Acting Collection (#86)

A scene from the Terence Rattigan play, Ross, Worksop College, Nottinghamshire, 1963. The play is a biographical play of TE Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia)

Character from a production of Shakespeares Twelfth Night, Worksop College, Derbyshire, 1960

Production of Shakespeares Twelfth Night, Worksop College, Derbyshire, 1960. Artist
Production of Shakespeares Twelfth Night, Worksop College, Derbyshire, 1960

Laurel and Hardy statue, Coronation Hall, Ulverston, Cumbria, 2009. Known locally as The Coro, Ulverstons Coronation Hall was built in the 1910s in commemoration of the coronation of King George V

Mazeppa, 1942. From Fairs, Circuses and Music Halls, by M. Wilson Disher. [Collins, London, 1942]

The Burning of Moscow: A Grand Military and Equestrian Spectacle, 1942. From Fairs, Circuses and Music Halls, by M. Wilson Disher. [Collins, London, 1942]

Tom Thumb, 1942. Artist: Day & Haghe
Tom Thumb, 1942. From Fairs, Circuses and Music Halls, by M. Wilson Disher. [Collins, London, 1942]

Bartholomew Fair: From the Inside, 1942. Artist: R. Cruikshank
Bartholomew Fair: From the Inside, 1942. From Fairs, Circuses and Music Halls, by M. Wilson Disher. [Collins, London, 1942]

Scenes in Harlequin Red-Riding-Hood, 1942. From Fairs, Circuses and Music Halls, by M. Wilson Disher. [Collins, London, 1942]

The Burmese War: A Grand Naval and Military Melo-Drama, 1942. Artist: R. Cruikshank
The Burmese War: A Grand Naval and Military Melo-Drama, 1942. From Fairs, Circuses and Music Halls, by M. Wilson Disher. [Collins, London, 1942]

Dan Leno, 1942. From Fairs, Circuses and Music Halls, by M. Wilson Disher. [Collins, London, 1942]. (Colorised black and white print)

La lecture de Moliere, 1728, (1937). Artist: Jean Francois de Troy
La lecture de Moliere, 1728, (1937). From Verve - Vol.1, No. 1, December 1937. [Verve, France, 1937]

Italian Comedians, c1720. Artist: Jean-Antoine Watteau
Italian Comedians, c1720. The painting is part of the Kress Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. From Masterpieces of Painting, edited by Huntington Cairns and John Walker

Sarah Bernhardt, French actress, 1869. Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) was probably the most famous stage actress of the 19th century

Szene aus Shakuntalavilasa, dem Spiel von Shakuntala, 1926. Actors in the play Shakuntala. From Der Indische Kulturkreis in Einzeldarstellungen. [Georg Muller, Munich, 1926]

Schauspieler als Subrahmanya (Kriegsgott), 1926. Actor as subrahmanya the war god. From Der Indische Kulturkreis in Einzeldarstellungen. [Georg Muller, Munich, 1926]

Schauspieler als Guruswamin (der obersete der geistlichen Lehrer), 1926. Actor as Guruswamin, the supreme spiritual teacher. From Der Indische Kulturkreis in Einzeldarstellungen

Avant Les Trois Coups, 1900. In theatre, les trois coups (the three blows) are hit on the floor of the stage with a stick called brigadier, just before the start of a performance

Albert Lortzing 1801-1851. - Gemalde von Souchay, 1934
Albert Lortzing 1801-1851, 1934. Gustav Albert Lortzing (1801-1851), German composer, actor and singer. He is considered to be the main representative of the German Spieloper

Lola Montez 1818-1861. - Gemalde von Stieler, 1934
Lola Montez 1818-1861, 1934. Marie Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert, Countess of Landsfeld (1821-1861), better known by the stage name Lola Montez

Lady Hamilton 1761-1815. - Gemalde von Romney, 1934
Lady Hamilton 1761-1815, 1934. Emma, Lady Hamilton (1765-1815), English model and actress, is best remembered as the mistress of Lord Nelson and as the muse of George Romney

Chinese actors, 1902. Artist: CC Pierce & Co
Chinese actors, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

Sir Squire Bancroft and Madame Sarah Bernhardt, c1925. Sir Squire Bancroft, (1841-1926), English actor-manager. Sarah Bernhardt, (1844-1923), French actress

Sir Henry Irving - The Greatest of Victorian Actors, c1925. Sir Henry Irving, (1838-1905), English actor. From Cassells Romance of Famous Lives, Volume 1 by Harold Wheeler

Moliere, French playwright and actor, 18th century (1894). Artist: Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet
Moliere (1622-1673), French playwright and actor, 18th century (1894). From A Collection of Engraved Portraits (Further Selection) Exhibited by the Late James Anderson Rose

Miss Elizabeth Farren, afterwards Countess of Derby, c1792 (1894). Artist: Francesco Bartolozzi
Miss Elizabeth Farren, afterwards Countess of Derby, c1792 (1894). From A Collection of Engraved Portraits (Further Selection) Exhibited by the Late James Anderson Rose

Sarah Siddons, Welsh actress, as Zara in William Congreves play The Mourning Bride, c1783 (1894)
Sarah Siddons (1755-1831), Welsh actress, as Zara in William Congreves play The Mourning Bride, c1783 (1894). From A Collection of Engraved Portraits (Further Selection)

