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Pantomime

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 211 Collections and/or Records:

Theatre Royal Poster, Christmas and New Year season commencing Monday 27 December 1971

 Item
Reference code: 178R27.146
Scope and Contents

Norwich. Frank Ifield in Sinbad the sailor. Contains colour illustration and photograph.

Dates: Christmas and New Year season commencing Monday 27 December 1971
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Cyril Critchlow Collection / Posters

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

Theatre Royal Programme, Commencing Saturday 23 December c1933

 Item
Reference code: 178K50.4
Scope and Contents

Stockport. Frank H. Fortesque’s comic pantomime Cinderella with Wal Butler, Nita Deane, Payne and Brown, Jack Meadows, The Handby Celeine Trio, Charlie O’Brien, Edna Clarke, The 8 Wonder Kinds, Elsie Winter, The 12 Sparklets and Zoe Belmont. Bleu type on white background with diamond shapes borders. Printed by Moody Bros. Ltd, Printers, 34 Livery Street, Birmingham 3, 2p.p.

Dates: Commencing Saturday 23 December c1933
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Handby Celeine Collection / Programmes

Trade and Advertising Material, c1900 - 1999

 Series
Reference code: 178I22
Scope and Contents

A range of items of promotion and advertising from a range of circus companies and performers, including artistes' photographs with act descriptions used for seeking employment in circuses and pamphlets advertising independent performances and circus companies' literature and souvenirs for public distribution and promotion including Gerry Cottle's Circus, Belle Vue, Blackpool Tower, Bertram Mills Circus, Gandey's, Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey, Knie and many more.

Dates: c1900 - 1999
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection

Variety and Music Hall Poster Printed by Taylor's of Wombwell, c1950 - 1989

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178R11.150-214, 178R11.250
Scope and Contents

Variety and Music Hall poster printed by Taylor's of Wombwell, including pantomimes and wrestling shows in theatre venues.

Dates: c1950 - 1989
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Charles Taylor Collection / Posters

Various, c1800 - 1999

 Series
Reference code: 178Z54
Scope and Contents

Various items of ephemera.

Dates: c1800 - 1999
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Sanger Circus Collection

Various Items, c1950 - 1988

 Series
Reference code: 178Z30
Scope and Contents

Letters, stationery, performance material and press material relating to magicians of the mid-twentieth century, particularly Hamilton Kaye.

Dates: c1950 - 1988
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Hamilton Kaye Collection

Various Items of Ephemera, c1800 - 2016

 Series
Reference code: 178Z64
Scope and Contents

Various items related to George Walter Poole, Wilton's Music Hall, Henry James Mayer, Alexander Billington, James Upton Printers, Gompertz's panorama show, Poole's Myriorama and Diorama shows and Messrs Strange and Wilson Ghost show. Also includes a theatrical clock with two figures on the sides attracting customers.

Dates: c1800 - 2016
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Bill Barnes Collection

Victoria Theatre Poster, Wednesday 23 December 1964 - Saturday 23 Jaunary 1965

 Item
Reference code: 178R27.150
Scope and Contents

Broughton Bridge, Salford. Ken Platt in Mother Goose. Contains colour illustration. Printed by Llandudno Advertiser Ltd., Llandudno.

Dates: Wednesday 23 December 1964 - Saturday 23 Jaunary 1965
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Cyril Critchlow Collection / Posters

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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