Theatrical Collection (#9)

Maud Jeffries in Herod, c1902. Artist: Langfier Photo
Maud Jeffries in Herod, c1902. American actress Maud Jeffries in the role of Mariamne, queen and wife to Herod in a production by Herbert Beerbohm Tree

Dame Irene Vanbrugh in The Admirable Crichton, c1902. Artist: Ellis & Walery
Dame Irene Vanbrugh in The Admirable Crichton, c1902. English actress Irene Vanbrugh (1872-1949) in a play by JM Barrie

George Alexander in If I were King, c1902. Artist: Ellis & Walery
George Alexander in If I were King, c1902. English actor and manager George Alexander (1858-1918) in a play set in the 15th century

Lena Ashwell in Bonnie Dundee, c1902. Artist: Ellis & Walery
Lena Ashwell in Bonnie Dundee, c1902. British actress and manager Lena Ashwell (1872-1957) in a sentimental melodrama

Lewis Waller in The Three Musketeers, c1902. Artist: Ellis & Walery
Lewis Waller in The Three Musketeers, c1902. English actor Lewis Waller (1860-1915) in an adaptation of Alexandre Dumas famous book

Ellis Jeffreys in The Sacrament of Judas, c1902. Artist: Fellows Willson
Ellis Jeffreys in The Sacrament of Judas, c1902. British actress Ellis Jeffreys (1868-1943)

Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson in The Sacrament of Judas, c1902. Artist: Ellis & Walery
Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson in The Sacrament of Judas, c1902. British actor and theatre manager Forbes-Robertson (1853-1937) in a play by Louis Tiercelin

Sir Seymour Hicks in Quality Street, c1902. Artist: Ellis & Walery
Sir Seymour Hicks in Quality Street, c1902. Actor, manager, playwright and early film star Sir Seymour Hicks (1871-1949) in the part of Valentine Brown

Constance Collier in Ben Hur, c1902. Artist: Biograph Studio
Constance Collier in Ben Hur, c1902. British film actress and acting coach Constance Collier (1878-1955) in the role of the temptress, Iras

Arthur Bourchier in The Bishops Move, c1902. Artist: Ellis & Walery
Arthur Bourchier in The Bishops Move, c1902. Actor, manager and dramatist Arthur Bourchier (1868-1927) in the title role

Evie Greene in Kitty Grey, c1902. Artist: Ellis & Walery
Evie Greene in Kitty Grey, c1902. Actress Evie Greene (c1876-1917) in the title role. Music by Augustus Barratt and Howard Talbot, lyrics by Adrian Ross

Huntley Wright in San Toy, c1902. Artist: Ellis & Walery
Huntley Wright in San Toy, c1902. Actor Huntley Wright (1869-c1941) in the role of Li. Music by Sidney Jones and Lionel Monckton, lyrics by Harry Greenbank and Adrian Ross

Benoit Constant Coquelin in Plus que Rene, c1902. Artist: Boyer
Benoit Constant Coquelin in Plus que Rene, c1902. French actor Benoit Constant Coquelin (1841-1909)

Louie Freear in The Lady Slavey, c1902. Artist: Ellis & Walery
Louie Freear in The Lady Slavey, c1902. Actress Louie Freear (1871-1939) as the Slavey, music by Gustave Kerker, libretto by George Dance

Charles Hayden Coffin in The Country Girl, c1902. Artist: Ellis & Walery
Charles Hayden Coffin in The Country Girl, c1902. Actor and singer Charles Hayden Coffin (1862-1935)

Sarah Bernhardt as Isolde, c1902. Artist: Nadar
Sarah Bernhardt as Isolde, c1902. Famous French stage actress Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923)

Weedon Grossmith in The New Boy, c1902. Artist: Ellis & Walery
Weedon Grossmith in The New Boy, c1902. English actor and comic writer Weedon Grossmith (1847-1912)

Jessie Bateman in The Man From Blankleys, c1902. Artist: Fellows Willson
Jessie Bateman in The Man From Blankley s, c1902. British actress Jessie Bateman (1877-1940)

Ellen Terry in Henry VIII, c1902. Artist: Window & Grove
Ellen Terry in Henry VIII, c1902. English stage actress Ellen Terry as Catherine of Aragon in Shakespeares Henry VIII

Edmund Payne in The Toreador, c1902. Artist: Ellis & Walery
Edmund Payne in The Toreador, c1902. Actor Edmund Payne (1865-1914)

