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Gipsy Love by Basil Hood and Adrian Ross. First produced by George Edwardes at Dalys Theatre, London on 1 June 1912. Showing Harry Dearth, Sari Petrass and Robert Michaelis. Date: circa 1912
Betty Beryl in A E Smiths Revue, All Bluff, now in 20th year of tour. Date: early 20th century
Shirley Kellogg in Razzle Dazzle! - a revue by Albert de Courville, Wal Pink and Basil Macdonald Hastings, with music by Herman Darewski and Manuel Klein
Come Over Here! A new revue by Wilson Mizner and Max Pemberton at the London Opera House, Kingsway Date: circa 1913
Page from The Bystander, 6th May 1931 featuring Ada May (1896-1978), American singer and dancer, one of the bright particular stars of C.B. Cochrans ill-fated " 1931 Revue"
Sketches of C. B. Cohrans revue One Dam ThingSketches of C.B. Cohrans revue One Dam Thing After Another at the London Pavilion, 1927 featuring Jessie Matthews, Ricard Dolman, Rich Hayes, Art Fowler and Morris Harvey Date: 1927
The English portrait painter John S. Eland painting the spirit of the dance represented by Dorothy Dilley seen in the Music Box Revue, New York, 1924 Date: 1924
Harriet Hoctor as the Fairy Doll in A La Carte, Rosalie Stewarts revue, 1927 Date: 1927
Two film photographs: top right an ensemble of 150 in the film revue titled The March of Time (MGM), 1930 and bottom left an ensemble from Hold Everything, a Warner Brothers talkie, 1930. Date: 1930
Advert for Fanchon and Marcos Ideas stage presentations for Fox West Coast Theatres, 1930 Date: 1930
Dancers from around the world, 1929. Germaine and Armand Fellows, (top left), Belgian dancers who have danced all over Europe, recently in the Folies Bergere
The dancer Anton Dolin, who appeared in Lew Leslie sThe dancer Anton Dolin, who appeared in Lew Leslies International Revue and then toured England and France, 1930 Date: 1930
A portrait of the American dancer Barrie Oliver, 1929 appearing in Charlots revue in London Date: 1929
A portrait of the Viennese dancer Maria Asti appearing at the Marischka in Vienna, 1931 Date: 1929
A portrait of Christl Mardaine appearing in the Deutsches Theatre show Nur Mit Dir (only with You) in Munich, Germany, 1931 Date: 1929
A cast member of the Albert de Courville revue, Shell Out at the Comedy Theatre, dressed as the Savage Club, one of a number of costumes representing various London clubs for a particular scene
Dog s-tooth violet and mothDog s-tooth-violet or dogtooth violet, Erythronium dens-canis, and moth. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Daniel Rabel after a botanical illustration by Maria Sibylla Merian from Pierre Joseph
Crown imperial lily, Fritillaria imperialis, and tulips, Tulipa gesneriana. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Daniel Rabel after a botanical illustration by Maria Sibylla Merian from Pierre
Black-naped monarch and hooded warblerBlack-naped monarch, Hypothymis azurea 1, and hooded warbler, Setophaga citrina 2. Gobe-mouche blue des Philippines, Gobe-mouche de la Louisiane
Living drop-curtain in Better Days, London HippodromeA living drop-curtain at the London Hippodrome revue, Better Days, with various young ladies draped through peep holes. Date: 1925
Iris Lockwood in Get a Load of This, London HippodromeIris Lockwood, actress, model and later wife of theatre director and producer Robert Nesbitt, appearing in the London Hippodrome revue Get a Load of This wearing a dress by Norman Hartnell. Date: 1941
Pat Kirkwood in Black Velvet at the London HippodromePat Kirkwood performing the hit, Most Gentlemen Don t Like Love in the popular wartime revue Black Velvet at the London Hippodrome in 1940. Date: 1940
An ostrich farm in South Africa, Hoffman Girls at HippodromeThe famous Hoffman Girls performing as ostriches (!) in the London Hippodromes 1924 revue, Leap Year. 1924 was the year of the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley
Lace scene in Leap Year at the London HippodromeThe lace scene in Leap Year at the London Hippodrome. Date: 1924
The Hoffman Girls performing webbing act, London HippodromeThe eighteen Gertrude Hoffman Girls performing their extraordinary acrobatic webbing act at the London Hippodrome, Leap Year, in 1924. Date: 1924
Shirley Kellogg at the London HippodromeA caricature of the revue star, Shirley Kellogg walking among the audience on the gang-plank (or joy-plank ) during WW1-era revues. Famously she would throw flowers to the gentlemen in the stalls
