Theatre Collection (page 17)

Girls in the Finale Polar Nachte fromHerman Hallers Achtung! Welle, Admiralspalast, Berlin 1926 Date: 1926

Bill posters 1887
Cartoon in Punch, entitled How we advertise now, of a busy street scene with the whole wall covered with bill posters of horror scenes, from 1887. Date: 1887

A study of Ruth French, the accomplished stage dancer, London, 1923. Making her third apearance at the London Hippodrome in Julian Wylies Brighter London. Date: 1923

Victoria Street, Westminster, Londonwith the Victoria Palace Theatre on the left. Date: circa 1910s

Zuyder Zee, a revue, Cardiff and Swansea, Wales
Zuyder Zee, a revue by R E Jones Ltd, in Cardiff and Swansea, Wales -- None but the Brave Deserve the fair. early 20th century

The Youngest of Three, New Theatre, Cambridge
The Youngest of Three, a play by H F Maltby, at the New Theatre, Cambridge, with a scene from Act 3. First performed in Jersey in 1905. circa 1911

Would-Be Actors, Palace Theatre, London
Would-Be Actors, at the Palace Theatre, London, with Carter Livesey, Albert Mason and Lilian Rosebery. 1906

The Woman in the Case, Kennington Theatre, London
The Woman in the Case, at the Kennington Theatre, London, a Frank Weathersby production, previously at the Garrick Theatre and the New Theatre. 1915

The Whirl of the World, Palladium Theatre, London
The Whirl of the World, Charles Gullivers revue in 25 scenes, by Albert de Courville, Edgar Wallace and William E Wells, at the Palladium Theatre, London, with a chorus of sixty. circa 1920s

The Walls of Jericho, Garrick Theatre, London
The Walls of Jericho, a satirical comedy by Alfred Sutro, at the Garrick Theatre, London, starring Arthur Bourchier as Samson. 1904

Uncles Troubles, with William Pardoe, a musical absurdity. circa 1917

Scene from Tom Jones, comic opera by Edward German
Scene from Tom Jones, a comic opera by Edward German, based on the 18th century novel by Henry Fielding, with a libretto by Robert Courtneidge and Alexander Thompson, and lyrics by Charles Taylor

Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies in Tess of the D Urbervilles, based on the novel by Thomas Hardy, at the Barnes Theatre, Richmond, SW London. 1925

Lily Brayton as Katharina in The Taming of the Shrew
Lily Brayton as Katharina in Shakespeares comedy, The Taming of the Shrew at the Kings Theatre, Hammersmith, West London, with Oscar Asche. The couple were also performing in Othello. 1900s

Teddy Tail, Duke of Yorks Theatre, London
Teddy Tail, a childrens fantastic musical play by Charles Folkard, music by Frederic Norton, based on the Teddy Tail comic strip in the Daily Mail newspaper, at the Duke of Yorks Theatre

Frank Tinney in Sometime, Vaudeville Theatre
Frank Tinney in Sometime, at the Vaudeville Theatre, London, with Desiree Ellinger. 1925

The Second in Command, Metropole Theatre, Camberwell
The Second in Command, a military comedy by Robert Marshall, at the Metropole Theatre, Camberwell, SE London. Previously at the Haymarket Theatre, London. circa 1900

Rose Marie, Pleasure Gardens Theatre, Folkestone, Kent
Rose Marie, a musical romance of the Canadian Rockies, at the Pleasure Gardens Theatre, Folkestone, Kent, and at the Empire Theatre, Liverpool. Previously at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London

Peg O My Heart, Marina Theatre, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Peg O My Heart, a play by Hartley Manners at the Marina Theatre, Lowestoft, Suffolk. circa 1910s

Martin Harvey as Sydney Carton in The Only Way, based on Charles Dickens novel, A Tale of Two Cities. circa 1900s

The Vic-Wells Season & Dance, Waterloo, London, with portraits and signatures of creative staff, actors and actresses, including Tyrone Guthrie, Athene Seyler, Charles Laughton, Flora Robson

No No Nanette, Theatre Mogador, Paris, France
No No Nanette, an American operetta in three acts, at the Theatre Mogador, Paris, France. circa 1926

