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Variety

 Subject
Subject Source: Uk Archival Thesaurus (Ukat)

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Circus Friends Association Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0122
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a large library of books and journals, as well as archival material including posters, programmes, photographs, films, handbills, research material, scrapbooks, original artwork and many other items of ephemera relating to British, Irish and European circuses

Dates: 1795 - 2020
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive

Great Shakesperean Night Poster, 4 April 1856

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.45
Scope and Contents

Lecture Hall, Harewick, Derby. Young Hengler as Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Mrs. J. F. Saville as Gertrude, Queen of Denmark, Hamlet Prince of Denmark, Mr. Fenton, Mr. Heath, Mr. Clifford, Mr. Yates, Mr. L. Thomas, Mr. Wells, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Steyne, Mr. White, Mr. Sterne, Mr. Bond, Mr. H. Lacy, Mr. Jones, Mr. Willis, Mr. Sampson, Mr. Edwards, Miss Vining, Miss Procter, The Spectre Bridegroom. Black type on off white background

Dates: 4 April 1856
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection / Posters / Victorian, Edwardian and Georgian Circus Posters

National Fairground and Circus Archive Collection

 Collection
Reference code: NFA0092
Scope and Contents

Contains thousands of posters, programmes, photographs, handbills, original documents, specialist journals, newspapers and a library containing publications on all the areas of collecting

Dates: c1700 - 2020
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive

Posters, c1800 - 2011

 Series
Reference code: 178R47
Scope and Contents

A wide range of British and international circus and menagerie posters ranging from the 19th to the 21st century including Astley's Amphitheatre, Pablo Fanque, Polito, Bostock and Wombwell, Ducrow, Cooke, Hengler, Sanger, Smart, Gerry Cottle, Bertram Mills, Chipperfield's, Robert Brothers, Fossett, Blackpool Tower, Billy Russell, Belle Vue, Great Yarmouth Hippodrome, Austen Brothers and many more.

Dates: c1800 - 2011
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection

Programmes, c1800 - 2019

 Series
Reference code: 178K43
Scope and Contents

A collection of mainly British and international circus programmes and some variety and music hall programmes containing circus acts.

Dates: c1800 - 2019
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection

Queens Palace of Varieties Poster, 6 May 1897

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.43
Scope and Contents High Street, Poplar, For the Benefit of Mr. Michael Abrahams, Jack Camp, Johnny Gilmore, Fred Earle, Harry Wright, Nellie Gannon, F. W. St. Clair, Bros. Brewer, Tom Leamore, Dan Conroy, Haig and Haig, Harry Nation, Ray and Ransford, Ike, Scott and Son, Foreman and Fannin, Ernest D'Almaine, J. P. Johnson, Ted Cowan, Daisy Deroy, Cable and Helton, Lizzie Howard, Pat Carey, Walter Stockwell, Alec Thomas, Walter Stanley, The Meltones, Alf Chester, Harry Kent, Harry Wright, Lily Lena, Katie...
Dates: 6 May 1897
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection / Posters / Victorian, Edwardian and Georgian Circus Posters

Theatre Royal Envelope, c1800 - 1899

 Item
Reference code: 178Z50.3
Scope and Contents

White envelope with purple type reading Theatre Royal, Haymarket and in ink and pencil 'Mrs Menken's Autograph', 'Adah Isaacs Menken 1835-1868 Eng echers'.

Dates: c1800 - 1899
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection / Various Items

Theatre Royal Poster, 5 June 1816

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.42
Scope and Contents Mr. Conway's Night, Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. Mr. Egerton, Mr. Tokely, Mr. Liston, Mr. Duruset, Mr. Bellamy, Master C. Parsloe, Mr. Young, Mr. jefferies, Mr. Murray, Mr. Chapman, Mr. Fawcett, Miss Logan, Mrs. Egerton, Miss Matthews, Mrs. H. Johnston in The Exile, Mr. Matthews in Mrs. Wiggings, Mr. Sinclair and Miss Stephens, Mr. Grimaldi and Mr. Ellar in Mother Goose, Mr. Conway, Mr. Bellamy, Mr. Claremont, Mr. W. Chapman, Mr. Simmons, Mr. Treby, Mr. H. Well, Mr. Menage, Mr. Grant, Mr....
Dates: 5 June 1816
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection / Posters / Victorian, Edwardian and Georgian Circus Posters

Theatre Royal Poster, 13 February 1863

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.44
Scope and Contents Birmingham. Pantomime, Mr. Ersser Jones, Mr. C. Vincent, Mr. Evelyn Evans, Mr. H. Montgomery, Mr. E. V. Sinclair, Mr. E. Job, Mr. W. Scott, Mr. J. Barton, Mr. J. M. King, Miss Bessie Harding and Miss Cleveland in Steel Waters Run Deep, Mdlle. Marie Mazoni, Miss Eyles, Miss Tibbitts, Miss Bessie Harding, Miss L. Warden, Miss Amelia Smith, Miss Nelly Smith, Mr. J. Barton, Mr. E. V. Sinclair, Miss Maria Stanley, Mr. P. White, Mr. Walton Scott, Mr. E. Dixon, Mr. W. Glydon, Miss Emma Nason, Mr....
Dates: 13 February 1863
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection / Posters / Victorian, Edwardian and Georgian Circus Posters

Threatre of Variety Programmes, c1880-1978

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178K43.677
Scope and Contents Variety theatre and music hall programmes cotaining circus acts as well as a varity of other acts across the UK including City Varieties Leeds, Concert Pavillion Battersea Park, Palace Theatre Blackpool, The Bedford Theatre, New London Theatre, Empire Theatre Liverpool, The Playhouse Harlow, Palace Threatre Chelsea, Hippodrome Theatre Coventry, Olympia Theatre, Opera House Blackpool, Empire Theatre Glasgow, Morecambe Tower and Gardens, Empire Threatre of Variety Brighton, Hippodrome...
Dates: c1880-1978
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection / Programmes

Victorian, Edwardian and Georgian Circus Posters, c1800 - 1930

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178R47.1-51
Scope and Contents

Early circus and menagerie posters including Polito's menagerie, Astley's Amphitheatre and Pablo Fanque's, Sanger's, Powell's, Ducrow's, Cooke's and Hengler's circuses among others.

Dates: c1800 - 1930
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection / Posters

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