Theatres Collection (page 9)

The Cut, Waterloo
The Cut (formerly New Cut) is a street in London which runs between Waterloo Road in Lambeth and Blackfriars Road in Southwark

Court dresses in the early Restoration, Paris
Women in feather headdresses and luxurious embroidered dresses, court of King Louis XVIII, circa 1817. Interior with blue curtains and fleur de lys carpet

Woman leading a horse in the Parc de Bagatelle, 1807
Woman in hunting dress, bonnet and kerchief leading a horse in the Parc de Bagatelle, Bois de Boulogne, Paris, 1807. A check in the park at Bagatelle

Iris Lockwood in Get a Load of This, London Hippodrome
Iris Lockwood, actress, model and later wife of theatre director and producer Robert Nesbitt, appearing in the London Hippodrome revue Get a Load of This wearing a dress by Norman Hartnell. Date: 1941

Auditorium of the new London Hippodrome
The interior of the brand new London Hippodrome at the corner of Charing Cross Road and Cranbourn Street. Built by theatre architect Frank Matcham for Edward Moss of Moss Empires Limited

Exterior of the London Hippodrome
Exterior, showing entrance, of the brand new London Hippodrome, when it opened in January 1900. Built by theatre architect Frank Matcham for Edward Moss (Moss Empires Limited)

Covent Garden Theatre, Drury Lane Theatre, Haymarket Theatre, Lyceum Theatre, Princesses Theatre, Adelphi Theatre
5210077 Covent Garden Theatre, Drury Lane Theatre, Haymarket Theatre, Lyceum Theatre, Princesses Theatre, Adelphi Theatre, Her Majestys Theatre (engraving) by English School

View of Athens from the east during the reign of the Roman Empire Hadrian, 2nd Century (engraving)
5216648 View of Athens from the east during the reign of the Roman Empire Hadrian, 2nd Century (engraving) by German School

Coupe de la salle de spectacle du cote du theatre & Coupe de la meme salle du cote oppose
3526034 Coupe de la salle de spectacle du cA'tedu theAtre & Coupe de la mme salle du cA'teopposeau theAtre, from Recueil des plans du Petit Trianon by Richard Mique (1728-94)

Aspect General de la Partie du Boulevard du temple sur Laquelle se Trouvaient Groupes les Theatres
6005587 Aspect General de la Partie du Boulevard du temple sur Laquelle se Trouvaient Groupes les Theatres, et Qui Fut Detruite en 1862

The good-humoured crowd at the London Hippodrome
Street entertainers amuse the crowds waiting outside the London Hippodrome. Date: 1901

Cartoon, Another Juliet. Trixie Southbank, who is tired of being an extra and wants to play Juliet, asks John Hollingshead (1827-1904), manager of the Gaiety Theatre, for a matinee slot

Programme cover, Kingston Empire Theatre, Surrey, Kingshot Theatres Ltd, Director: Stanley Watson. circa 1950

Dolly Sisters on front cover of the Sketch 1921
The Dolly Sisters photographed in their costumes for the new pantomime " The Babes in the Wood" by C B Cochran. The Dolly Sisters enjoyed immense success in London

Playwright Clemence Dane 1921
Clemence Dane (1888 - 1865), famous female playwright. The Sketch comments particularly on her play " Will Shakespeare", at that time still running at the Shaftesbury

Photograph of the dolly sisters in fluffy white costumes for their Pony Trot. Until the end of the League of Notions revue

Voice audition for female role in a musical 1908
Illustration of a voice-trial for a female role in a musical comedy, with Stanley Wade and Merlin Morgan shown judging the auditions for Mr George Edwardes theatre companies

Cartoon portrait, Mrs A de Parravicini, theatrical agent - He wouldn t care if all our theatres were turned into circuses. 1886

Cartoon, West-End Waits, a reference to the rival pantomimes at Drury Lane and Covent Garden Theatres, London. 1885

Cartoon portrait, Mr H A Freeman, Acting Manager at the Grand Theatre, London (there were several theatres named the Grand, in places including Clapham, Croydon, Islington, Fulham and Woolwich). 1885

Cartoon, Music Hall Proprietors
Cartoon, The dismay of the Music-Hall Proprietors when they heard of the threatened destruction of the Inventions Exhibition, knew no bounds

Proposed site of Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in London 1924
Illustration depicting the proposed site for the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre as an arrangement of theatre, museum and offices on the Victoria Embankment near to Whitehall

A noted Oyster Room near the Theatres, 3 o clock in the Morning (coloured engraving)
583081 A noted Oyster Room near the Theatres, 3 o clock in the Morning (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A noted Oyster Room near the Theatres)

How Her Majestys Theatre Would Look (litho)
614715 How Her Majestys Theatre Would Look (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: How Her Majestys Theatre would look - if London were like Venice)

Free Trade meeting in Drury Lane Theatre (engraving)
614488 Free Trade meeting in Drury Lane Theatre (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Free Trade meeting in Drury Lane Theatre)

Plan of the theatres of Covent Garden, London (engraving)
586448 Plan of the theatres of Covent Garden, London (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Plan of the theatres of Covent Garden)

Spectacle Gratis, Avant Scene (colour litho)
619519 Spectacle Gratis, Avant Scene (colour litho) by Bellange, Joseph-Louis Hippolyte (1800-66) (after); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; French, out of copyright

The newly built Theatre Royal, Manchester
Facade of the newly built Theatre Royal, Manchester. Date: 1845

Cheshire Regiment Memorial, Musee du Debarquement
The memorial is to all members of the Regiment whose different Battalions fought in various theatres of war. On D-Day the 2nd Battalion landed on Gold Beach as part of the 50th Northumbrian Division

