Stage Collection (page 3)

Flo Dixie - impersonating a male army officer
Flo Dixie, Music Hall Performer - impersonating a male army officer. Known as the bantam male impersonator'. Dressed as an army officer with cane, monocle and cigar. Signed card.. Date: circa 1921

Retro poster, Gilbert & Sullivan, D Oyly Carte
Retro poster for Gilbert & Sullivan, D Oyly Carte, character from HMS Pinafore. 1960s

Strip tease card game - Theatre suit - Stage Manager. A game which features characters involved in performing (and subsequently prosecuting and defending) a striptease

Gene Tierney (1920 - 1991), New York socialite who became an actress on film and stage, first on stage, then in Hollywood films

Photo of Miss Alice Delysia
Black and white photograph in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of 21st November 1925 showing Miss Alice Delysia in On with the Dance at the London Pavilion. Date: 21st November 1925

Somebodys Sweetheart by Edward H Marris
Promotional postcard for Somebodys Sweetheart by Edward H. Marris. First produced West Hartlepool, 17th July 1899 and Theatre Royal, Stratford, 22nd June 1903

Mind The Step revue by Charles Baldwin and Harry Richardson
Promotional postcard for Mind The Step revue by Charles Baldwin and Harry Richardson. First produced at the Islington Empire, 10th May 1915

Busby Berkeley montage
A Busby Berkeley stage show montage featured in London Life magazine to coincide with a season of films at the National Film Theatre in 1965. Date: 1965

Ballet Dancer Robert Helpmann as Hamlet
Ballet Dancer Robert Helpmann (1909-1986) as Hamlet - London, New Theatre - Old Vic Production. Date: circa 1942

Bluebell in Fairyland by Seymour Hicks and Ellaline Terriss
Flyer for the revival of the musical Bluebell in Fairyland on 26th December 1927 at The Scala Theatre, by Seymour Hicks and Ellaline Terriss, with music by Walter Slaughter

Fred and Adele Astaire in Stop Flirting, London, 1924 Date: 1924

Norma Shearer with Leslie Howard
Norma Shearer (1902 1983), American film actress of the 20s and 30s, with Leslie Howard (1893 - 1943), English stage and film actor, director and producer

Rose Marie by Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein
Promotional postcard for Rose Marie by Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein; music Rudolf Friml & Herbert Stothart. First produced in England, at Drury Lane

On and Off by Fred Karno
Promotional postcard for On and Off revue by Fred Karno, circa 1909 Date: circa 1909

Good Morning, Bill! By P. G. Wodehouse
Promotional postcard for Good Morning, Bill! By P. G. Wodehouse, based on the Hungarian of Ladislas Fodor. First produced at the Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne

Funny Face by Fred Thomson & Paul Gerard Smith
Promotional postcard for Funny Face by Fred Thomson and Paul Gerard Smith; lyrics Ira Gershwin; music George Gershwin which was first produced in the Princes Theatre on 8th November 1928

The Mad Hatters Tea Party, Alice in Wonderland at theatre
Alice in Wonderland, performed on stage in 1918 at the Savoy Theatre, and starring Estelle Dudley as Alice, Adrienne Puret as the March Hare

Dorma Leigh in 1920
Dorma Leigh (1890 - ?), British stage performer, appearing here in The Whirligig, at the Palace Theatre, London. 1920

Advertisement for Horlicks -- Better Luck Next Time. Female model (Julie Bishop) in the foreground, looking with disappointment at a dancing couple in the background. 1959

Boeing SM-80 Minuteman ICBM is launched on a test flight from Cape Canaveral on 19 May 1961. The rocket had to be destroyed after it veered off course following second stage ignition

Art deco cover for Theatre World, February 1926

Art deco cover for Theatre World, October 1925
Art deco cover for the magazine Theatre World, October 1925, Vol II no9. Artwork by Bovey. Date: 1925

Costume design for the Dolly Sisters
Costume design for a green outfit by Jean Le Seyeux for the Dolly Sisters in A vol d oiseau, Edouard VII Theatre, Paris, 1923 1923

Portrait of the Dolly Sisters, Paris
The Dolly Sisters in Paris En Fleurs, Casino de Paris, Paris, 1925. Photograph by R. Sobol. 1925

Ballet Russses / Cover
Cover programme design for Col de. Basils Ballet Russes, at the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, for June-September 1936

The American dancer Nitza Vernille appearing in the new Shubert revue Artists and Models, 1927 Date: 1927

