Role Collection (page 16)

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The Bells, by Leopold Lewis, starring H B Irving
The Bells, by Leopold Lewis, first produced at the Lyceum Theatre, London, November 1871. Pictured here is Harry Brodribb Irving (1870-1919) in the role of Mathias

The Belle of Brittany, by Leedham Bantock and P J Barrow, with music by Howard Talbot. First produced at the Queens Theatre, London, October 1908

The Beauty Spot, by Arthur Anderson, from the French of P-L Flers, with music by J W Tate. First produced at the Theatre Royal, Manchester, November 1917, then at the Gaiety Theatre, London

Machine Gun Company training for the anti personnel role
Photograph of Machine Gun Company training for the anti personnel role, during training at Fanling Camp, New Territories, 1938 (c)

The Babes in the Wood, Lyceum Theatre, London. Date: 1913

Dame Rachel Crowdy (1884-1964) trained as a nurse and served as Principal Commandant for the VADS (Voluntary Aid Detachments) to the Territorial Army during the First World War

Two Japanese Geisha girls in colourful Kimonos reading a book together. Date: circa 1910s

Victorian scrap - Theatre character in pink and blue costume. late 19th century

Cartoon, A new man in Oldacres part. A reference to a three-act comedy entitled The Candidate, at the Criterion Theatre, London

Cartoon, Alfred Reed, performer
Cartoon, Alfred German Reed (1846-1895), actor and theatre manager, as Wisdom Pinfold in A Moss Rose Rent. 1884

Cartoon, John Lawrence Toole as Hamlet
Cartoon of John Lawrence Toole (1830-1906), English comic actor, theatre manager and producer. Seen here in an imaginary performance of Hamlet

Cartoon, Corney Grain, performer
Cartoon, Richard Corney Grain (1844-1895), entertainer and songwriter, seen here in the role of Sir Plumley Partridge in A Moss Rose Rent. 1884

Mr Warde as the Prince of Wales in Shakespeares Henry IV
Mr Warde (probably James Prescott Warde, 1792-1840) as the Prince of Wales (Hal) in Shakespeares Henry IV. 1827

Cartoon, Horace Wigan, actor, dramatist and manager
Cartoon, Horace Wigan (c.1815-1885), actor, dramatist and theatre manager, best known for his detective roles. A very amiable gentleman, though he doesn t always look cheerful. 1884

Charles Kemble as Falstaff in Henry IV
Charles Kemble in the role of Sir John Falstaff in Shakespeares King Henry IV. 1827

Cartoon, Mrs Weldon in her latest role -- Mad? Not much. Georgina Weldon (1837-1914), classical singer, was frequently involved in lawsuits and libel cases with others

Miss Elsie Janis in Hullo America - Sweetheart of the AEF
Miss Elsie Janis (1889-1956) - American singer, songwriter, actress, and screenwriter - pictured here in her revue Hullo America - Sweetheart of the AEF (American Expeditionary Force) during WW1

Judy Garland - American actress - Till the Clouds Go By
Judy Garland (1922-1969) - American singer, actress, and vaudevillian in the role of in Till the Clouds Go By ). Date: 1946

Janette Steer as Hamlet
Janette Steer in the male role of Hamlet in Shakespeares play of the same name. 1899

Sarah Bernhardt as Hamlet
The actress Sarah Bernhardt (1844 - 1923) in the male role of Hamlet in Shakespeares play of the same name. 1899

A smart lady coming home in the early hours
Role Reversal. A smart lady coming home in the early hours... " Just by Way of a Change". She has only just beaten the Milkman to the doorstep

Miss Rose Coghlan as Lady Marsden
Miss Rose Coghlan (1851-1932), English actress, in the role of Lady Marsden, in a production of All For Her, a play by Hermann Merivale and Palgrave Simpson, based on the Dickens novel

Miss Fannie Leslie, actress and singer
Miss Fannie Leslie (1856-1935), actress and singer, seen here in the role of Mrs White. circa 1880s