Sarah Siddons, Welsh actress, c late 18th or 19th century (1894)
Sarah Siddons (1755-1831), Welsh actress, c late 18th or 19th century (1894). From A Collection of Engraved Portraits (Further Selection) Exhibited by the Late James Anderson Rose

Mary Perdita Robinson, English actress, c1781 (1894). Artist: John Raphael Smith
Mary Perdita Robinson (1757-1800), English actress, c1781 (1894). From A Collection of Engraved Portraits (Further Selection) Exhibited by the Late James Anderson Rose

Costume Design, 1926, (1927). Artist: Reginald Leefe
Costume Design, 1926, (1927). From Design in the Theatre edited by Geoffrey Holme. [The Studio, Ltd. London, 1927]

Portrait of James Quin as Falstaff, 18th century, (1935). Artist: Thomas Gainsborough
Portrait of James Quin as Falstaff, 18th century, (1935). From A Catalogue of the Pictures and Drawings in the Collection of Frederick John Nettleford, Volume II. - D to H, by C. Reginald Grundy

Ben Jonson, English dramatist, poet and actor, (1785). Artist: Goldar
Ben Jonson, English dramatist, poet and actor, (1785). Jonson (c1572-1637) is best known for his plays Volpone and The Alchemist, and for his lyric poems. (Colorised black and white print)

Mrs. Graham Moffatt, 1916. Artist: Alfred Ellis & Walery
Mrs. Graham Moffatt, 1916. Margaret Liddel Lincks (1882-1942), actress. From The British Printer Vol. XXIX. [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1916]

An Actor, c1887, (1901). Artist: Mortimer L Menpes
An Actor, c1887, (1901). From Japan - A Record in Colour, by Mortimer Menpes. [Adam & Charles Black, London, 1901]

Mrs. Jordan in the Character of Hypolita, c1791, (1910). Artist: John Jones
Mrs. Jordan in the Character of Hypolita, 1910. Dorothea Jordan (1761-1816) was an Anglo-Irish actress, courtesan, and the mistress and companion of the future King William IV of the United Kingdom

Mrs. Ann Pitt, c1790, (1917). Artist: George Romney
Mrs. Ann Pitt, c1790, (1917). Ann Pitt (c1720-1799), British actress in the Covent Garden Theatre company. Painting held at Kenwood House, Hampstead, London. From Bibbys Annual 1917, [J

Miss Lena Ashwell, 1900. Artist: W&D Downey
Miss Lena Ashwell, 1900. Lena Ashwell (1872-1957), British actress and acting manager. From Black & White Budget, Vol. III. [The Black and White Publishing Company, J P

Miss Mabelle Gilman, the Bewitching Girl in the Casino - The Casino Girl at the Shaftesbury, 1 Artist: W&D Downey
Miss Mabelle Gilman, the Bewitching Girl in the Casino, 1900. Mabelle Gilman Corey (b1874), American actress. She was married to William Ellis Corey president of the Carnegie Steel Company

Sir George Edward Wade (1869-1954), in the character of the Mayor of Mudcumdyke, c1912. Artist: Foulsham and Banfield
Sir George Edward Wade (1869-1954), in the character of the Mayor of Mudcumdyke, c1912. George Robey, English comedian, singer and actor

Madame Dugazon, 1770, (1913). Artist: Jean Francois Janinet
Madame Dugazon, 1770, (1913). Louise-Rosalie Lefebvre, known as Madame Dugazon, French actress, singer and dancer (1755-1821). After Claude-Jean-Baptiste Hoin (1750-1817)

Samuel Foote, English playwright, actor and theatre manager, c1875 (1878). Samuel Foote (1720-1777) was a dramatist, actor and manager of the Haymarket Theatre, London

Costume Designs for Henry VIII (Theatre De L Opera, Paris, 1920), c1920, (1923). Artist: Maxime Dethomas
Costume Designs for Henry VIII (Theatre De L Opera, Paris, 1920), c1920, (1923). From The Studio Volume 84. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1923]

Scene from the The Beggars Opera VI, 1731. Artist: William Hogarth
Scene from the The Beggars Opera VI, 1731. The Beggars Opera is a play by John Gay, first performed at the Lincolns Inn Theatre in London in 1728. From William Hogarth, by Austin Dobson

The Indian Emperor, 1732. Artist: William Hogarth
The Indian Emperor, 1732. A scene from John Drydens play The Indian Emperour or the Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards as performed in the year 1731 at Mr Conduit s, Master of the Mint

Interviewed in camera: Film Producer Basil Dean reveals Star Booths Gin In Your Cocktails And You ll Always Produce A Success, c1935 (1935)

Frances Day in person: Booths Gin Brings Out The Best In Any Company, c1935 (1935). Frances Day (real name Frances Victoria Schenck, (1908-1984), American actress and singer

Tom Walls: Would That The Pedigree Of A Horse Were As Reliable A Guide As The Name Of Booths On A Bottle Of Gin, c1935 (1935)

Your call, Miss Arnaud A Cocktail With Booth s? - Ah Yes! Without Booth s?? Arnaud. c1935 (1935)
Your call, Miss Arnaud A Cocktail With Booth s? - Ah Yes! Without Booth s? Arnaud. c1935 (1935). Yvonne Arnaud (1890-1958), French pianist, singer and actress

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