Proscenium Collection

KINGs LYNN MART, 1920S
Kings Lynn Mart, featuring a proscenium painted by George Orton, Sons & Spooner Date: 1920s

In front and behind the scenes at the Coliseum, London
A great stage and a great curtain: in front and behind the scenes at the Coliseum, London. Top centre: a diagrammatic view of the revolving stage

17th Century Theatre
The structure of a later 17th century theatre; the audience sitting just below the proscenium at least are under cover

USA / Met Opera / Stage
NEW YORK a performer takes a bow, as a bouquet of flowers is handed up

Plans and section of the Odeon of Pericles, Athens, Greece
Plans and section of the Odeon of Athens or Odeon of Pericles in Athens, Greece. Odeo di Pericle. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Luigi Antonio Bossi from Giulio Ferrarios

Programme cover, Northampton Repertory Theatre, October 1949. 1949

Music cover, The New Haymarket Polka, by Meredith Ball, showing the proscenium arch and safety curtain of the Haymarket Theatre, London Date: circa 1880

Programme cover, Kingston Empire Theatre, Surrey, Kingshot Theatres Ltd, Director: Stanley Watson. circa 1950

San Carlo Theatre interior, Naples, Italy, showing the stage, the orchestra, the stalls and many balconies. Date: circa 1900

The Auditorium, Liverpool Repertory Theatre. 1911

KINGS THEATRE / 1816
Exterior of the Kings Theatre, Haymarket, London, re-built after the original was destroyed by a fire in 1789. Date: 1816

Dr Syntax at Covent Garden Theatre
Doctor Syntax watching a performance of Henry IV at Covent Garden Theatre, London. Date: 1812

Dr Syntax witnessing the fate of his play (at Drury Lane Theatre, London). Date: 1820

Proscenium Arch, Pantheon Theatre, London. 1815

Advertisement for Grand Theatre, Woolwich, SE London
Advertisement for Grand Theatre and Opera House, Woolwich, south east London, with a photo of the interior. Date: circa 1905

Old Batchelor benefit performance for Joe Miller
The Old Batchelor, benefit performance for Joe Miller at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London. Joseph Miller (1684-1738) was an English actor who first played Sir Joseph Whittol in William Congreves

Roman Theatre at Bosra. Syria
Syria. Bosra. Roman Theatre

Roman Art. Spain. Andalusia. Italica. Theatre
Roman Art. Spain. Italica. Theatre. Its construction began under Emperor Augustus (1st century BC-1st century AD). Orchestra, frons pulpiti and scaenae frons. Santiponce. Andalusia

Greek Art. Epidaurus Theater. Peloponnese. Greece
Greek Art. Epidaurus Theater by Polykleitos the Younger. Epidaurus. Peloponnese. Greece. Europe

Epidaurus Theater
Greek Art. Epidaurus Theater by Polykleitos the Younger (IV century BC). Epidaurus. Peloponnese

Proscenium by Ivor Novello
Front page of promotional flyer for Proscenium by Ivor Novello at the Globe Theatre, 1933. Date: 1933

Babes in the Wood at the Grand Theatre, Islington
Promotional postcard for Babes in the Wood at the Grand Theatre, Islington, circa 1900 Date: circa 1900

Concert Hall, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America
Interior of Prince Georges Hall, a concert hall in Cuyo Street, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America. Date: circa 1910

Holborn Theatre, London, 1866
The interior of Holborn Theatre, London, soon after it was opened in October 1866. Able to seat 1, 500, the theatre was built by Mr. Simpson, and the architects were Messrs Finch, Hill and Pararie

A Winters Tale at the Princes Theatre, Manchester 1869
A scene from A Winters Tale at the Princes Theatre, Oxford Street, Manchester 1869. The theatre had been repoened in August 1869, following refurbishment by Mr

Llandudno Pier Orchestra
The Llandudno Pier orchestra. Date: 1910?

LCC-LFB - A lowered theatre safety curtain
A safety curtain is a fire safety precaution used in large proscenium arch theatres. It is usually a heavy fibreglass or iron curtain located immediately behind the proscenium arch

Purcells opera King Arthur at Drury Lane Theatre, London
Purcells opera King Arthur on stage at Drury Lane Theatre, London. This is the scene where Arthur is tempted by two nymphs or sirens bathing in a stream, but resists the temptation

Rehearsing a play in ordinary clothes
Actors at a London theatre rehearse a play in their everyday clothes - their costumes have yet to materialise

Lyceum Theatre, London
The Proscenium of the English Opera House, in the Strand, formerly the Lyceum : with Walkers display of his EIDOURANIAN (showing the movements of the stars)

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