Theatre Collection (page 98)

Christopher Sly by Giovacchino Forzano (19 November 1884 28 October 1970) translated by H. B. Cotterill and starring Matheson Lang (May 15, 1879 April 11, 1948)

The Christian King by Wilson Barrett (18 February 1846 22 September 1904). First produced at the Princes Theatre in Bristol on 6th November 1902

Amateur theatre performance, The Pyjama Game. Date: circa 1980s

Theatre Rotto, Sancreed Village Hall, Penzance, Cornwall
Theatre Rotto in action, Sancreed Village Hall, Sancreed, near Penzance, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

A Chinese Honeymoon by George Dance. Whereas Dance sometimes leased out his shows to other touring managers, he had many touring companies of his own, as seen here

Street theatre on the beach, St Ives, Cornwall -- five actors (male and female) from the National Theatre Company, Bath, in teeshirts and miniskirts holding boxes of Kelloggs Cornflakes

The Chinese Bungalow by Marion Osmond and James Corbet from Osmonds novel written in 1923, starring Matheson Lang. First produced at The Grand Theatre in Hull on 2nd October 1925 with the first

The Chinese Bungalow by Marion Osmond and James Corbett
The Chinese Bungalow by Marion Osmond and James Corbet starring Matheson Lang. An example of an image being supplied with more than one text. The artist is Charles Buchel

H B Irving playing Charles I by W. G. Wills
Photograph of Harry Brodribb, known as H B in the lead role of Charles I. This is another card advertising the companys arrival in Southampton on the same tour. Date: 1907

Dorothea Baird as Queen Henrietta Maria in Charles I
Dorothea Baird pictured here as Charles Is Queen, Henrietta Maria. Dororthea was married to H. B. Irving who played the part of Charles 1st, and they toured together

Photograph of Dorothea Baird as Queen Henrietta in Charles I
Postcard of Dorothea Baird pictured here as Queen Henrietta Maria in Charles I. The photograph (one of a set of five) was taken by Foulsham and Banfield, London. 1907. Date: 1907

Photograph of H B Irving playing Charles I by W. G. Wills
Charles I by W. G. Wills. First produced on 28th September 1872. The play was written for Sir Henry Irving (6 February 1838 13 October 1905) and was one of several parts played by his son

The Chaperon by Jocelyn Brandon & Frederick Arthur. First produced at Devonshire Park in Eastbourne on 21st April 1013 and at The Strand Theatre on 26th April 1913. Presented by Louis Meyer

Interior photograph of the Capitol Theatre in the Haymarket
Photograph of the interior of the Capitol Theatre in Londons Haymarket. The Theatre was the first design by the now well known cinema architect Andrew Mather

Actors performing in The Land of Hearts Desire
Miss Winifred Fraser, as Maire Bruin, and Miss Dorothy Paget, as a fairy child, performing in The Land of Hearts Desire, by William Butler Yeats. Date: 1894

Models wearing evening coats 1929
Models wearing three different style evening coats. A restaurant and theatre coatee in peacock colouring embroidered with sequins

The Kings Theatre, Hammersmith, London - on the corner of Hammersmith Road and Rowan Road. Date: circa 1907

The Ever Open Door by George R. Sims and H. H. Herbert. First produced at the Aldwych Theatre, on 6th September 1913. The caption reads The Earl of Dereham

An Englishmans Home by Guy du Maurier. First produced at the Wyndhams Theatre on 27th January 1909. Guy du Maurier was brother of the actor Gerald, and uncle of the novelist, Daphne

The Eternal City by Hall Caine. Roma is with the Pope in the loggia of the Castle of St. Angelo (Act IV scene 3). The caption reads Yes, There is One!. Date: 1902

The Empire Theatre, Leicester Square
Postcard showing the frontage of The Empire Theatre, Leicester Square. The year is unknown. Date: 1900s ?

