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Background imagePlayhouse Collection: The latecomers, c1914. Creator: Albert Guillaume

The latecomers, c1914. Creator: Albert Guillaume
The latecomers, c1914

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: The Actor Nakamura Noshio I as the Goddes Benzaiten of Enoshima in the Play Onno Aruji... c. 1773

The Actor Nakamura Noshio I as the Goddes Benzaiten of Enoshima in the Play Onno Aruji... c. 1773. Creator: Shunsho
The Actor Nakamura Noshio I as the Goddes Benzaiten of Enoshima in the Play Onno Aruji Hatsuyuki no Sekai, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1773, Japan, c. 1773

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Princess Elizabeth, future Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain, Windsor, 1930s

Princess Elizabeth, future Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain, Windsor, 1930s
Princess Elizabeth, future Queen of Great Britain, Windsor, 1930s. Elizabeth (b1926) as a child in the garden of the Royal Lodge

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Sweden:...at the Theatre Royal, Stockholm..., 1864

Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Sweden:...at the Theatre Royal, Stockholm..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Sweden:...at the Theatre Royal, Stockholm - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864. The future King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in Scandinavia

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Scene from 'The Workmen of Paris', at the Adelphi Theatre; Paris by Moonlight, 1864

Scene from "The Workmen of Paris", at the Adelphi Theatre; Paris by Moonlight, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Scene from "The Workmen of Paris", at the Adelphi Theatre; Paris by Moonlight, 1864. London stage production. 'There are two novel and elaborate scenic effects

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Italians marching into stadium, 23 Jun 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Italians marching into stadium, 23 Jun 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Italians marching into stadium, 23 Jun 1917. Italians marching with large American flag at a ceremony honoring Prince Ferdinando of Udine, head of the Italian War Commission to the United States

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Italians marching to stadium, 23 Jun 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Italians marching to stadium, 23 Jun 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Italians marching to stadium, 23 Jun 1917. Italian Americans marching to a ceremony honoring Prince Udine and the Italian Military Mission to the United States

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: At stadium reception to Italians, 23 Jun 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

At stadium reception to Italians, 23 Jun 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
At stadium reception to Italians, 23 Jun 1917. Children in costume shaking hands, at a ceremony honoring Prince Ferdinando of Udine, head of the Italian War Commission to the United States

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Italians in stadium, 23 Jun 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Italians in stadium, 23 Jun 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Italians in stadium, 23 Jun 1917. Crowd at a ceremony honoring Prince Ferdinando of Udine, head of the Italian War Commission to the United States

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Frances Alda sings Star Spangled Banner, 25 Jun 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Frances Alda sings Star Spangled Banner, 25 Jun 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Frances Alda sings Star Spangled Banner, 25 Jun 1917 (date created or published later). Soprano opera singer Frances Alda (1879-1952) performing at a ceremony to honor the Prince of Udine

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Scene from the new opera, 'Love's Triumph', at Covent Garden, 1862. Creator: Unknown

Scene from the new opera, "Love's Triumph", at Covent Garden, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Scene from the new opera, "Love's Triumph", at Covent Garden, 1862. London stage production. 'The Engraving represents the scene in the gardens of the Regent's palace

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Participants in an amateur performance at the Znamensky Glass Factory, 1915. Creator: S. Ia

Participants in an amateur performance at the Znamensky Glass Factory, 1915. Creator: S. Ia. Mamontov
Participants in an amateur performance at the Znamensky Glass Factory, 1915. From a collection which includes more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei Province in the late tsarist

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Sibir'. Tomsk. Teatr Koroleva, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown

Sibir'. Tomsk. Teatr Koroleva, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown
Sibir'. Tomsk. Teatr Koroleva, 1900-1904. National Library of Russia

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: The British Association at Bath: Sir Charles Lyell delivering the presidential address..., 1864

The British Association at Bath: Sir Charles Lyell delivering the presidential address..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
The British Association at Bath: Sir Charles Lyell delivering the presidential address in the theatre, 1864. 'The New Theatre Royal...was erected...upon the site of the former theatre

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Irkutsk. New Theater, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown

Irkutsk. New Theater, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown
Irkutsk. New Theater, 1900-1904. National Library of Russia

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Irkutsk. New Theater, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown

Irkutsk. New Theater, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown
Irkutsk. New Theater, 1900-1904. National Library of Russia

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Irkutsk. Theater, 1904-1917. Creator: Unknown

Irkutsk. Theater, 1904-1917. Creator: Unknown
Irkutsk. Theater, 1904-1917. National Library of Russia