Huet as Charles VII in the opera, Jeanne d Arc, Paris
M Huet in the role of Charles VII in the opera Jeanne d Arc a Orleans by Michele Carafa di Colobrano, at the Opera Comique, Paris. circa 1821

Miss Rachel Sanger in The Bonnie Fishwife
Miss Rachel Sanger in the role of Maggie MacFarlane in The Bonnie Fishwife, a comedietta or farce in one act by Charles Selby. circa 1880s

Miss Heath in the role of Jane Shore
Miss Heath (1835-1887), actress, in the role of Jane Shore (title role of a play by W G Wills). circa 1880s

M Huet as Charles VII in the opera Jeanne d Arc, Paris
M Huet in the role of Charles VII in Act 2 of the opera Jeanne d Arc a Orleans by Michele Carafa di Colobrano, at the Opera Comique, Paris. 1821

Characters and adverts in Princess Ida programme
Two characters and adverts in Princess Ida programme, Gilbert & Sullivan, Savoy Theatre, London. circa 1880s

Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree in the role of Falstaff
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree in the role of Sir John Falstaff. circa 1900s

Sir Henry Irving in The Bells
Sir Henry Irving in the role of Mathias in The Bells, a melodrama by Leopold Lewis. circa 1870s

Lord Dundreary proposing, Our American Cousin
Lord Dundreary proposing - a scene from the play by Tom Taylor, Our American Cousin, first performed in 1858. The role of this brainless English aristocrat was created on stage by Edward Askew

Jenny Lind as Alice in Roberto il Diavolo
Jenny Lind (1820-1887), Swedish operatic soprano, in the role of Alice in Roberto il Diavolo (Robert le Diable, Robert the Devil) by Meyerbeer. circa 1847

Three women in various costumes, including Mlle Lise Noblet (left) in La Sylphide (ballet by Taglioni), and Madame Laure Cinti-Damoreau (right) as Isabelle in Robert the Devil (opera by Meyerbeer)

Tibet - A High Lama Standard Bearer Date: 1907

Diana Wynyard and Ralph Richardson in The Silent Knight
Diana Wynyard and Ralph Richardson pictured in a scene in Humbert Wolfes play, The Silent Knight, playing at St. Jamess Theatre in December 1937. Date: 1937

Yosyp Stadnyk - Ukranian Theatre director and actor
Yosyp Stadnyk (1876-1954) - Theatre director and actor. Stadnyk played over 100 roles, mostly character roles in a realist style, in plays by Mykhailo Starytsky, Marko Kropyvnytsky

Miss Evelyn D Alroy as Yaouma in False Gods
Miss Evelyn D Alroy (1882-1915) in the role of Yaouma in False Gods alongside Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree at His Majestys Theatre in London (ran from 1909-1910 for 69 performances). Date: 1909

Miss Phyllis Monkman - English Actress and Dancer
Miss Phyllis Monkman (1892-1976) - English Actress and Dancer in the title role in Dear Little Billie a musical comedy at The Shaftesbury Theatre, London

Advert for Ushers Whisky by Bernard Partridge 1912
Advertisement for Ushers Whisky by Bernard Partridge - A Royal Usher gestures his guests to enter (the Palace?). Date: 1912

Nellie Melba, opera singer, in the title role of Aida
Nellie Melba (1861-1931), Australian operatic soprano, seen here in the title role of Aida, by Verdi. circa 1892

Mrs Ann Barry as Sir Harry Wildair in The Constant Couple
Mrs Ann Barry in the character of Sir Harry Wildair, in George Farquhars comic play, The Constant Couple, saying: Here is a nest of the prettiest goldfinches that ever chirp d in a cage from Act II

Giulia Grisi in the role of Adalgisa
Giulia Grisi, Italian opera singer, in the role of the priestess Adalgisa in Bellinis Norma. circa 1830s

Mariano Moreno
Postcard celebrating the 100-year anniversary of the May Revolution in Argentina, featuring an inset portrait of Mariano Moreno - (1778-1811) - an Argentine lawyer, journalist, and politician

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