Acting Collection (page 15)

Norma Smythe (b / w photo)
3640273 Norma Smythe (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Norma Smythe. Illustration for cigarette card)

Production of Richard Wagners opera Lohengrin (b / w photo)
3641299 Production of Richard Wagners opera Lohengrin (b/w photo) by German Photographer (20th Century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Production of Richard Wagners opera Lohengrin)

Performance of the play Agamemnon in a theatre in Ancient Greece (coloured engraving)
3630035 Performance of the play Agamemnon in a theatre in Ancient Greece (coloured engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Phoebe Carlo as Alice in the pantomime Alice in Wonderland, 1886 (b / w photo)
3627092 Phoebe Carlo as Alice in the pantomime Alice in Wonderland, 1886 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Miss Marie Tempest as Becky Sharp at the Prince of Waless Theatre, London (litho)
3627031 Miss Marie Tempest as Becky Sharp at the Prince of Waless Theatre, London (litho) by Pegram, Frederick (1870-1937); Private Collection; (add.info)

Charles Richman as John Worthing, William Courtney as Algernon Moncrieff
3557450 Charles Richman as John Worthing, William Courtney as Algernon Moncrieff, Margaret Anglin as Gwendolen Fairfax, and Margaret Dale as Cecily Carew in a revival of Oscar Wildes " The

Hallucinations of French actor Francois-Joseph Talma (chromolitho)
3100712 Hallucinations of French actor Francois-Joseph Talma (chromolitho) by Spanish School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hallucinations of French actor Francois-Joseph Talma)

Mary Ann Yates as Cleopatra in Drydens All for Love"c. 1778 (engraving)
3319349 Mary Ann Yates as Cleopatra in Drydens All for Love" c.1778 (engraving) by Edwards, Edward (1738-1806); Private Collection; (add.info)

Madame Sarah Bernhardt in Iseyl (colour photo)
2818020 Madame Sarah Bernhardt in Iseyl (colour photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Madame Sarah Bernhardt in Iseyl)

Mr Charles Groves in The Elder Miss Blossom (colour photo)
2818014 Mr Charles Groves in The Elder Miss Blossom (colour photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mr Charles Groves in The Elder Miss Blossom)

Miss Granville in An Interrupted Honeymoon (colour photo)
2818007 Miss Granville in An Interrupted Honeymoon (colour photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Miss Granville in An Interrupted Honeymoon)

Madame Rejane in Sylvie (colour photo)
2818002 Madame Rejane in Sylvie (colour photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Madame Rejane in Sylvie)

Ancient Greek theatrical masks (chromolitho)
2788817 Ancient Greek theatrical masks (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ancient Greek theatrical masks)

Noel En Lorraine (engraving)
2789245 Noel En Lorraine (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Noel En Lorraine. Illustration for Journal Des Voyages, 24 December 1893)

Mr Charles Hawtrey in A Message from Mars (colour photo)
2818046 Mr Charles Hawtrey in A Message from Mars (colour photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mr Charles Hawtrey in A Message from Mars)

Mr Willie Edouin in La Poupee (colour photo)
2818043 Mr Willie Edouin in La Poupee (colour photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mr Willie Edouin in La Poupee)

Miss Irene Vanbrugh in The Admirable Crichton (colour photo)
2818036 Miss Irene Vanbrugh in The Admirable Crichton (colour photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Miss Irene Vanbrugh in The Admirable Crichton)

Mr Forbes Robertson in The Sacrament of Judas (colour photo)
2818031 Mr Forbes Robertson in The Sacrament of Judas (colour photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mr Forbes Robertson in The Sacrament of Judas)

Mrs Maesmore Morris in Chance, The Idol (colour photo)
2818030 Mrs Maesmore Morris in Chance, The Idol (colour photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mrs Maesmore Morris in Chance, The Idol)

Mr Arthur Bourchier in The Bishops Move (colour photo)
2818027 Mr Arthur Bourchier in The Bishops Move (colour photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mr Arthur Bourchier in The Bishops Move)

Mr Huntley Wright in San Toy (colour photo)
2818025 Mr Huntley Wright in San Toy (colour photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mr Huntley Wright in San Toy)

Mr Hayden Coffin in The Country Girl (colour photo)
2818021 Mr Hayden Coffin in The Country Girl (colour photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mr Hayden Coffin in The Country Girl)

Miss Marie Studholme in The Toreador (colour photo)
2818011 Miss Marie Studholme in The Toreador (colour photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Miss Marie Studholme in The Toreador)

On Stage, (watercolour and pencil on board)
650980 On Stage, (watercolour and pencil on board) by Demuth, Charles (1883-1935); 33.3x25.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: On Stage. Charles Demuth (1883-1935). Watercolour and pencil on board

Steel Mills at Night, 1926 (oil on canvas)
650846 Steel Mills at Night, 1926 (oil on canvas) by Gorson, Aaron Henry (1872-1933); 86.5x91.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Steel Mills at Night. Aaron Harry Gorson (1872-1933)

