Theatres Collection (page 7)

Ginni Barlow actress (Coronation Street, Dr Finlays Casebook, etc.) in Tower Theatres production of Othello. Date: 1969

Spanish Golden Age Theater (Siglo de Oro), 16th-17th centuries. classical Open-Air Theatre (Corral de Comedias) in a court. Illustration by Lluis Bargall󮠗 atercolour

Performance of the opera Norma by Vincenzo Bellini in Barcelona theatre Liceu (19th c.). Engraving by Onofre Alsamora. Litography. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Barcelona City History Museum

Lillian Burns actress playing in Edwardian musical comedy The Catch of the Season, at Vanderille Theatre. Date: 1905

Theatre Royal, Durban, Natal Province, South Africa. Date: circa 1905

Actors performing, Minack Theatre, Penzance, Cornwall
Actors performing to an audience at the open air Minack Theatre, Porthcurno, Penzance, Cornwall. The production was The Yeomen of the Guard by Gilbert and Sullivan. Date: circa 1970s

Baritone opera singer Leonard Hermann-Leon as the drum-major Gritzenko in L Etoile du Nord.. Handcoloured lithograph by Alexandre Lacauchie from Galerie Dramatique: Costumes des Theatres de Paris 1853

Mme Cabel as Toinon in Adolphe Adams Le Bijou
Mme. Cabel as Toinon in Adolphe Adams Le Bijou Perdu at the Theatre Lyrique.. Marie-Josephe Cabel (1827-1885) was a Belgian soprano opera singer who performed in Paris

Mlle Lefevre as Colette at the Theatre Imperial
Mlle. Lefevre as Colette at the Theatre Imperial de l Opera Comique.. She wears a shepherdess outfit with pink bodice and skirts over a white full skirt, all trimmed with roses

French soprano opera singer Mlle Leocadie Lemercier
French soprano opera singer Mlle. Leocadie Lemercier as Petronille in Le Sourd ou l Auberge Pleine.. Handcoloured lithograph by Alexandre Lacauchie from Galerie Dramatique

Murat Theater, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. Also referred to as the Murat Shrine, Murat Temple, Murat Centre and Old National Centre

GREECE. PELOPONNESE. LACONIA. Sparta. Ruins of a theater

In Marble Halls - Jobbing actors chatting in a theatre bar
" In Marble Halls" - Jobbing actors standing in a theatre bar discussing their fortune, both successful and not

Finsbury Park Empire
Colour postcard of the facade of Finsbury Park Empire, circa 1914. The theatre was built in 1910 for Oswald Stoll to a design by Frank Matcham from one of Matchams few essays in the Arts

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

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

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

WW2 - Allied forces firing a 4. 5 inch gun near Tarhuna
Photograph of Allied forces firing a 4. 5 inch gun near Tarhuna, during the time when the Eighth Army was advancing on Tripoli, Feb 1943

At Dutys Call, by Fred C Harcourt, touring to various theatres, including the Gaiety Theatre, West Hartlepool. Other plays by Harcourt are mentioned: The Patriot, Jeanne d Arc, Enlisted

Tokyo, Japan - Asakusa (Theatre) Street/District. For most of the twentieth century, Asakusa was the major entertainment district in Tokyo

The Globe and Hope Theatres, Bankside, London. 1831

Cartoon, group of London theatre managers
Cartoon showing a group of disconcerted London theatre managers, including William Holland with the long, spiky moustache, and John Hollingshead just behind him -- Something really ought to be done

Interior of the Pantheon Theatre, London
Interior of the Pantheon Theatre, Oxford Street, London. 1815

Advertisement, Birmingham Empire Theatre, Moss Empires Ltd, Managing Director R H Gillespie. Showing Pierrot and Columbine taking a bow. 1926

Theatreland, Durban, Natal Province, South Africa
Theatreland by night, Smith Street, Durban, Natal Province, South Africa. Theatres include the Playhouse and the Metro. circa 1940

Arles, France - view over the ruins of Roman amphitheatre
The Arles Amphitheatre, built in 90AD, could seat 20, 000 spectators in Roman times. When the Roman Empire fell, the theatre was transformed into a fortress with the four towers added

Soho, London - Palace Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue W1, viewed from 2 Gerrard Place. 1973

Map to the nightlife of London, 1965
A handdrawn pullout map of Soho, Leicester Square and the West End as far as Hyde Park, showing theatres, cinemas and restaurants in Central London

Pantheon Theatre, London
The Pantheon Theatre, Oxford Street, London -- view of the auditorium from the back of the stage. 1812

Municipal Theatre, Barranquilla, Colombia, Central America. Date: circa 1930

American Theatre Wing, New York, USA, WW2
The American Theatre Wing Stage Door Canteen, 44th Street Theatre, New York City, USA, during the Second World War. No-one is taking any notice of the warning poster: Don t Talk

Asakusa Park - Tokyo, Japan. The site of many theatres and geisha houses during the Edo period. Date: circa 1908

Cartoon of three actors relaxing on Ash Wednesday, a day when theatres were closed for religious reasons. These gentlemen would not be sorry if Ash Wednesday came once a month

Caricature, Captain Eyre Massey Shaw, fire brigade chief
Caricature of Captain Sir Eyre Massey Shaw (1828-1908), Superintendent of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (now the London Fire Brigade). A comment on fire risk in London theatres. 1882

Caricature of Henry Irving sweeping amateurs away
Caricature of the actor-manager Henry Irving (1838-1905) sweeping the amateur rubbish away from the theatre. 1883

Cartoon, Matinees! Matinees!! Matinees!!! Trixie Southbank, who is tired of being an extra and wants to play Juliet, asks John Hollingshead (1827-1904), manager of the Gaiety Theatre

George Edwardes (Photo)
GEORGE EDWARDES Impresario of London theatres Date: 1852 - 1915

Backstage at Drury Lane, 1926
A vast set makes the cast members of Shakespeares A Midsummer Nights Dream look tiny, in this view from the wings at Drury Lane Theatre, London, 1926 Date: 1926

Zeynards Liliput Speciality Troupe, with two miniature ponies on a seesaw. Date: circa 1908

First theatre in California, Monterey, California, USA
First theatre in California, Pacific and Scott Streets, Monterey, California, USA, dating back to 1847, built by Jack Swan, a British sailor. It was known as the Union Theatre. Date: circa 1908

Two Women by Robert Hughes
Promotional postcard for Two Women by Robert Hughes. First produced at the Colonial Theatre, Cleveland, 15th November and Lyric Theatre, New York 29th November 1910. For one of the Schubert Theatres

Casino Cafe and Theatre, Tunis, Tunisia, North Africa
Casino Cafe and Municipal Theatre, Tunis, Tunisia, North Africa. Date: circa 1920

Municipal Theatre, Tunis, Tunisia, North Africa, with the Grand Cafe du Casino on the left. Date: circa 1910

Municipal Theatre in Oran, NW Algeria. Date: circa 1920

St Jamess Theatre
Promotional postcard for St Jamess Theatre London. St Jamess Theatre (est. 1835) was a 1, 200-seat theatre located in King Street, at Duke Street, St James s, London

Shakespeare Theatre, Clapham Junction
Promotional postcard of The Shakespeare Theatre, Clapham Junction. The theatre was built by Charles Gray Hill to the designs of the prolific theatre Architect W. G

Production of Vile Bodies at the Vaudeville Theatre, London
Production of Vile Bodies, by Evelyn Waugh, at the Vaudeville Theatre, London. Caption reads: When the sea is sick-making: Mrs Melrose Ape, the woman evangelist

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