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Irkutsk. Theater, 1904-1914. Creator: Unknown

Irkutsk. Theater, 1904-1914. Creator: Unknown
Irkutsk. Theater, 1904-1914. National Library of Russia

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Participants of the production 'Russian Wedding', Krasnoyarsk amateurs of dramatic art, 1895

Participants of the production "Russian Wedding", Krasnoyarsk amateurs of dramatic art, 1895. This collection includes more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei Province

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Part of the amphitheatre of the two-light anatomical auditorium, 1890. Creator: Unknown

Part of the amphitheatre of the two-light anatomical auditorium, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Part of the amphitheatre of the two-light anatomical auditorium, 1890. From an album that documents the formative years of the Imperial Tomsk University

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Farrar sells bonds, 15 Apr 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Farrar sells bonds, 15 Apr 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Farrar sells bonds, 15 Apr 1918. A concert by soprano opera singer Geraldine Farrar (1882-1967) which was part of the Women's War Relief Association's Liberty Theater in front of the New York

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Liberty theater, April or May 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Liberty theater, April or May 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Liberty theater, April or May 1918. The Stage Women's War Relief Association's Liberty Theater in front of the New York Public Library on 5th Avenue

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Farrar, 15 Apr 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Farrar, 15 Apr 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Farrar, 15 Apr 1918. A concert by soprano opera singer Geraldine Farrar (1882-1967) which was part of the Women's War Relief Association's Liberty Theater in front of the New York Public

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Farrar, 15 Apr 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Farrar, 15 Apr 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Farrar, 15 Apr 1918. Soprano opera singer Geraldine Farrar (1882-1967) during the time of a concert which was part of the Women's War Relief Association's Liberty Theater in front of the New

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Farrar, 15 Apr 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Farrar, 15 Apr 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Farrar, 15 Apr 1918. A concert by soprano opera singer Geraldine Farrar (1882-1967) which was part of the Women's War Relief Association's Liberty Theater in front of the New York Public

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Farrar, 15 Apr 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Farrar, 15 Apr 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Farrar, 15 Apr 1918. A concert by soprano opera singer Geraldine Farrar (1882-1967) which was part of the Women's War Relief Association's Liberty Theater in front of the New York Public

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Farrar sells bonds, 15 Apr 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Farrar sells bonds, 15 Apr 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Farrar sells bonds, 15 Apr. A concert by soprano opera singer Geraldine Farrar (1882-1967) which was part of the Women's War Relief Association's Liberty Theater in front of the New York

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Artistic and ethnographic evening at the Krasnoyarsk City Theater, 1910. Creator: LI Vonago

Artistic and ethnographic evening at the Krasnoyarsk City Theater, 1910. Creator: LI Vonago
Artistic and ethnographic evening at the Krasnoyarsk City Theater, 1910. From a collection which includes more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei Province in the late tsarist

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Regulatory act of van Oldenbarnevelt, 1710-1740. Creator: Anon

Regulatory act of van Oldenbarnevelt, 1710-1740. Creator: Anon
Regulatory act of van Oldenbarnevelt, 1710-1740. Stage with a donkey and seven monkeys on it. In the background the Binnenhof

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Madame Ristori, at the Lyceum Theatre, 1856. Creator: Unknown

Madame Ristori, at the Lyceum Theatre, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Madame Ristori, at the Lyceum Theatre, 1856. Italian actress in London stage production. She...has the advantage of youth and superior beauty

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Christmas Pantomimes: Drury Lane; Haymarket; Princess, 1856. Creator: Unknown

Christmas Pantomimes: Drury Lane; Haymarket; Princess, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Christmas Pantomimes: Drury Lane; Haymarket; Princess, 1856. London stage productions. Drury Lane:..a scene from the ballet

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Une reine se préparant a une grande tirade, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier

Une reine se préparant a une grande tirade, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Une reine se preparant a une grande tirade, 19th century. Dramatic Sketches - A queen preparing for a great tirade

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Hotel Kernan & Maryland Theatre, Baltimore, Md. c1906. Creator: Unknown

Hotel Kernan & Maryland Theatre, Baltimore, Md. c1906. Creator: Unknown. Hotel Kernan & Maryland Theatre, Baltimore
Hotel Kernan & Maryland Theatre, Baltimore, Md. c1906

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Recueil des modes de la cour de France, Scaramouche, between c1678 and c1693

Recueil des modes de la cour de France, Scaramouche, between c1678 and c1693. Creator: Nicolas Bonnart
Recueil des modes de la cour de France, Scaramouche, between c1678 and c1693