Mercenary Mary, New Theatre, Cambridge
Mercenary Mary, a musical comedy at the New Theatre, Cambridge, previously at the London Hippodrome. circa 1925

The Man Who Married a Dumb Wife, New York, USA
The Man Who Married a Dumb Wife, by Anatole France, with Lillah McCarthy and O P Heggie, at Wallacks Theatre, Broadway and 30th Street, New York, USA. circa 1923

The Man from Mexico, Grand Theatre, Oldham
The Man from Mexico, a comedy at the Grand Theatre, Oldham, previously at the Strand Theatre, London. 1911

Little Women, Grand Theatre, Leeds, West Yorkshire, dramatised by Marian de Forest, based on the novel by Louisa M Alcott, showing the scene in which John and Meg are surprised by Jo and Laurie. 1920

Londons Grand Guignol, Little Theatre, Adelphi, London
Londons Grand Guignol, Little Theatre, John Street, Adelphi, London. circa 1920s

Dan Leno in Mother Goose, pantomime. circa 1903

Jumble Sale, revue, Vaudeville Theatre, London
Jumble Sale, a revue by John Hastings Turner, music by Philip Braham, at the Vaudeville Theatre, London. circa 1920

Jacks Back, Jack Hylton with his Band, Eastbourne
Jacks Back, Jack Hylton with his Band, Winter Garden, Devonshire Park, Eastbourne. 20th century

Johnstown Flood, Atlantic City Board Walk, the original Pan-American production. circa 1909

Dennis Neilson-Terry and Mary Glynne in a new play, The Honourable Mr Tawnish, based on the novel by Jeffery Farnol, at the Shakespeare Theatre, Liverpool. 1924

The Two Orphans, in Flewso the Flier, a pantomime
The Two Orphans, in Flewso the Flier, the Summerdown revuesical panto, at the Pier Theatre, Eastbourne. 1917

Distinguished Villa, by Kate O Brien, Little Theatre, London
Distinguished Villa, a play by Kate O Brien, Little Theatre, London, starring Una O Connor and Ivor Barnard. 1926

G H Elliott, singer of the song, Frys Chocolate Major
G H Elliott, music hall star and singer of the song Frys Chocolate Major, words by A J Mills, music by Bennett Scott

Barnaby Rudge, theatre production based on the Dickens novel

The Babes in the Wood, pantomime, Gaiety Theatre, Dublin
The Babes in the Wood, pantomime, at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, with Cora Goffin

The Babes in the Wood, pantomime, Theatre Royal, York
The Babes in the Wood, pantomime, at the Theatre Royal, York. circa 1915

Maud Allan, The Vision of Salome, Palace Theatre, London
Maud Allan in The Vision of Salome, Palace Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London. 1908

Aladdin, pantomime, National Theatre, Kingsway, London. 1914

Athens, Greece - Relief sculptures - Theatre of Dionysus. Alterations carried out in the third century AD by the archon Phaedrus included the re-use of earlier Hadrianic reliefs (pictured here)

Cast of Hiawatha at the open-air Theatre, Scarborough
The touring cast of The Song of Hiawatha by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor at the open-air Theatre, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England

The corner of Shaftesbury Avenue and Greek Street, London - large advertising hoardings/billboards for The Talk of the Town revue at The Adelphi Theatre and Crazy Gang at the Victoria Palace Theatre

Androcles and the Lion by Shaw
The play Androcles and the Lion by George Bernard Shaw at the St Jamess Theatre, London. The emperor places his foot on the lions head while Androcles keeps the beast quiet

St Bartholomews Hospital, London - An operating Theatre
St Bartholomews Hospital, Farringdon, City of London - An operating Theatre. Date: circa 1907

Miss Jessie Bateman - English stage actress
Jessie Eliza Bateman (1877-1940) - English stage actress. Raphael Tuck large letter postcard. Date: 1905

Exotic dancer from the Gaite-Rochechouart Nightclub - Paris
Exotic dancer (Valder) from le Theatre de la Gaite Rochechouart - the 15 Boulevard Rochechouart, Paris, France. Date: circa 1910s

New Excavations of 1899 reveal Ancient Theatre at Ephesus
Tour group examining the recent excavations of 1899, which revealed more of the Ancient Theatre at Ephesus, near modern Selcuk in Izmir Province, Turkey. Date: 1899

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