Theatre History

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A ticket stub to Michael Todd’s Hall of Music, which sadly has no date. Thus I can only guess

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Charles Mathews as various characters from his “At Home” show, 1822 © The Trustees of the British Mu

Link #charles mathews #comedy #comedian #19th century #georgian #theatre history

Walt Whitman on seeing Junius Brutus Booth as Richard III, “Booth and ‘The Bowery’”, New-York Tribun

Link #shakespeare #william shakespeare #history #theater history #theatre history #nyc history #new york history #richard iii #edwin booth #walt whitman #newspaper #archives #the bowery #newspaperscom

On this day in 1994, McCarter received the Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre!Pictured here

Link #mccarter theatre #princeton #tony awards #mccarter history #emily mann #regional theatre #theatre history

Shots of a letter from Ivor Novello to Mme Bussy regarding a play that she sent him for review. He s

Link #ivor novello #theatre #theatre history #cinema #personal

Shots of a letter from Ivor Novello to Mme Bussy regarding a play that she sent him for review. He s

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Ivor Novello by Claude Harris, 1920s

Link #ivor novello #film history #theatre history #theatre #p1920s

Mam (Clara Novello Davies;) [left] & David Davies [center] with Ivor Novello [right] by Fox Phot

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The actor David Garrick’s diary documenting his 1751 trip to Paris was thought to have been lo

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The actor David Garrick’s diary documenting his 1751 trip to Paris was thought to have been lo

Link #houdini #theatre #david garrick #perfoming arts #archives #theatre history

“Macbeth” by William Shakespeare

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“Macbeth” by William Shakespeare

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“Macbeth” by William Shakespeare

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“Macbeth” by William Shakespeare

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“Macbeth” by William Shakespeare

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“Macbeth” by William Shakespeare

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“Macbeth” by William Shakespeare

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“Macbeth” by William Shakespeare

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“Macbeth” by William Shakespeare

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“Macbeth” by William Shakespeare

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Sarah Bernhardt.Photographed by Félix Nadar, 1864.Colored by Lombardie Colorings.___________________

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Julia James.Photographed by Bassano, Ltd., March 25, 1912.Colored by Lombardie Colorings.___________

Link #julia james #history #theatre #theatre history #west end #gaiety theatre #artists on tumblr #digital art #digital painting

sansaofhousestark:argonauticae:amazinglook i have to bring this back because i want you all to take

Link #reblogs #exactly the sort of history i love #history #theatre history #also #comedy history #look at those comedians doing what they do best

shakespearenews:Portrait of the actor James Quin, in character as Coriolanus. For more on James Quin

Link #what a costume #also 18th century coriolanus cuts were wild #i read this too fast as his affairs with garrick #james quin #vintage illustration #shakespeare #theatre history

nightnightsweetprince:Sarah Bernhardt will forever be my biggest celebrity crush. She was a French J

Link #sarah bernhardt #theatre history #vintage photography

nightnightsweetprince:Sarah Bernhardt will forever be my biggest celebrity crush. She was a French J

Link #sarah bernhardt #theatre history #vintage photography

nightnightsweetprince:Sarah Bernhardt will forever be my biggest celebrity crush. She was a French J

Link #sarah bernhardt #theatre history #vintage photography

nightnightsweetprince:Sarah Bernhardt will forever be my biggest celebrity crush. She was a French J

Link #sarah bernhardt #theatre history #vintage photography

nightnightsweetprince:Sarah Bernhardt will forever be my biggest celebrity crush. She was a French J

Link #sarah bernhardt #theatre history #vintage photography

nightnightsweetprince:Sarah Bernhardt will forever be my biggest celebrity crush. She was a French J

Link #sarah bernhardt #theatre history #vintage photography

nightnightsweetprince:Sarah Bernhardt will forever be my biggest celebrity crush. She was a French J

Link #sarah bernhardt #theatre history #vintage photography

nightnightsweetprince:Sarah Bernhardt will forever be my biggest celebrity crush. She was a French J

Link #sarah bernhardt #theatre history #vintage photography

vestatilleys:Minnie Mario and Kate Vaughan in “Cinderella”, 1883.

Link #minnie mario #kate vaughan #vintage photography #theatre history

vestatilleys:Minnie Mario and Kate Vaughan in “Cinderella”, 1883.

Link #minnie mario #kate vaughan #vintage photography #theatre history

shakespearenews:How to properly act Hamlet seeing the ghost according to 19th-Century Oratorical Pri

Link #forgot about this #but a handy guide #shakespeare #theatre history

roofbeams:roofbeams:“women’s theatrical properties” by natasha kordahere’s the full text :) 

Link #early modern stuff #natasha korda #theatre history #reference

danskjavlarna:danskjavlarna:Pompeiian tragedians, from a mosaic.My Strange & Unusual Site | Book

Link #'the house of the tragic actor' #pray you avoid it #roman stuff #vintage illustration #theatre history

likeniobe:photos of the wellesley shakespeare society, about 1947 

Link #i don't think i've seen these before #shakes of yore #vintage #shakespeare #theatre history

likeniobe:photos of the wellesley shakespeare society, about 1947 

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likeniobe:photos of the wellesley shakespeare society, about 1947 

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likeniobe:photos of the wellesley shakespeare society, about 1947 

Link #i don't think i've seen these before #shakes of yore #vintage #shakespeare #theatre history

runecestershire:never-fear-supertonic-is-here:take-me-to-your-lieder:charliesstuffandthangs:shoobrit

Link #die nase #shostakovich #music #theatre history #dispatches from the opera dumpster

theatre history

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amelancholycharm:pilferingapples:orlofsky:saint-arthur:because there totally was, it’s called “victo

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old-timey-ladies-in-trousers:Kate Vaughan as Peggy in The Country Girl at the Novelty Theatre, 1884

Link #theatre #theatre history #costumes #historical fashion #ish