Fred Terry in Change Alley, c1902. Artist: Ellis & Walery
Fred Terry in Change Alley, c1902. British actor Fred Terry (1863-1933) was the brother of Ellen Terry. He performed in the companies of Henry Irving and Henry Beerbohm Tree

Vane Featherstone in The Price of Peace, c1902. Artist: Ellis & Walery
Vane Featherstone in The Price of Peace, c1902. British actress Vane Featherstone (1864-1948)

Charles Groves in The Elder Miss Blossom, c1902. Artist: Ellis & Walery
Charles Groves in The Elder Miss Blossom, c1902. Irish actor Charles Groves (1841-1909)

Mrs Brown Potter, American actress, c1902. Artist: Window & Grove
Mrs Brown Potter, American actress, c1902. Mrs Brown Potter (1857-1936), whose real name was Mary Cora Urquhart

Henry Brodribb Irving in As You Like It, c1902. Artist: Ellis & Walery
Henry Brodribb Irving in As You Like It, c1902. British actor Henry Brodribb Irving (1870-1919) in Shakespeares As You Like It

Marie Studholme in The Toreador, c1902. Artist: Ellis & Walery
Marie Studholme in The Toreador, c1902. British actress Marie Studholme (1875-1930) was born Marion Lupton

William Gillette in Sherlock Holmes, c1902. American actor, playwright and stage-manager William Hooker Gillette (1853-1937) in a production adapted from the work of Arthur Conan Doyle

Jane Hading in Plus que Rene, c1902. Artist: Rautlinger
Jane Hading in Plus que Rene, c1902. (1859-1933), French actress Jane Hading (1859-1933) was born Jeanne Alfredine Trefouret

Miss Granville in An Interrupted Honeymoon, c1902. Artist: Ellis & Walery
Miss Granville in An Interrupted Honeymoon, c1902. Portrait of actress Charlotte Granville

Walter Passmore in Iolanthe, c1902. Artist: Ellis & Walery
Walter Passmore in Iolanthe, c1902. British actor Passmore (1867-1946) as the Lord Chancellor in Gilbert and Sullivans Iolanthe

Miriam Clements, stage actress, c1902. Artist: Fellows Wilson
Miriam Clements, stage actress, c1902

Connie Ediss in The Silver Slipper, c1902. Artist: Ellis & Walery
Connie Ediss in The Silver Slipper, c1902. Actress Connie Ediss (1871-1934) in 18th-century dress

Fair with a Theatrical Performance, c1580-1630. Artist: Pieter Brueghel the Younger
Fair with a Theatrical Performance, c1580-1630. Brueghel, Pieter, the Younger (1564-1638). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Theatre paraphernalia and apparel, 19th century. Found in the collection of the The State Central A Bakhrushin Theatre Museum, Moscow

Make-up box, 19th century. Found in the collection of the State Central A Bakhrushin Theatre Museum, Moscow

Sarah Bernhardt, French actress, 1901. Artist: Art Photogravure Co
Sarah Bernhardt, French actress, 1901. Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) was probably the most famous stage actress of the 19th century

Poster for Just a Kiss, at the Theatre Pigalle, Paris, 20th century. A comic operetta by Georges Delance with music by Francis Lopez and Michel Eisemann

Gilles - Pierrot, 1718-1719. Artist: Jean-Antoine Watteau
Gilles - Pierrot, 1718-1719. Pierrot (Pedrolino in the original Italian Commedia dell Arte), the naive, unsuccessful lover, played in a baggy white satin suit and whitened, unmasked face

Study, 18th century. Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Study, 18th century. From the collection of the Museum of Fine Art, Budapest, Hungary

Mezzetin, 1718-1720. Artist: Jean-Antoine Watteau
Mezzetin (half-measure), 1718-1720. Mezzetin, a stock character of the commedia dell arte, the improvisational theater form of Italian origin

Roman mosaic of actors preparing for a play, originally from Pompeii, in the National Archaeological Museums collection in Naples

Illustration for the play Whims of Marianne, 1851. Artist: Eugene Louis Lami
Illustration for the play Whims of Marianne, 1851. Alfred de Mussets tragedy is about a young woman who heartlessly ignores a passionate suitor, only to change her tune when he finally gives up on her

View of the interior of the Teatro San Carlo, Naples, 19th century. From the Bibliotheque Nationale de l Opera, Paris

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