Ellaline Terriss as Peggy Quainton in The Gay Gordons
Ellaline Terriss as Peggy Quainton in the Edwardian musical comedy, The Gay Gordons, at the Aldwych Theatre, London. Date: 1907

The New Bedford, Camden Town (charcoal, pen & ink on paper)
423985 The New Bedford, Camden Town (charcoal, pen & ink on paper) by Sickert, Walter Richard (1860-1942); 18.7x25.6 cm; Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, UK; eFitzwilliam Museum; English

Mlle. Roussel as Martial in La Corde de Pendu, 1844
Mlle. Roussel as Martial in La Corde de Pendu by Laloue and Bourgeois, Theatre du Cirque Olympique, 1844. Actress crossdressing as a trumpeter for the Musketeers

Mlle. Duverger in the title role of Fiorina, 1844
Mlle. Duverger in the title role of Fiorina, by Melesville and Carmouche, Theatre du Palais-Royal, 1844. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Alexandre Lacauchie from Victor Dollets

Auguste Berger as Hector in Un Enfantillage, 1844
Auguste Berger as Hector in Un Enfantillage by A-H-J Duveyrier, Theatre du Palais Royal, 1844. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Alexandre Lacauchie from Victor Dollets Galerie

Jean-Baptiste Firmin as the Marquis in Eve by Leon Gozlan, Theatre Francais, 1843. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Victor Dollet from Galerie Dramatique

French baritone Paul Barroilhet as Iago in Othello, 1844
French baritone Paul Barroilhet as Iago in the opera Othello by Gioachino Rossini, Academie Royale du Musique, 1844. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Alexandre Lacauchie from Victor

Nicolas Jean-Jacques Masset in the opera Gulistan, 1844
Tenor singer Nicolas Jean-Jacques Masset as Gulistan in the opera Gulistan ou Le hulla de Samarcande by Nicolas Dalayrac, Theatre de l Opera Comique, 1844

Gouget as Raymond in Les Sept Chateaux du Diable, 1844
Gouget as Raymond in the fairy spectacle Les Sept Chateaux du Diable by Charles Clairville and Adolphe Dennery, Theatre de la Gaite, 1844

Rosalie Theodorine Melingue as Caprice in Eve, 1843
Rosalie Theodorine Melingue as Caprice in Eve by Leon Gozlan, Theatre Francais, 1843. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Victor Dollet from Galerie Dramatique

Clarisse Midroy as Maritana in Don Cesar de Bazan, 1844
Mlle. Clarisse Midroy as Maritana in Don Cesar de Bazan by Dumanoir and Adolphe d Ennery, Theatre de la Porte St. Martin, 1844

French actor Frederic Lemaitre in Don Cesar de Bazan, 1844
French actor Frederic Lemaitre in Don Cesar de Bazan by Dumanoir and Adolphe d Ennery, Theatre de la Porte St. Martin, 1844

Albert as Arnold in Le Miracle des Roses, 1844
Albert as Arnold in Le Miracle des Roses by Antony Beraud and Hippolyte Hostein, Theatre de l Ambigu Comique, 1844. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Alexandre Lacauchie from Victor

Mlle. Guyon as Elisabeth in Le Miracle des Roses, 1844
Actress Mlle. Emilie Honorine Guyon as Elisabeth in Le Miracle des Roses by Antony Beraud and Hippolyte Hostein, Ambigu Comique, 1844

Etienne Melingue as Louis de Thuringe in Le Miracle des Roses by Antony Beraud and Hippolyte Hostein, Ambigu-Comique, 1844

Edouard Brindeau as Rosenberg in Eve by Leon Gozlan, Theatre Francais, 1843. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Victor Dollet from Galerie Dramatique: Costumes des Theatres de Paris

Mlle. Pauline Anais as Mariana in Les Sirenes, Theatre des Varietes, 1844. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Louis Lasalle from Victor Dollets Galerie Dramatique

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Theatres have always been the beating heart of entertainment, captivating audiences with their enchanting performances and timeless charm. From the grand halls of Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow to the iconic Broadway Street in Fargo, North Dakota, these venues hold a special place in our hearts. In Chicago, amidst the towering Marshall Field Building Clock, stands the majestic Chicago Theatre - an architectural masterpiece that has witnessed countless moments of theatrical brilliance. Across the country, Detroit's Fox Theatre exudes elegance and grace as it welcomes patrons into its opulent auditorium. Transport yourself back to Elizabethan London, where they were bustling with excitement and creativity. The vibrant panorama of London in 1616 comes alive through engravings that capture the essence of this golden era. From Morgan Hill's charming street scene to London's Waldorf Theatre, each venue tells a unique story. The New Sheffield Empire Palace takes us on a journey through time with its 1906 programme filled with thrilling acts and unforgettable performances. Dominion Theatre shines brightly alongside Horse Shoe Hotel while Fremont Art Deco Movie Theater adds a touch of glamour to Monterey Street in San Luis Obispo, California. These theaters not only provide entertainment but also serve as cultural landmarks within their communities. Even during times of adversity like air raid drills at Windmill Theatre during World War II, these venues stood resiliently as symbols of hope and resilience. They remind us that even in dark times; art can still flourish and can more than just buildings; they are gateways to other worlds where dreams come true and imaginations run wild. Whether you find yourself lost in Shakespearean tales or swept away by modern-day blockbusters, theatres continue to captivate audiences across generations. So next time you step foot into one of these magical spaces or catch a glimpse from afar remember: behind those doors lies a world waiting to be discovered - filled with laughter, tears, and endless possibilities.