Ever Been Had? revue by Charles Baldwin & Nat Lewis. The bathing beauty theme continues. Touring to the Hippodrome in Norwich on 30th August 1915

Excuse Me adapted by Herbert C. Sargent from an American farce of the same title by Rupert Hughes, which was first performed in England at the Garrick Theatre on 6th March 1915

The English Rose by George R. Sims and Robert Buchanan
The English Rose by George R. Sims (2 September 1847 4 September 1922) and Robert Buchanan (18 August 1841 10 June 1901). First produced at The Adelphi Theatre, on 2nd August 1890

The Exile by Lloyd Osborne & Austin Strong starring M Harvey
The Exile by Lloyd Osborne (18681947) and Austin Strong (18811952). First produced at the Royalty Theatre in London on 9th May 1903. The play and poster represent Napoleon on St Helena

The Eve Of Her Wedding by C. Watson Mill. First produced at the Miners Theatre in Ashington, on 13th May, in Sunderland on 27th May 1907

Pantomime at Dury Lane: Whittiington and his Cat 1876
Whittiington and his Cat Date: 1876

Pantomime at Covent Garden: Cinderella 1876
Cinderella - The Butterflys Ball and the Grasshoppers Feast. 1876

Grace Palotta (1870 - 1959), Austrian actress who appeared in several of Mr. George Edwardes burlesques and was noted as one of the best-loved performers of Londons Gaiety Theatre

Forbes Robertson and Patrick Campbell
Forbes Robertson (1853 - 1937) and Mrs. Patrick Campbell (1865 b 1940). Johnston Forbes Robertson was an English actor and theatre manager

Eva Moore (1868 - 1955), English stage and film actress who was active in the womens suffrage movement. Her daughter, Jill Esmond, was the first wife of Laurence Olivier. Date: 1899

Maud Hoffman (1875 - ?) - American actress and theosophist of the Victorian era. Date: 1899

Mary Moore (1861 - 1931), distinguished English actress of the Victorian era, widow of Sir Charles Wyndham, also an actor. Date: 1899

Ada Rehan (1857 - 1916), Irish born American actress, one of the great comediennes of her day, represented the " personality" style of acting in the nineteenth century

Maud Jeffries (1869 - 1946), American actress. She was noted for her height and beauty and became a popular subject for a wide range of theatrical post-cards and studio photographs

Ethel Matthews (1869 - 1957), English actress of the 19th and 20th centuries. Date: 1899

Evelyn Millard (1869 1941) - English Shakespearean actress, actor-manager and " stage beauty" of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Dorothea Baird (1875 - 1933), English stage and film actress. She first appeared on stage in 1894 as Iris in Oxford University Dramatic Societys production of The Tempest

Lewis (Kate Terry) and Mabel Terry-Lewis
Lewis, previously Miss Kate Terry (1844 - 1924), English actress and member of the Terry-Gielgud dynsasty of actors. Pictured here with her daughter: Mabel Gwynedd Terry-Lewis (1872 - 1957)

Letty Lind (Letitia Elizabeth Rudge) (1861 1923), English actress, singer, dancer and acrobat. Best known for her work in burlesque at the Gaiety Theatre, and in musical theatre at Dalys Theatre

Sybil Carlisle (1871 - 1951), English actress of the Victorian era; sister of Mary Helen Carlisle. Date: 1899

The Catch of the Season by Seymour Hicks and Cosmo Hamilton, with music by Herbert Haines and Evelyn Baker. The flyer is headed Mr George Dances Co, by arrangement with Charles Frohman

A Butterfly on the Wheel by Edward G. Hammond and F Nelson
A Butterfly on the Wheel by Edward G. Hammond and Francis Nelson. First produced at the Globe Theatre on 18th April 1911. With arrangement by Charles Frohman and starring Lewis Waller

Bunty Pulls The Strings by Graham Mofatt. Third card by artist E. Chandler of a woman, Susie, standing drinking from a glass.The decanter sits on the table beside her

Bubbly by John Hastings Turner with music by Philip Braham
Flyer for another production of Bubbly by John Hastings Turner with music by Philip Braham. The image is the same as the previous tour with a lady pierrot clown sitting on a large bubble holding a

The Education of Elizabeth by Roy Horniman
Photograph of Florence Lloyd (born in 1876) who starred in The Education of Elizabeth by Roy Horniman (31 July 1872 - 1930). First produced at the Apollo Theatre on 19th October 1907

The Edge O Beyond by Roy Horniman and Ruby Miller
The Edge O Beyond by Roy Horniman (18721930) and Ruby Miller (14 July 1889 - 2 April 1976), from the novel by Gertrude Page (1872 - 1922) written in 1908

Edouin, Willie in The Girl from Kay s
Promotional flyer for The Girl from Kays Promotional postcard for The Girl from Kays by Owen Hall; music Ivan Caryll and Cecil Cook. First produced at the Apollo Theatre, London 15th November 1902

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