Revels Collection

Fairy Revels
Enchanting illustration showing fairies dancing in a ring underneath a toadstool while pixies, elves and sprites watch and hold lamps. c.1925

Bee Jackson dancing the charleston
Dancer Bee Jackson demonstrating the Charleston which she was performing at the Piccadilly Revels cabaret at the Piccadilly Hotel after making a name for herself in America

Gossip about Fairies 12
On moonlit nights the fairies hold their revels, naturally choosing a picturesque castle ruin as the setting

At the Skating Carnival - Pretty lady reveller with a broom
At the Skating Carnival - Pretty lady reveller wearing a very stylish black dress with red floral pattern with a broom. Date: 1905

Carnival in a Spanish town
People celebrating with a carnival in the streets of a Spanish town. Date: 1870

Roman carnival at night
A Roman carnival taking place in the streets at night. Date: 1849

Village Revels by William Heath Robinson
A charming scene painted by the comic artist, W. Heath Robinson featuring villagers enjoying themselves at a fair. In the foreground some agricultural workers in smocks enjoy tankards of ale

The eccentric dancer Hal Sherman in the Piccadilly Revels, L
The eccentric American dancer Hal Sherman in the Piccadilly Revels (1926) cabaret show at the Piccadilly Hotel Date: 1926

Two scenes from the inaugural cabaret show at the Piccadilly Hotel, called Dollys Revels, London, 1924, produced by Edward Dolly (the brother of the Dolly Sisters)

Play-time at the Piccadilly: Piccadilly Revels - Cabaret
Play-time at the Piccadilly: Piccadilly Revels. A new cabaret show at the Piccadilly Hotel at the very end of the London season - highlighting the popularity of this form of entertainment in

HMS Marlborough - Concert Party Performers
Two members of a Concert Party in mid-performance! HMS Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, named in honour of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

Regina West, one of the dancers in Night Time Revels cabar
Regina West, one of the dancers in Night Time Revels the cabaret at the Queens Hotel, London, 1926 Date: 1926

Photos of partygoers going to Happy New Year Ball, 1925
Black and white photographs in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of 5th December 1925 showing revellers trying on costumes for the Happy New Year Costume Ball being held at the Albert Hall

A scene from the Piccadilly Revels cabaret show, London (192
A scene from the Piccadilly Revels, the cabaret show at the Piccadilly Hotel, London (1927) Date: 1927

The extraordinary cabaret act of Hank the Mule, London (1927
The extraordinary cabaret act of Hank the Mule (1927) at the Piccadilly Revels 1926, the cabaret show at the Piccadilly Hotel Date: 1927

The dancing act of Fowler and Tamara in the Piccadilly Revel
The American dancing act of Fowler and Tamara in the Piccadilly Revels (1927), the cabaret show at the Piccadilly Hotel, London Date: 1927

The girls in the Piccadilly Revels, London (1927)
The girls in the Piccadilly Revels (1927) - the cabaret show at the Piccadilly Hotel, London Date: 1926

Doris Bransgrove in the Piccadilly Hotel Cabaret (1926)
Doris Bransgrove in the Piccadilly Revels - the cabaret show at the Piccadilly Hotel, London Date: 1926

Gypsy Rhoumage in the Piccadilly Revels, London (1926)
Gypsy Rhoumage in the Piccadilly Revels- the Piccadilly Hotel Cabaret, London (1926) Date: 1926

Baliol and Merton in the Piccadilly Revels, London (1928)
Baliol and Merton in the Piccadilly Revels (1928) - the cabaret show at the Piccadilly Hotel, London Date: 1928

Miss Dora Dubey, one of the company appearing in Dollys Revels at the Piccadilly Hotel in London in 1924. The Bystander comments that she is

Uninvited Spectators at the Christmas Revels
This is an early Victorian party scene showing two young girls looking through a door decorated with holly at a party full of adults in fine evening wear

Programme cover for Dollys Revels cabaret
Programme cover for the first edition of Dollys Revels, Edward Dollys cabaret show at the Piccadilly Hotel, London, Spring 1924. Artwork by Dolly Tree. Date: 1924

Rasputin Restaurant
The restaurant Villa Rode, Saint Petersburg, scene of RASPUTINs orgiastic revels. Date: circa 1916

Portola Festival, San Francisco, USA
A night scene during the Portola Festival in full swing on Market Street, San Francisco, USA. The inset photograph shows Queen Virgilia (Virgilia Bogue), the Carnival Queen in 1913

Programme for Revels in Rhythm at the Trocadero
Programme cover for Charles B. Cochrans Revels in Rhythm at the Trocadero Grill Room, London from December 1933 1933

Trick Riders of the 16th and 5th British Lancers. Two riders dressed as a criminal and a policeman act out a chase and in so doing leap over a row of orientals holding parasols

The Piccadilly Revels
An artists impression of one of the scenes in The Piccadilly Revels when performed at The Piccadilly Hotel

Edward Hopkins
EDWARD HOPKINS member of a prominent money- lending family, held various positions including Master of the Revels in Ireland

Carnival revellers in a Roman street
Carnival revellers in animal costumes in a Roman street, surrounding a rather distressed looking priest

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