Plays Collection (page 18)

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

Advertisement for Kelloggs breakfast cereals (Sugar Frosted Flakes) -- three child models (Adrienne Poster and two others). 1959

Japanese Geisha Girls playing a game of flower cards Date: 1904

Two Japanese Geisha girls playing crokinole
Two Japanese Geisha girl playing a game of crokinole (a cirular variant of shove ha penny). Date: circa 1917

Japan - Woman in a kimono playing a traditional Koto
Japan - Woman in a kimono playing a traditional 13-stringed Koto. Date: circa 1907

Japan - Geisha Girl playing the Violin
A young Japanese girl playing the violin. Date: circa 1906

Japanese - Geisha Girls - Studio Photograph
Japanese - Geisha Girl about to pat back a soft ball - Studio Photograph Date: circa 1906

Popular Plays - His Majestys Servant - Proud Lad in uniform
Popular Plays - His Majestys Servant - A proud lad in his cadets uniform strides along with an arrogant swagger borne out of the confidence his uniform provides

O-Hana-San provides music for her friend O-koto-san
Japanese woman O-Hana-San provides music for her friend O-koto-san with a Shamisen Date: circa 1910

Girls having fun in the park playing with hoops and dolls
Young French Girls having fun in the park playing with hoops and dolls Date: circa 1907

Wandering Algerian musician
Itinerant Algerian musician playing a local three-stringed guitar-type instrument. Date: circa 1910s

Sarah Bernhardt in Le Passant - playing a Lute
Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) in Le Passant (play by Coppee) - playing a Lute. Date: circa 1895

Unusual woman playing a small stringed instrument
Slightly unusual postcard showing a woman with long dark flowing locks strumming away at a small lute. A slightly deranged gaze to boot... Date: 1907

University Student playing Portuguese Guitar on the street - Lisbon, Portugal. Date: 1930s

Portugal - Girl Singer from Alfama, Lisbon playing a Guitar
Portugal - Pretty girl street singer and Portuguese Guitar player from the Alfama District of Lisbon. The Portuguese guitar or Portuguese guitarra (Portuguese)

Russian Basket Seller playing a whistle (to attract the attention of would-be basket purchasers). Date: 1902

Baby and Pug Dog
A Baby examining the face of a pet Pug Dog, which has also been dressed in a small hat. Date: 1904

Portugal - Madeira - Traditional costumes. The Grey heaired (and bearded) guitarist is wearing a distinctive pointed carapuca hat

Portugal - Young girl in traditional costume Date: circa 1910s

Girl playing with her new toy
A young girl plays with her new dolly, a Christmas present now doubt, as she wanders in the snow. Date: 1910

Boy throwing a snowball
Young boy puts down his holly laden sledge to start a snowball fight. Date: 1910

Minstrel playing his lute as he wanders along 15th Century

A miracle play
Crowds gather to watch a miracle play in medieval Britain. 15th Century

Children at the seaside
Four young children frolic in the water, enjoying their British seaside holiday. c. 1910

MARLOWE, Christopher (1564-1593). English dramatist
" MARLOWE, Christopher (1564-1593). English dramatist and poet. " The Plays of Christopher Marlowe"."

Covent Garden. Concert
Cover of Oscar Wildes Plays by Doria Nachshen. Published in London in 1892. Engraving

ARISTOPHANES (445-380 BC)

Moliere / Precieuses
LES PRECIEUSES RIDICULES Madelon Date: 1659

Fly by Night
The Fly By Night theatre poster, Palace Theatre, London, 1908 Date: 1908

A fight for millions
Poster for the play A fight for millions, Tom Manly is innocent, 1904 Date: 1904

Kuropatkin plays too roughly with his toys. Print shows the Russian general A.N. Kuropatkin playing with toy soldiers while a woman sitting on the floor watches. Date 1904 or 1905

18 plays of Kabuki. Date 1834

Floating world beauties in a parody of three classic plays. Print shows a woman playing a small stringed instrument (like a biwa) with a large bow. Date between 1820 and 1823

Modern twelve plays. Print shows four women standing on a porch, one may be ringing a bell, and a man playing a flute, standing in front of the porch; from the tale of Junidan Zoushi and Ushiwaka

The Federal Arts Projects for New York City welcome the National Education Association of the United States Presenting plays, concerts, radio programs, art exhibits, publications, historical records

Oceanside High School Masque Society will present 4 one act plays Riders to the sea, When the horns blow, A new school for wives, and A minuet

Music at home: Family at the piano
A lady plays the piano, while two children sing. Date: 1878

The curtain rises... Contemporary plays and books on the Current Theatre. Poster about contemporary works on the Current Theatre, showing a conductor standing before an open theatre curtain

Street music: Barrel organ in Paris
A rather surly looking musician plays a barrel organ on the streets of Paris. Date: 1740

Street music: A concertina player with monkey friend, c. 1890
A shabbily dressed but smiling boy plays a concertina in a park, with a monkey perched on his shoulder. Date: c. 1890

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