Rehearsing Collection

A Dachshund choir has a dress rehearsal
Dress Rehearsal - A Dachshund choir is put through its paces... Date: 1911

Ballet dancers rehearsing Coppelia
Ballet dancers from the French Academie de Musique et de Danse rehearsing Coppelia (music by Delibes). Mademoiselle Carlotta Zambelli, Italian dancer and teacher, is in pink on the left

The Beatles rehearsing for the Royal Variety Performance
Photo of The Beatles jumping during rehearsal for the Royal Variety Performance Date: 1963

Four Hawker Hunter 1s of 54 Squadron aerobatic team rehearsing for their Farnborough display. September 1955. Date: 1955

The Windmill Theatre, 1940
Eric Woodburn, seated at the piano, rehearses along with the girls of the Revudeville company at the Windmill Theatre, London. 1940

Yehudi Menuhin and Benjamin Britten Rehearsing
Yehudi Menuhin and Benjamin Britten rehearsing violin and piano in the Jubilee Hall for the Piano Trios recital in Aldeburgh Parish Church on 24 June 1963. Date: 1963

Ballet dancers training
A group of ballet dancers training in a rehearsal studio. circa 1940s

Camille Bos, ballet dancer, rehearsing La Grisi
Mademoiselle Camille Bos, ballet dancer at the French Academie de Musique et de Danse, rehearsing La Grisi

Cartoon, Wilson Barrett, preparing to play Hamlet
Wilson Barrett (William Henry Barrett; 1846-1904), actor, theatre manager and playwright -- More Study! Seen here preparing to play Hamlet, to the consernation of Henry Irving

Verdi Falstaff Paris
GIUSEPPE VERDI the Italian opera composer rehearsing Falstaff at Paris in 1894 Date: 1813-1901

Ballet schools in a country house
Photographs of ballet dancers, rehearsing and in poses, in country house settings, including Muriel Harding and Julia Falls. Captioned, Coryphees in a country house: rusticating ballet schools'

Illustration, Bristlewoods in living room with radio
Caricature illustration by Frank Reynolds, of a man and woman in living room, man and dog dancing by the radio. Captioned, Bristlewoods see it through'. With quotations, Mrs

Theatre goes rural
With many London theatres closed, this production of On Approval was rehearsed in a barn in Buckinghamshire, then toured the provinces. Date: 1940

Shilling Theatre, Fulham, photographs of founders, volunteers and performers rehearsing. Captioned, Fighting the films: The Shilling Theatre at Fulham'

Laurence Olivier and Dorothy Tutin
Laurence Olivier (1907-1989) and Dorothy Tutin (1930-2001), British actors, during rehearsals for John Osborne's play The Entertainer. Date: 10 April 1957

The Hoffman Girls in rehearsals
The Hoffman Girls, the dance troupe founded, managed and choreographed by Gertrude Hoffman, pictured in rehearsals for Leap Year which had had a successful run at the London Hippodrome

THEATRICAL COSTUMES / C18
The Theatrical candidates 18th century Actors and Actresses Date: circa 1770

C18 ACTORS IN A BARN
Strolling players rehearsing in a barn Date: 1738

Cartoon, Dilettanti Theatricals
Contemporary society. Cartoon, Dilettanti Theatricals, or, a Peep at the Green Room, Vide Pic-Nic Orgies, by James Gillray

Elephant balancing on one leg, Sir Robert Fossetts Circus
An elephant named Monica, balancing on one leg. She belongs to Sir Robert Fossetts Circus. Date: circa 1960s

Boy sitting on elephant, Sir Robert Fossetts Circus
A boy sitting on the back of an elephant named Monica, who is balancing on one leg. They belong to Sir Robert Fossetts Circus. Date: circa 1960s

Carrie Moore rehearsing for The Dairymaids
Carrie Moore, actress, rehearsing for the farcical musical comedy, The Dairymaids. Date: circa 1906

Cierva W11 Air Horse VZ-724 rehearsing for a display
Cierva W11 Air Horse, VZ-724, rehearsing for a display at the 1949 SBAC show at Farnborough. Date: 1949

Formation flying - mechanical and natural
Planes rehearsing for the RAF Display at Hendon fly in formation. Beneath them, a flock of geese also fly in formation showing how modern technology mimics nature. Date: 1932

Gwen Clare & J. H. Dowd rehearse for Chelsea Arts Ball
The artist J. H. Dowd, best known for his illustrations of children, pictured Miss Gwen Clare rehearsing for the forthcoming Chelsea Arts Ball in the sculptor Frank Dobsons studio in Chelsea. J. H

Lilian Harvey and Nils Asther rehearsing for The Girl in Tex
Lilian Harvey and Nils Asther rehearsing for the German film The Girl in the Taxi (1927). In the end Asther did not appear in the film (he left Europe for Hollywood)

Ballet dancers rehearsing, England. circa 1966

Rehearsal for the Living Poster Ball
Lady Diana Cooper, Mrs. Baillie-Hamilton and Lady Cunard rehearsing for the Living Poster Ball, held in aid of the Childrens Country Holiday Fund

Carrie Moore / Postcard
Carrie Moore, popular actress, rehearsing for her role in The Dairymaid - or did they have real live cows on stage ? Date: 1907

Cartoon, Pacific Overtures, or, a Flight from St Clouds over the Water to Charley, a new Dramatic Piece now Rehearsing, by James Gillray

Actress Freda Wyn doing handstand in cat costume
Freda Wyn, English actress (aka Winifred A Ryeland, 1916-1989), doing a handstand on stage in her cat costume during rehearsals for a pantomime, Puss in Boots

The latest craze - ballet on skates, 1929
Photographs reporting on the craze for ice dancing over normal dancing in 1929. The skaters featured were performing ice cabaret at the Hammersmith Ice-Drome which opened on 30 December 1929

Cast of The Country Girl at Dalys knitting, WW1
Girls rehearsing " The Country Girl" at Dalys Theatre, pose for a publicity photograph during an interval engaged in making mittens and mufflers for soldiers. Date: 1914

Indian cavalry in France during World War I
Indian cavalry rehearsing for the day of battle in France: spurring into the enemy. Date: 1916

Cub scouts rehearsing for royal visit, Bahamas
Cub scouts rehearsing for a two-day royal visit of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh to Nassau, Bahamas, in February 1966

Imogen Holst Conducting at Blythburgh
Imogen Holst conducting (probably) the Festival Instrumental Ensemble in Blythburgh Church for the Choral Concert on 1 July 1961. The bassoon-player is probably William Waterhouse. Date: 1961

Elizabeth Asquith & Nelson Keys rehearsing a matinee, WW1
Miss Elizabeth Asquith rehearsing with Mr Nelson Keys for their sketch in the forthcoming Serbian Relief Fund Matinee to be held on 9 May 1916 and organised by Lady Greville and Lady Oranmore

Hungarian Drummer
Barefoot children dancing to the beat of a drum in Hungary. They are rehearsing for Christmas pantomime. Date: 1930s

Rehearsing for the Pantomine. Illustration by Adrian Marie. The Graphic. 1885. Engraving

Mozart rehearsing his XIIth mass. Date c1897 Aug. 25

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

Village choir practice
The Village choir practice. Date: 1871

Hunting-horn contest at the Horse and Hound Ball
Competitors rehearsing in the hunting-horn contest at the Horse and Hound Ball at Grosvenor House in London. Date: 1951

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

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

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

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