Theatrical Collection (page 10)

RICHS VILLA / HOGARTH
JOHN RICH: Theatrical Manager & Actor credited with the invention of the pantomime with his wife Mrs Stevens & their 4 children at his villa at Cowley, Middlesex. Date: ?1682 - 1761

THUMB PLAY BILL
A theatrical announcement for the final European performance at Ryde Town Hall of General Tom Thumb (aged 14) before he returns to America

NICOLAS II / COSTUME / 1890
NICOLAS II OF RUSSIA Russian Tsar with Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna in theatrical costume (for the play Eugenie Onegin) Date: circa 1890

Cartoon, Dilettanti Theatricals
Contemporary society. Cartoon, Dilettanti Theatricals, or, a Peep at the Green Room, Vide Pic-Nic Orgies, by James Gillray

Theatre in Pompeii, Italy, seen from the wings
A theatre in Pompeii, Italy, seen from the wings during a performance of a not very popular play

Othello by Shakespeare, Act III, Scene III Othello & Iago in the garden of the castle Date: Nineteenth century

Scene from Robinson Crusoe at the Folly Theatre, London. Date: 1876

Lydia Thompson in the role of Robinson Crusoe. Date: 1899

Promotional postcard for So This Is Love by Stanley Lupino and Arthur Rigbyae music Hal Brod
Promotional postcard for So This Is Love by Stanley Lupino and Arthur Rigby music Hal Brody. First produced at the Winter Garden Theatre, London (now New London Theatre) 25th April 1928

Rear view of a Japanese Actress in remarkably elaborate costume with two children Date: circa 1930

Christian Kayssler - German Stage and Film Actor
Christian Kayssler (1898-1944) - German Stage and Film Actor - killed in a bombing raid on Berlin during the Second World War. Date: circa 1930s

Lily Langtry in A Society Butterfly - photograph by Downey
Lily Langtry as Aphrodite in A Society Butterfly at the Opera Comique, London. Date: 1894

Scene from Apartments at the Princess Theatre
Scene from Apartments: Visitors to the Exhibition may be accomodated by William Brough at the Princess Theatre. Date: 1851

Miss Phyllis Relph as Cleopatra
Miss Phyllis Relph (1888-1969) in the role of Cleopatra in Anthony & Cleopatra at the Queens Theatre, Manchester Date: circa 1909

Fire Curtain - Shakespeare Theatre - Stratford-upon-Avon
Fire Safety Curtain - Shakespeare Memorial Theatre - Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. Date: circa 1920s

Weighing Tea Leaves - Tea Plantation - Sri Lanka
Lady Madcap - " We are Little Ladies who are keen on shooting" - see 10088566 (for a portrait of Marie Studholme, the star of the show)

Jolly Seaside Theatrical Troupe pose on a flatbed truck
Jolly Seaside Theatrical Troupe pose in costume on a flatbed truck Date: circa 1920s

German Glamorous Model in Historical Theatrical pose Date: 1910s

Ostia, Rome, Italy - Theatrical Masks. Date: circa 1930s

Miss Elsie Craven - child actress and dancer
Miss Elsie Craven (1898-1983) - child actress and dancer Date: circa 1910s

Auguste van Biene - Dutch composer, cellist
Auguste van Biene (1849-1913) - Dutch composer, cellist and actor, best known for his composition The Broken Melody, performed by the composer as part of a musical play of the same name

Amateur theatrical Company presenting a historical review
A (sadly unnamed) Amateur theatrical Company presenting a historical review, operetta or pageant - the characters/roles represented include a medieval jester, an executioner

Lewis Waller - English actor-manager in role of Robin Hood
Lewis Waller (William Waller Lewis) (1860-1915) - English actor-manager in the role of Robin Hood. Date: circa 1909

La Belle Kerro - French Actress
La Belle Kerro - French Edwardian Stage Actress. Date: circa 1908

Chinese Theatrical Troupe
A stunning, completely hand-painted, original postcard of three members of a traditional Chinese Theatrical troupe, complete with staging (curtains and chairs)