Index Peak, Yellowstone National Park, 1914 (oil on canvas)
650777 Index Peak, Yellowstone National Park, 1914 (oil on canvas) by Moran, Thomas (1837-1926); 50.8x76.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Index Peak, Yellowstone National Park)

Hunting In Yosemite, 1890 (oil on canvas)
651127 Hunting In Yosemite, 1890 (oil on canvas) by Hill, Thomas (1829-1908); 63.5x76.2 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Hunting In Yosemite. Thomas Hill (1829-1908). Oil on canvas

Mr Seymour Hicks, as Angus Graeme in The Gay Gordons (b / w photo)
667253 Mr Seymour Hicks, as Angus Graeme in The Gay Gordons (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mr Seymour Hicks)

Backstage in a Roman theatre (chromolitho)
669411 Backstage in a Roman theatre (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Backstage in a Roman theatre)

To be or not to be (oil on canvas)
TW429304 To be or not to be (oil on canvas) by Glindoni, Henry Gillard (1852-1913); 106.7x152.5 cm; Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens, Tyne & Wear, UK; eSunderland Museums; English, out of copyright

Hamlet tells Ophelia to go to a nunnery while pretending to be mad
IL388115 Hamlet tells Ophelia to go to a nunnery while pretending to be mad, from Hamlet by William Shakespeare, edition published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1915 (colour litho) by Simmonds, W. G

Polichinelle, depicted in the stage costume of 1685, 1860 (litho)
CHT418408 Polichinelle, depicted in the stage costume of 1685, 1860 (litho) by Sand, Maurice (1823-1889); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris

Coquelin the Elder in Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme by Moliere, c
487562 Coquelin the Elder in Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme by Moliere, c.1882 (oil on canvas) by Beraud, Jean (1849-1935); 73.6x60.3 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Thomas Collins as Slender in The Merry Wives of Windsor by Shakespeare
450079 Thomas Collins as Slender in The Merry Wives of Windsor by Shakespeare, Drury Lane, 1802 (oil on canvas) by Wilde, Samuel de (1748-1832); 76.5x58.1 cm; The Holburne Museum, Bath

Hamlet (engraving)
727471 Hamlet (engraving) by Maclise, Daniel (1806-70) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hamlet. Illustration for The Works of Shakespeare edited by Charles Knight (Virtue)

Crowning girl with ring of flowers (chromolitho)
732792 Crowning girl with ring of flowers (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Crowning girl with ring of flowers.); Look and Learn / Barbara Loe Collection

Monkeys in a band (chromolitho)
735776 Monkeys in a band (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Monkeys in a band)

Monkeys on a carousel ride (chromolitho)
735775 Monkeys on a carousel ride (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Monkeys on a carousel ride)

Monkeys and a gramophone (chromolitho)
735774 Monkeys and a gramophone (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Monkeys and a gramophone)

Girl Standing On Foot Stool (chromolitho)
733310 Girl Standing On Foot Stool (chromolitho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Girl Standing On Foot Stool.); Look and Learn / Barbara Loe Collection

Actors rehearsing for a Satyr play, c. 62-79 AD (mosaic) (see also 5035)
XIR331775 Actors rehearsing for a Satyr play, c.62-79 AD (mosaic) (see also 5035) by Roman Imperial Period (27 BC-476 AD); Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, Campania

Farce staged c. 1600 at the Theatre of the Hotel de Bourgogne (engraving)
CHT336955 Farce staged c.1600 at the Theatre of the Hotel de Bourgogne (engraving) by French School, (17th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

Ivanhoe, 1871 (oil on canvas)
CH402153 Ivanhoe, 1871 (oil on canvas) by Hunt, Charles (1829-1900); 72.4x92.2 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; English, out of copyright

Stage performance for soldiers blinded in the war, 1914-19 (litho)
STC359887 Stage performance for soldiers blinded in the war, 1914-19 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Took place at St)

Comedie Italienne, 1918 (colour litho)
STC363548 Comedie Italienne, 1918 (colour litho) by Somov, Konstantin Andreevic (1869-1939); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; Russian, out of copyright

Sarah Bernhardt as Marguerite Gautier in La Dame aux Camelias
CHT465728 Sarah Bernhardt as Marguerite Gautier in La Dame aux Camelias by Alexandre Dumas Fils in the first production in the United States, c. 1880 (litho) by Fithian, Edith (fl)

Portrait of Henry Harris as Cardinal Wolsey, 17th century (coloured chalks on paper)
AMO112277 Portrait of Henry Harris as Cardinal Wolsey, 17th century (coloured chalks on paper) by Greenhill, Henry (1646-1708); 40x29.8 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

A Scene from Shakespeare (oil on panel)
WAG292600 A Scene from Shakespeare (oil on panel) by Keeling, William Knight (1807-86); 11.43x15.8 cm; Wolverhampton Art Gallery, West Midlands, UK; eWolverhampton Art Gallery; English

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