Rehearsal Collection (page 4)

Music / Singers / Met Opera
a morning rehearsal of the chorus of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, with the added assistance of a cleaning lady Date: January 1913

A dress rehearsal for the road. Illustration shows Charles W. Fairbanks, dressed as a Rough Rider, standing in front of a mirror and seeing himself as Theodore Roosevelt. Date 1904 July 13

Ready for Rehearsal by W. S. Hutton
A confident young actress in a sleeveless blouse and shorts smokes a cigarette whie waiting to perform in a rehearsal. Date: 1927

Scene from banned play, La Vierge Folle

Religious play, The Miracle, Olympia, West London
A scene showing two soldiers of the Inquisition during rehearsals for the religious drama The Miracle, performed in the huge arena of the Olympia exhibition centre, West London, at Christmas 1911

Preparing for the Unveiling of the Victoria Memorial
Officers and banner bearers standing in front of the Queen Victoria Memorial outside Buckingham Palace, still covered in scaffolding but due to be unveiled on 16th May 1911 in the presence of King

Chamber music
A group of chamber musicians rehearse around a piano in a domestic setting. Date: 18th century

Village choir practice
The Village choir practice. Date: 1871

Rehearsal Day
Page of photographs showing the rehearsal for the wedding between Prince George, Duke of Kent and Princess Marina of Greece, with King George V and Queen Mary driving to Westminster Abbey

Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee 1897 - rehearsal
Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee 1897 - the rehearsal for the service at St Pauls Cathedral. Date: 1897

Laurence Olivier at Chichester Festival Theatre
Sir Laurence Olivier (1907 - 1989) directs a rehearsal at Chichester Festival Theatre. Olivier was the first artistic director of Chichester Festival Theatre which was opened in 1962. Date: 1962

Ninette de Valois at a ballet rehearsal
Ninette de Valois sitting on a chair with her back to a large mirror, presiding over a ballet class or rehearsal. circa 1940s

Singing round the piano, c. 1946
A group of women, possibly actresses or chorus girls, gather around a piano in what looks like a rehearsal room to sing their hearts out. c.1946

Ninette de Valois watching a ballet rehearsal
Three women, including Ninette de Valois, sitting on chairs with their backs to a large mirror, watching a ballet class or rehearsal. circa 1940s

Conductor, choir and orchestra c. 1735
A gentleman(believed to be George Frideric Handel(1685-1759), conducts a musical rehearsal. Date: c.1735

Wagner / Menzel
RICHARD WAGNER German composer at a Bayreuth rehearsal in 1875 Date: 1813 - 1883

Paderewski rehearsing Moonlight Sonata by Laurence Irving
Painting depicting the virtuoso Polish pianist, Paderewski, in the film studio at Denham, rehearsing Beethovens Moonlight Sonata for the film of the same name

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

Paris blackout WWII
Paris blackout rehearsal for air raids. The top photo shows Paris before being blacked out seen from the second floor of the Eiffel Tower whereas the bottom is after the lights have been switched off

D Day rehearsals
Troops coming ashore during an exercise to prepare for the D Day Landings in 1944

Gas attack rehearsal 1938
Gas attack rehearsal in Nottingham in 1938. A man with bell and rattle gives a warning of a gas attack in a simulated practice which was filmed to give instruction to other people in the UK

Rehearsal for unveiling of Victoria Memorial
A rehearsal for the unveiling of the Victoria Memorial, a Grade I listed building at the centre of Queens Gardens in front of Buckingham Palace, Central London

Indian cavalry rehearsing for royal visit, Bombay
Indian cavalry rehearsing at the Apollo Bandar in Bombay, in preparation for the visit of King George V and Queen Mary for the Coronation Durbar

Empire Day rehearsal, Tower of London
An Empire Day rehearsal at the Tower of London, showing Lord Roberts Boys with a specially made flag. Empire Day was celebrated between 1904 and 1958 to commemorate Queen Victorias birthday

Leading from Dummy
Cartoon, Leading from Dummy. A popular hostess conducting a dress rehearsal of her first at home of the season, practicing with a dummy

Rehearsing in 1863
A rehearsal taking place on stage with actors reading from their scripts. Date: 1863

Band Rehearsal
Drummers and trumpeters of a French infantry regiment at practice

Egan / Home Rehearsal
Rehearsing Hamlet at home

Trooping the Colour
A policeman and a man in a wheelchair are among the spectators of the rehearsal for the Trooping of the Colour at Horseguards Parade, Whitehall, central London

OPERA, 1789
Gustav III of Sweden attends a rehearsal of the opera Gustaf Wasa : three years later he will be assassinated at a bal masque in the Opera House

Ballet dancers rehearsing Rouet d Armor
Ballet dancers at the French Academie de Musique et de Danse rehearsing a new opera-ballet by Adolphe Piriou, Rouet d Armor (Wheel of Armour)

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