Role Collection (page 17)

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

Cartoon, Prediction of role reversal after the war, WW1
Cartoon, Prediction of role reversal after the war. One young woman says to the other: Can you believe it, my husband wanted to drive the car this morning! But thats not going to happen

Miss Lily Brayton - English actress
Miss Lily Brayton (1876-1953) - English actress - she was married to the actor Oscar Asche. Date: circa 1910

Bronze bust of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence
Portrait bronze bust of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence (aka Lawrence of Arabia, 1888-1935), British Army officer best known for his liaison role during the Arab Revolt against Ottoman

Woman working for General Post Office 1915
Woman being enlisted to be a van-driver for the General Post Office, photograph showing a woman tending her horses after a trial run with a mail-van. Date: 1915

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

Owen Brannigan as Noah, Eastbourne
The bass-baritone Owen Brannigan (1908-1973) getting ready to perform the role of Noye (Noah) in Benjamin Brittens opera Noyes Fludde, at Eastbourne in January 1965. Date: 1965

Mary Anderson in the role of Hermione, wife of Pyrrhus
Mary Anderson (1859-1940). American actress. Mary Anderson in the role of Hermione, wife of Pyrrhus. Engraving by Jonnard. The Iberian Illustration, 1888. Colored

Mary Anderson in the role of Hermione
Mary Anderson (1859-1940). American actress. Mary Anderson in the role of Hermione, wife of Leontes in Shakespeares The Winters Tale. Engraving in The Iberian Illustration, 1885. Colored

Japan - Two Geisha Girls whispering to each other Date: 1906

Caricature of John Ruskin, English art critic
Caricature of John Ruskin (1819-1900), English art critic -- a comment on his criticism of Henry Irving, seen here in a drawing on a blackboard in the character of Shylock in The Merchant of Venice

Caricature of Harry Paulton and Johns Clarke, actors
Caricature of Harry Paulton (1842-1917) and Johns Clarke (1833-1899), actors -- The Two Dromios (of Ephesus and Syracuse respectively)

Caricature of Mrs Bernard Beere, English actress
Caricature of Mrs Bernard Beere ( Fanny Mary Whitehead, 1851-1915), English actress. Seen here in the role of Jane Eyre, in an adaptation by W G Wills at the Globe Theatre, London. 1883

Caricature of Arthur Williams, actor, playwright and singer
Caricature of Arthur Williams (1844-1915), English actor, playwright and singer. 1882

Caricature of Fred Leslie, English actor and singer
Caricature of Fred Leslie (Frederick George Hobson, 1855-1892), English actor, singer, comedian and dramatist. Seen here in the role of Rip Van Winkle

Caricature of John Dallas, actor, in the role of Friar Tuck in a pantomime entitled Little Robin Hood, in production at the Gaiety Theatre, London. 1882

Caricature of Charlotte Saunders, actress
Caricature of Charlotte Saunders (1825-1899), actress, seen here in the role of Deborah Barton, in a melodrama by Frank Harvey, Woman Against Woman. 1881

Portrait of J D Stoyle, English actor
Portrait of James D Stoyle (1831-1880), English character actor and comedian, who had recently appeared in the role of Ben Barnacle (depicted in the top left corner)

Caricature of Edwin Booth and William Booth
Caricature of Edwin Booth (1833-1893) as Cardinal Richelieu at the Adelphi Theatre, London, and William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, at the Grecian Theatre in north London

Caricature of Henry Hamilton, English playwright and actor
Caricature of Henry Hamilton (c1853-1918), English playwright and actor, whose adaptation of Ouidas novel, Moths (published 1880), was in production at the Olympic Theatre, London

Caricature of Florence St John, singer and actress
Caricature of Florence St John (1855-1912), English singer and actress -- I am such an artless thing. Seen here in the role of Girola in Manteaux Noirs

Caricature of Kyrle Bellew, British actor
Caricature of Harold Kyrle Money Bellew (1850-1911), British actor. Seen here in a Shakespearean role on tour in Glasgow. The comment reads

Cartoon, Annie Mie, a Dutch play in London
Cartoon, Annie Mie, a Dutch play by Rosier Faarsen which was performed at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London, in November 1880, with Genevieve Ward in the title role

Caricature of Claude Carton, British actor and playwright
Caricature of Richard Claude Carton (Richard Claude Critchett, 1856-1928), British actor and playwright. Seen here in the role of Barnes Durant in A W Pineros play, Imprudence

Caricature of George Grossmith, English writer and performer
Caricature of George Grossmith, English comedian, actor, singer, composer and writer, well known for his appearances in Gilbert and Sullivan operettas

Caricature of the comic actor Lionel Brough
Caricature of the British comic actor Lionel Brough -- Fal-LAL-la. Seen here in the role of Tony Lumpkin in the play She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith. circa 1870s

Caricature of the actor and dramatist Harry Paulton
Caricature of the comic actor and dramatist Harry Paulton in the role of The Abbe. circa 1880s

Caricature of the actor Shiel Barry in the role of Gaspard, a miserly old farmer, in the operetta The Chimes of Normandy. circa 1878

Caricature of the actress Miss Connie Gilchrist
Caricature of the actress, dancer and singer Miss Connie Gilchrist -- Libby Dear. She played the role of Libby Ray in Benjamin Edward Woolfs comic opera The Mighty Dollar

Caricature of the actor and playwright Dion Boucicault
Caricature of the Irish actor and playwright Dion Boucicault (1820?-1890), seen here in the role of Conn in a production of his own play The Shaughraun, probably at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

Caricature of the actor Charles Warner
Caricature of the English actor Charles Warner, in the role of a drunkard. late 19th century

Caricature of the actor Charles Coghlan in the role of Colonel Woods which he played at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London. circa 1880s

Boston Harbour
Discovered in 1614 Boston harbour played an important role in American history. By 1660 almost all imports came through this greater boston area

Lord George Bentinck 2
LORD GEORGE BENTINCK Statesman and sportsman, here in sporting role at a racing stables. Date: 1802 - 1848

BLACK ROD / 1873
Sir Augustus William Clifford, Black Rod, the officer responsible for Parliamentary ceremony, with a key role during the state opening of Parliament. Date: 1873

Martin Harvey as Richard III
Martin Harvey (Sir John Martin-Harvey) (1863 1944), English actor-manager in the role of Richard III Date: circa 1910

Actress As Juliet
Miss Phyllis Neilson in the role of Juliet Date: Early twentieth century

Louis Calvert (1859 1923), British stage and early film actor, in the role of Pistol Date: circa 1905

Verdi / Otello / Garcia
Garcia in the role of Otello Date: first performed 1887

Glucks Armide
Mademoiselle Maillard in the role of Armide, an enchantress whose hobby is seducing Crusaders. She adds the hero Renaud to her list of victims, but only by using magic. Date: first performed 1777

Phyllis Neilson-Terry (1892 - 1977), English actress in the role of Lady Teazle in School for Scandal

Lewis Waller as Henry V
Lewis Waller (1860 1915), English actor and theatre manager, in the role of Henry V Date: circa 1904

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