The actress and dancer June Tripp, London, 1920
The actress and dancer June Tripp appearing in Buzz Buzz, London, 1920 Date: 1920

Poster, Moody Manners Opera Company
Theatre poster, Moody Manners Opera Company, from Covent Garden, London, touring to principal cities with productions including Carmen, Lohengrin and Faust

Poster, Aladdin at Grand Theatre, Halifax
Pantomime poster, Milton Rays production of Aladdin at the Grand Theatre, Halifax. circa 1900

Mrs Giles Borrett, first female BBC radio announcer
Mrs Giles Borrett (her stage name as an actress was Sheila Stewart), first female BBC radio announcer. She had a three-month trial, and received good notices, but her contract was terminated

Dan Leno, music hall comedian, as Sister Anne
Dan Leno (George Wild Galvin), music hall comedian and musical theatre actor, as Sister Anne in a pantomime entitled Bluebeard, at Drury Lane Theatre, London. Date: circa 1901

Seven Days Leave, Lyceum Theatre, Strand, London
Seven Days Leave, a new play by Walter Howard, at the Lyceum Theatre, Strand, London. With Alfred Paumier as Captain Fielding, Annie Saker as Lady Mary, and Leslie Carter as Colonel Sharrow

The Immortal Hour, by Rutland Boughton, Birmingham
The Immortal Hour, music drama by Rutland Boughton from the play by Fiona MacLeod, produced by Barry V Jackson, at the Repertory Theatre, Station Street, Birmingham. circa 1921

Swan Lake - Robert Helpmann as Prince Siegfried
Ballet dancer Robert Helpmann (1909-1986) in the role of Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake (Le Lac des Cygnes) at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London (Sadlers Wells Ballet). Date: 1946

Sarah Bernhardt - French Stage Actress
Sarah Bernhardt - French Stage (and early film) Actress (1844-1923) - The Divine Sarah - in La Princesse Lointaine by Edmond Rostand. The frame border is an ornate floral art nouveau design

The Rocky Twins from the Casino de Paris, late 1920s
The Rocky Twins in smart dinner suits from the Casino de Paris, late 1920s 1920s

The Folly Theatre, Peter Street, Manchester
Promotional postcard showing a playbill of the acts playing at the Folly Theatre of Varieties, (known as the Folly) Peter Street, Manchester for the week commencing Monday, 24th March 1889

Fedora by Victorien Sardou - Mademoiselle Lina Munte
A card for a French production of Fedora by Victorien Sardou on 18th February, 1903 with Mademoiselle Lina Munte playing the title role of Princess Fedora

Marianne Faithfull, singer, songwriter and actress
Marianne Faithfull (b.1946), English singer, songwriter and actress. Seen here as a teenager at the Prospect Theatre, Reading, where she went to school. circa 1962

Portrait of the American dancer Nina Payne in Paris, 1922
Portrait of the eceentic American dancer Nina Payne in Paris, 1922 - she was one of the stars in the Folies Bergere show Date: 1922

Scenes from the revue A-Z at the Prince of Wales Theatre, Lo
Scenes from Andre Charlots revue A-Z at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London, 1921 with Jack Buchanan, Herbert Mundin and Isabelita Ruiz (Spanish dancer) Date: 1922

Sadlers Wells Theatre - Rosebery Avenue, London. Opening as the first musick house in 1683, the theatre has been used for many types of performance and rebuilt several times. Date: circa 1910s

Aladdin, touring to the Opera House, Northampton, 22 February 1909(?) This seems to be a stock poster. The reverse boasts of The Funniest Pantomime ever produced. circa 1909

Gertie Millar - English stage actress and singer
Gertie Millar (1879-1952) - English stage actress and singer, married 2nd Earl of Dudley in 1924, becoming the Countess of Dudley. Date: circa 1908

Panoramic picture of UB40 fans from stage - Finsbury Park co
Panoramic picture of UB fans taken from the stage at Finsbury Park concert

Sir Ralph Richardson, English actor
Sir Ralph Richardson (1902-1983), renowned English actor. 1960s

Joseph Harker, theatrical scenic artist
Joseph Cunningham Harker (1855-1927), theatrical scenic artist, depicted in a drawing by his son Roland on a Savage Club notice, probably for a Christmas celebration. 1919

Caricature of Charles Dillon, English actor-manager
Caricature of Charles Dillon (1819-1881), English actor-manager and tragedian. Seen here in the role of Belphegor, in a play of the same name by Charles Webb. 1881

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