1930S
A female piano teacher turns over the pages of the sheet music as little girl pupil plays the piece. Date: early 1930s

Mrs. Apps Plays Croquet
Mrs. B.C. Apps, playing croquet. Date: early 1930s

Advertisement for Lifeguard soap -- little girl and adult female models posing (Sandra Palmer and Geraldine Hill). 1959

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