Theatre
Found in 87 Collections and/or Records:
Sanger At Astley's Theatre, c1871-1899
Black and white photograph of Lord George Sanger and his wife Ellen, stood on the balcony of Astley's Theatre with advertisements for a Sanger Circus performance. Very faded photograph.
Savage Club Amateur Performance Handbill, 19 June 1861
Savage Club Amateur Performance at Royal Lyceum Theatre. Amateur performance in benefit of the Widow & Family of the late Artist & Engraver, Mr E. Landellis. Various acts including ‘The Wreck Ashore’, followed by a New & Original Burlesque.
School for Scandel Handbill, 24 April 1834
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. With comedy from Aimpson & Co. Printed by W. Wright.
Seemann Slide Collection
A collection of glass-mounted slides relating to German history, literature, theatre and landscape. Ernest Arthur Seemann was a printer and publisher of art and history books, and these slides likely contain the images that were used in E. A. Seemann's publications.
Sheffield Educational Settlement Papers
Papers from the Sheffield Educational Settlement during the period of Arnold Freeman’s wardenship (1918-55). The records are incomplete, particularly for the 1930s, but include correspondence, minute books, account books, some published material, play files and information about lectures, classes and activities at the Settlement.
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Sheffield Theatres Collection
A collection of programmes and cast lists for performances at various Sheffield theatres, primarily The Playhouse, as well as The Crucible, The Lyceum, Sheffield City Hall and others.
St John Preaching in the Wilderness Handbill, c1840 - 1849
Saint John Preaching in the Wilderness, at 213 Piccadilly. 18ft High - 14ft Wide, visited by royalty, 'one of the most wonderful productions of the age'. Printed by J.W. Peel’s Steam Press, 74, New Cut, Lambeth.
Strand Handbills, c1785 - 1899
Handbills for travelling exhibitions and sideshows at Strand, Covent Garden, Charing Cross and Fleet Street.
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Book, 1864
Book containing obituaries for various members of the Holloway family including William, Jane, Edward, john and James and including references to James' rendering of Richard the Third at Ashlety's Royal Amphitheatre under the management of Cooke and other plays such as Macbeth, and Rob Roy by Walter Scott.
The Duenna Handbill, 11 January 1826
Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. Also pantomime ‘Harlequin and the Magick Rose: or Beauty and the Beast’. Printed by W. Reynolds, Denmark Court, Strand.
The Gamester Handbill, 25 February 1830
Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. Also new farce, ‘Teddy the Tiler’ and others. Printed by W. Reynolds, 9 Denmark Court, Strand.
The King’s Romance Poster, c1900 - 1920
Colour lithograph showing The Prince's Wooing scene with a couple sat on a bench outside a building and a man looking at them from the door. Play written by E. Vivian Edmonds.
The King’s Romance Poster , c1900 - 1920
Colour lithograph showing The Prince's Wooing scene with a couple sat on a bench outside a building and a man looking at them from the door. Play written by E. Vivian Edmonds.
The King’s Romance Poster , c1900 - 1920
Written by E. Vivian Edmonds. 'The son of a Prince yet not his son. In the eyes of the world an outcast’. Colour illustration of man standing in a room wearing bronze colour trousers, waistcoat and hat and black cape and a Moises basket on the floor covered in white drapes and blue ribbons. Printed by David Allen & sons Ltd, 17 Leicester St. London, Belfast, Harrow, Birmingham, Liverpool, Glasgow & Dublin.
The Monarch, Candem Leaflet, c2010 - 2020
Black, white and red type on black and white background on front advertising acts.
Theatre History, [1858 - 1948]
'Theatergeschichte'
Theatre Royal Handbill, 31 December 1838
The Soldier's Daughter, comedy in 3 acts - The Sleeping Draught, farce in one act - Number Nip in Harlequin and the Gnome King - Beverley’s Grand Moving Diorama at Theatre Royal, Edinburgh.
Theatre Royal Handbill, 9 June 1819
Miss Clara Fisher, Lilliputian Wonder - King Richard III - The Falls of Clyde - at Theatre Royal, Edinburgh. Engaged with her sister to perform for three nights only.
Theatre Royal Handbill, 10 June 1819
Miss Clara Fisher, Lilliputian Wonder - Merchant of Venice - Bombastes Furioso - at Theatre Royal, Edinburgh. Engaged with her sister to perform for three nights only.
Theatre Royal Handbill, 11 June 1819
Miss Clara Fisher, Lilliputian Wonder - Bombastes Furioso - Douglas - at Theatre Royal, Edinburgh. Engaged with her sister to perform for three nights only.