Theatres Collection (page 8)

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

Nuts in May adapted by E Lawrence Prentice
Promotional postcard for Nuts in May adapted by E. Lawrence Prentice from Les Vingt-Huit Jours de Clairette by H. Raymond, Victor Roger and Antony Mars

Kings Theatre, Hammersmith
Promotional postcard showing the landing on the Grand Staircase of the Kings Theatre, Hammersmith Date: circa 1902

The Imperial Theatre, London
Promotional colour-tinted postcard showing the fa硤 e of the Imperial Theatre in London. There are two different sections of the faade

Theatre Antone
Promotional postcard for Theatre Antone Date: circa 1900

Grand Theatre, Fulham
Promotional postcard of the facade of the Grand Theatre, Fulham which was built in 1897 and demolished in 1958. Original capacity was approx 1125. Date: circa 1908

Theatre and Hotel, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America
Teatro Avenida and Hotel Castillo, Avenida de Mayo, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America. Date: circa 1910

Gaiety Theatre, London
Promotional postcard of the The Gaiety Theatre in London, located on Aldwych at the eastern end of the Strand. The theatre was first established as the Strand Music Hall in 1864 on the former site of

Strand Theatre
Promotional postcard for the Strand Theatre, London. Designed by the well known theatre architect W. G. R. Sprague it originally opened in 1905 as the Waldorf Theatre

Empire Theatre, Lewiston, Maine, USA
Empire Theatre, Main Street, Lewiston, Maine, USA. Date: circa 1908

Programme cover, Rialto Theatre, New York, USA
Programme cover for the Rialto Theatre, Broadway at 42nd Street, New York, USA, Director Hugo Riesenfeld, February 1922. The programme included the overture to Verdis Sicilian Vespers

Programme cover, Punch & Judy Theatre, New York, USA
Programme cover for the Punch & Judy Theatre, West 49, East of Broadway, New York, USA, Director Charles Hopkins, 18 November 1916

H. J. Hitchins, manager of the Empire variety theatre in London during the late Victorian era. Date: 1929

A Langtry First Night
A theatre auditorium where the audience all have eye glasses or binoculars fixed to their faces due to the fact that the great beauty, Lily Langtry was appearing on stage. Date: 1929

Night view of Empress Theatre, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Night view of the Empress Theatre and Cinema, Douglas Street, Omaha, Nebraska, USA. Date: 1913

Creighton Orpheum Theatre, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
The Creighton Orpheum Theatre, 15th and Harney, Omaha, Nebraska, USA, named after John A Creighton, a local businessman and philanthropist. Date: circa 1908

A Japanese girl sits outside a theatre
A girl sits outside a Theatre tea house. These tea houses would show extended performances, the writing over the door shows the names of the actors in the performance

Marie Effie Bancroft - English actress and theatre manager
Marie Effie Bancroft (18391921), English actress and theatre manager. Bancroft and her husband were important in the development of Victorian era theatre through their presentation of innovative

Alfred Molina actor (kneeling on the left)
Alfred Molina actor in the Tower Theatres production of The King-Stag. Date: 1970

Alfred Molina actor as the monster
Alfred Molina actor in the Tower Theatres production of Othello Date: 1971

Sian Phillips in Les Juste
Sian Phillips (far left) playing Dora in the Tower Theatres production of Les Justes (The Just) by Albert Camus. Date: 1956

Henry Woolf in Pantagleize
Henry Woolf (centre) in the Tower Theatres production of Pantagleize by Michel de Ghelderode. Date: 1962

Pantagleize
The Tower Theatres production of Pantagleize by Michel de Ghelderode. Actor Bill Phillips. Date: 1962

George Couloris in The Father
George Couloris playing the Captain in the Tower Theatres production of The Father by August Strindberg. Date: 1961

Raymond Cusick stage set for The Madwoman of Chaillot
Stage set designed by Raymond Cusick (designer of the Daleks for Dr Who). The Tower Theatres production of The Madwoman of Chaillot by Jean Giraudoux. Date: 1957

Harold Bennett in The Madwoman of Chaillot
Harold Bennett playing the Baron in the Tower Theatres production of The Madwoman of Chaillot by Jean Giraudoux. Date: 1957

Alfred Molina actor (on right)
Alfred Molina (on right) actor in Tower Theatres production of Burkes Company (British Premiere). Date: 1971

Raymond Cusick stage set for Ambrose Applejohns Adventure
Stage set designed by Raymond Cusick (designer of the Daleks for Dr Who). The Tower Theatres production of Ambrose Applejohns Adventure by Walter Hackett Date: 1961

Harold Bennett in Asmodee
Harold Bennett as the CurÚá®n the Tower Theatres production of Asmodee by Andre Mauriac Date: 1956

Gloster Gladiator -the only British pre war biplane fighter to see wartime service Used in the Middle East and Merditerranean theatres

Curtiss P-40E Warhawk-while inferior to German fighters encounter over Europe, the type served well in other theatres

Consdolidated B-24H Liberator -later, bigger, faster and longer ranged than Boeings B-17, the Liberator served in all theatres of operation

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