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Recueil des modes de la cour de France, Arlequin, between c1678 and c1693. Creator: Nicolas Bonnart

Recueil des modes de la cour de France, Arlequin, between c1678 and c1693. Creator: Nicolas Bonnart
Recueil des modes de la cour de France, Arlequin, between c1678 and c1693

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Physionomies de spectateurs de la Porte St-Martin... 1852. Creator: Honore Daumier

Physionomies de spectateurs de la Porte St-Martin... 1852. Creator: Honore Daumier
Physionomies de spectateurs de la Porte St-Martin... 1852. Physionomies de spectateurs de la Porte-St.-Martin pendant une represantation de Richard III

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: The Educated Mules at the Alhambra Palace, 1858. Creator: Unknown

The Educated Mules at the Alhambra Palace, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The Educated Mules at the Alhambra Palace, 1858. American circus in London: Messrs. Howes and Cushing's "educated" mules, Barney and Pete who...must have had

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Scene from 'King John', at the Princess Theatre, 1858. Creator: Smyth

Scene from "King John", at the Princess Theatre, 1858. Creator: Smyth
Scene from "King John", at the Princess Theatre, 1858. London stage production. We this week present an Illustration of the great scene in the tragedy of "King John" between

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: The New Royal Pavilion Theatre, Whitechapel-Road, 1858. Creator: Unknown

The New Royal Pavilion Theatre, Whitechapel-Road, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The New Royal Pavilion Theatre, Whitechapel-Road, [London]. 1858. The present edifice has been erected at the cost of the daughter of the late Mr. Charles Conaughton (Mrs)

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Scene from 'The Rose of Castile', at Drury Lane Theatre, 1858. Creator: Smyth

Scene from "The Rose of Castile", at Drury Lane Theatre, 1858. Creator: Smyth
Scene from "The Rose of Castile", at Drury Lane Theatre, 1858. London stage production. This lively and pretty opera, certainly the chef-d'oeuvre of our most popular English composer

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Scene from 'The Merchant of Venice', at the Princess Theatre: the Elopement of Jessica, 1858

Scene from "The Merchant of Venice", at the Princess Theatre: the Elopement of Jessica, 1858. London stage production

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Scene from the Ballet of 'La Bresilienne' at the Royal Italian Opera House, Covent Garden, 1858

Scene from the Ballet of "La Bresilienne" at the Royal Italian Opera House, Covent Garden, 1858
Scene from the Ballet of "La Bresilienne" at the Royal Italian Opera House, Covent Garden, [London], 1858. This pretty little ballet...has sustained its character well throughout

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Ruins of a Theatre at Taurominium - Mount Etna in the Distance, 1858. Creator: Unknown

Ruins of a Theatre at Taurominium - Mount Etna in the Distance, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Ruins of a Theatre at Taurominium - Mount Etna in the Distance, 1858. From "Illustrated London News", 1858

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Ira Aldridge, the African Tragedian, as 'Othello', 1858. Creator: Unknown

Ira Aldridge, the African Tragedian, as "Othello", 1858. Creator: Unknown
Ira Aldridge, the African Tragedian, as "Othello", 1858. American-born British actor, playwright and theatre manager....his impersonations of...Othello, Gambia, Zanga

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Scene from Tennyson's 'Queen Mary' at the Lyceum Theatre, 1876. Creator: Unknown

Scene from Tennyson's "Queen Mary" at the Lyceum Theatre, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Scene from Tennyson's "Queen Mary" at the Lyceum Theatre, 1876. London stage production. The Laureate has been careful to depict the more human relations

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: The Prince's Voyage Home from India: life on board the Serapis: an Evening Entertainment...1876

The Prince's Voyage Home from India: life on board the Serapis: an Evening Entertainment...1876. Creator: Unknown
The Prince's Voyage Home from India: life on board the Serapis: an Evening Entertainment, from a sketch by an officer of the Serapis, 1876

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Maria Ricci, married to the artist Carl Gustaf Plagemann, 1850s. Creator: Emma Ekwall

Maria Ricci, married to the artist Carl Gustaf Plagemann, 1850s. Creator: Emma Ekwall
Maria Ricci, married to the artist Carl Gustaf Plagemann, 1850s

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Scene from the opera of 'The Night Dancers', at the Royal English Opera, Covent Garden, 1860

Scene from the opera of "The Night Dancers", at the Royal English Opera, Covent Garden, 1860. London stage production



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