Pierrot admiring the moon and the stars. Date: 1906

Kabuki Theatre - Japan - Three performers
Traditional Japanese Kabuki Theatre - Japan - Three performers, one seated in an outdoor moonlight setting by a fence, the other two inside. Date: circa 1902

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - The Schubert Theatre Date: 1900s

Allahs Orchard - performance at the Empire Theatre, Swindon
Promotional postcard for Allahs Orchard by Emma Litchfield - performance at the Empire Theatre, Swindon running from Monday October 28th, 1913 (?) for six nights. Date: circa 1913

Joseph Shepherd Munden - Comic Stage Actor
Joseph Shepherd Munden (1758-1832) - Comic Stage Actor. Date: circa 1795

Faust by W. G. Wills - Henry Irving as Mephistopheles
Faust by W. G. Wills (a free adaptation of Goethes version). First produced at the Lyceum Theatre, London on 19th December 1885

Paul Cinquevalli (1859 1918), German entertainer whose speciality juggling act was popular, known as (King of the Jugglers), who could catch a cannon ball on his neck

A Damsel in Distress by Ian Hay and P. G. Wodehouse
A Damsel in Distress by Ian Hay (17 April 1876 22 September 1952) and P.G. Wodehouse (15 October 1881 14 February 1975), based on Wodehouses novel written in 1919

Cleo de Merode in Come Over Here by Mizner and Pemberton
Cleo de Merode in Come Over Here, Revue by Wilson Mizner and Max Pemberton at the London Opera House, Kingsway. De Merode gave the revue Parisian glamour

Come Over Here revue by Wilson Mizner and Max Pemberton. The two performers shown are Jack McArdle and Charles Hart, performing at The London Opera House, Kingsway

Anne Croft in The Chocolate Soldier by Stanislaus Stange with music by Straus. Photograph of Anne Croft who played the part of Nadina. For the revival at the Shaftesbury Theatre on 31st March 1932

Mado Minty 1913
Mado Minty, in theatrical spiders costume in Come Over Here, appearing in The London Opera House and also photographed in her private life. 1913

Ida Rubinstein as Cleopatra
The Russian dancer, Ida Lvovna Rubinstein in the title role of Cleopatra, at the time she was performing at the Coliseum in London. Date: 1909

Panorama. Red Riding Hood
Red Riding Hood. Cut-out postcard enabling children to cut out the fairyland figures & place them in a theatrical setting. Date: 1921

Woman and Wine by Arthur Shirley and Ben Landeck
Promotional postcard for Woman and Wine by Arthur Shirley and Ben Landeck. First produced at the Pavilion Theatre, 11th October 1897

Where The Rainbow Ends by John Ramsey & Clifford Mills
Where The Rainbow Ends by John Ramsay and Clifford Mills. First produced Savoy Theatre, 21st December 1911. For the revival at the Victoria Palace, 20th December 1919

Toad of Toad Hall by A A Milne
Promotional postcard for Toad of Toad Hall by A. A. Milne from Kenneth Grahames The Wind in the Willows (1908); music H. Fraser-Simson

A Texas Ranger by Frank Bertram
Promotional postcard for A Texas Ranger by Frank Bertram. First produced Princes Theatre, Portsmouth 1st July, and Holloway Empire 8th July 1912. Date: 1912

The Sport of Kings by Ian Hay
Promotional postcard for The Sport of Kings by Ian Hay. First produced at the Savoy Theatre, 8th September 1924. Billed as a racing comedy

The Naughty Wife by Fred Jackson
Promotional postcard for The Naughty Wife by Fred Jackson an elaborated and revised version of Edgar Selwyn.s American play, Losing Eloise. First produced at the Playhouse Theatre on 11th April 1918

Kisby the Call Boy
Promotional postcard for Kisby the Call Boy. Call boy (or call girl) is the job title of a stagehand in the theatre. They are hired by either the director, producer or stage crew chief

In the Next Room by Eleanor Robson and Harriet Ford. First produced in England St. Martins Theatre, 6th June 1924. The mysterious deaths are brought about offstage - in the next room as far as

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

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