Comedians
Found in 609 Collections and/or Records:
Public Hall, Harvey Institute, Barnsley Handbill, c1900 - 1920
Public Hall, Harvey Institute, Barnsley Handbill, c1900 - 1920
Jasper Redfern's Superb Animated and Singing Pictures. The Falcons - Acrobatic and Hand Balancing Speciality. Harry Heath - Humourist. Edison's Latest Marvel - The Phonometograph. Herbert Betts - Comedian. Grand Gladiatorial Display by Mr George Dinnie. Printed by Bridgens and Son Ltd., Sheffield.
Queen's Theatre Programme, Commencing Monday 24 September 1934
Belvedere Street, Mansfield. The Spice of Life! Variety, The Three Royces equilibrist act, Pip Buttler and Florence Pawson comedy act, The Handby Celene Trio comedy skating act, Texas, Cliffe and Snowball, May Darwood musical act, The Comperes comedy act, Miss Betty and Partner aerial act, Bert Maddison assisted by Betty Crighton comedy act. Navy blue type on orange background and decorative navy blue border on front cover, 2p.p.
Richley Collection
Circus and sideshow posters including small amount of material on Koringa and copy of Bertram Mill’s Circus limited edition book written by the donor.
Royal English Circus Programme, Monday 13 May 1901 and during the week
Royal Opera House Scarborough Poster, Week commencing Monday 4 October c1982
Nat Jackley ‘The original Rubber necked Comedian with his Happy Gang’ with Penny Nicholls, Tom Howard, Mike Onions, Chris Corbally, Barbara Jackson, John Warwick, The Calders. Red and blue type with border on yellow background.
Savoy Poster, 3 February 1913
Schedule of Acts Under Contract with The MacNaghten Vaudeville Circuit, 3 May 1911
Schedule of acts under contract with 'The MacNaghten Vaudeville Circuit from Sydney Arthur and Frank MacNaghten.
Scrapbooks, 1913 - 1916
Scrapbooks containing photographs, programmes, newspaper cuttings and performers' autographs, some related to the First World War.
Seven of the Best and Most Popular Songs Handbill, c1895 - 1920
Sung by the great comedian Mr Charles Coburn. Printed by Dysons, Peterborough, 8pp.
Sheffield Empire Palace Programme, 11 November 1902
Eugene Stratton - The Ideal 'Coon'. Wedburns - Instrumentalists, Vocalists and Patterers. Ida Kessanly and her Royal Fox Terriers. Russell Wallet. Happy Tom Parker. George C. Doughty - Comedian. Madge Osmond - Male Impersonator. American Bioscope. Mdlle De Dio - Dancer Genial Pat Rafferty - 'One of the Irish'. Includes advert for Redfern's Rubber Heels. 3-fold programme.
Sheffield Royal Grammar School Programme, 11 May 1899
Old Boys' Association Conversazione. Arthur Macklin’s one-act Comedietta entitled 'My Lady Help', and D. Fraser Wood's comedy 'In the Eyes of The World', 4pp.
Shettleston Public Hall Poster, 12 February 1938
Snow White and the Three Stooges, The Glass Mountain, and Wandering Willies Film, 1960 - 1969
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Emitape. 350 feet. Chanford. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films. Including; Michael Dennison, Dulcie Grey, Valentina Cortess, Tito Gobby and Sebastian Shaw in a trailer of 'The Glass Mountain'. Billy Bevan and Andy Clyde in 'Wandering Willies' . Supplied by C. W. Cramp.
Some Bird! Film, c1945 - 1951
Circusama, Yesterday Circus Today. 9.5mm, Pathescope. 300 feet, 12 minutes long. Includes Glenn Tyron.
Spring Show '78 Poster, Week commencing 10 April 1978
Theatre Royal, Nottingham. Arthur Askey, Peter Cavanagh, Van Buren and Company, Reed and Delroy, Adelaide Hall, Wally Dunn, Bob and Alf Pearson. Red and blue type on white background and illustration.
Stoll Herald Programme, c1930 - 1939
Stoll Herald Vol. 3 No. 7. Shepherd’s Bush Empire. Freddie Forbes in 'Oranges and Lemons', Five Sherry Brothers musical act, Mr & Mrs Toby and Family comedy monkey act, The Amazing Samson strong man act, Five Perezon juggling act, Gordon Marsh cabaret act, Dorothy Lena musical comedy act. Red and black type on white background and black and white photographs of acts and performers with descriptive text, 2p.p.
Strand Handbills, c1785 - 1899
Handbills for travelling exhibitions and sideshows at Strand, Covent Garden, Charing Cross and Fleet Street.
Sugar Daddies, Hot Dogs, The Indians are Coming, Misbehaving Husbands, and Double Whoopee Film, 1920 - 1929
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Hal Roach Studios. 300 Feet. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Laurel and Hardy, Noah Young and James Finlayson in 'Sugar Daddies'. Charles Chaplin in 'Hot Dogs'. Col Tim McCoy and Edmund Cobb in 'The Indians are Coming'. Laurel and Hardy, Jean Harlow and Edrich Vonstroheim in 'Double Whoopee'.
Testo Family Collection
This collection comprises photographs, business records, articles, correspondence, newspaper cuttings, advertising material, family research and items of personal archive related to the Testo family history in the fairground and circus