The Jazz Mistress at the London HippodromeSome pictorial jazz jottings from the Hippodrome. Sketches by Hynes of various performers in The Jazz Mistress, the 1925 revue at the London Hippodrome
Hullo Ragtime! at the London HIppodromeThe Beauty Chorus of the London Hippodrome, led by the star of their popular revue, Hullo Ragtime! walking along the gangplank from the stage, over the orchestra and through the stalls
Evelyn Nesbit and Mr CliffordEvelyn Nesbit, aka Mrs Harry Thaw, pictured with Mr. Clifford with whom she was performing at the London Hippodrome revue, Hello Ragtime in 1913
Black Velvet revue at the London HippodromeDouble page spread in The Sketch featuring photographs of the London Hippodrome wartime revue, Black Velvet, starring Iris Lockwood, Pat Kirkwood, Teddy Brown, Vic Oliver and Carol Lynne
The Stone Age scene in Zig-Zag! London HippodromeThe Stone Age scene in the 1917 Hippodrome revue, Zig-Zag! featuring Daphne Pollard as Mrs Stone Hatchett who flirts with her lover, played by George Clarke
Daphne Pollard as Mrs Stone Hatchett, Zig-Zag, HippodromeDaphne Pollard in the comic role of Mrs Stone Hatchett in the Stone Age scene, part of " Zig-Zag!" the 1917 revue at the London Hippodrome. Date: 1917
George Robey, quick-change scene in Zig-Zag, HippodromeGeorge Robey in " Zig-Zag!" the 1917 revue at the London Hippodrome, in a scene where he performed a burlesque of the methods of Fregoli, the quick-change artist, with comic results
Shirley Kellogg & chorus in Zig-Zag, HippodromeA zig-zag effect in " Zig-Zag!. Shirley Kellogg, star of the 1917 revue at the London Hippodrome, " Zig-Zag!" seated on a cushion as Shir Lee in the Chinese Lacquer scene
Sketch cover - Cicely Debenham in Zig-Zag, London HippodromeCicely Debenham as Louana Lou of Honolulu in the revue " Zig-Zag!" at the London Hippodrome in 1917. Date: 1917
Scene from Joy Bells at the London HippodromeA picturesque scene from the popular Albert de Courville revue, Joy Bells, at the London Hippodrome in 1919 with Phyllis Bedells and chorus
Starlets and show-girls of Black Velvet at London HippodromePage from The Sketch featuring photographs of the starlets in Black Velvet, a revue at the London Hippodrome in 1939. Featured are Iris Lockwood (who married theatre producer Robert Nesbitt)
The leading ladies in Black Velvet at London HippodromeCaricature of the four leading ladies in Black Velvet, a wartime revue produced by George Black at the London Hippodrome. The four featured are Carol Lynne (who married Bernard Delfont)
ISDN cover - George Robey in Round in 50Front cover of The Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News featuring photographs of George Robey in various costumes as Harold in Round in 50 at the London Hippodrome. Date: 1922
Elsie Randolph in Stand Up and Sing by HynesElsie Randolph in the role of Ena in the comedy musical Stand Up and Sing at the London Hippodrome in which she starred with long-time stage partner, Jack Buchanan. Caricatured by Hynes. Date: 1931
Frances Day (1908 - 1984), born Frances Schenk, revue, cabaret, television and film actress and one of the original blonde bombshells
Binnie Hale, playing Jill in Mr CindersBinnie Hale (Bernice Hale Munro) (1899 - 1984), British revue artiste and actress, photographed by Sasha at the time she was playing Jill opposite Bobby Howes in the hit musical comedy Mr Cinders
In Dahomey at the Crown Theatre in PeckhamIn Dahomey was a stage revue with an African American cast that toured Britain from 1903-1904 following a successful run in Londons West End. Date: 1904
Photograph of the dolly sisters in fluffy white costumes for their Pony Trot. Until the end of the League of Notions revue
The Company of the Co-optimists, October 1921Nine of the ten Co-Optimists, a variety revue in London. From left to right (top row) Phyllis Monkman, Laddie Cliff, Elsa Macfarlane, Stanley Holloway; (second row) Betty Chester
Interpretation of the League of Notions, 1921Jean de Bosscheres interpretation of the opening scene of the " League of Notions", a poppular revue in London. Bosschere was a famous Belgian artist and writer. Date: 1921
Bystander front cover - Elsa MacfarlaneBystander cover featuring a colour photograph of actress and entertainer, Elsa Macfarlane, who was a member of the revue group, the Co-optimists
Davy Burnaby caricatured by GarrettoActor and entertainer George Davy Burnaby (1881 - 1949), caricatured by Garretto in The Bystander. Burnaby appeared in numerous films but was also well known for forming The Co-optimists a revue