Historic Theatre Scenes

Illustrations depicting lively scenes from historical theatre performances, reflecting the vibrant culture and artistic expressions of past eras.

A raucous scene in a thieves' hideout; one man dances on the table, one hides under the table causing mischief, and seemingly all are under the influence of the demon alcohol. Date: c. 1840

A raucous scene in a thieves' hideout; one man dances on the table, one hides under the table causing mischief, and seemingly all are under the influence of the demon alcohol. Date: c. 1840

LAST SCENE FROM 'MAN AND WIFE,' AT THE PRINCE OF WALES' THEATRE, 1873

Mlle Piccolomini performing in La Figlia del Reggimento at Her Majesty's Theatre in London. Date: 1856

THE STRIKE IN SOUTH WALES

Sketches from New York: a Garten Wirthschaft, 1864. 'There is hardly a street, lane, or alley in the city of New York in which the lager beer saloon, in some of its various forms, is not to be found. The Garten Wirthschaft...is most endeared to the contemplative Teuton...Music is always a leading attraction here. From the afternoon until a late hour of night the band performs industriously in a gallery high over head; and each musician removes the ophicleide or flute from his lips only to refresh them with a mug of lager beer. In the intervals of the music the players light their pipes or ciga

SCENE FROM 'THE CONFEDERACY,' AT THE HAYMARKET THEATRE

THE WAVERLEY BALL.

MADAME GOLDSCHMIDT (JENNY LIND), AT EXETER HALL

MADAME PATTI JOINING IN THE CHORUS OF THE WELSH AIR, "O LAND OF MY FATHERS," AT THE ROYAL NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD, BRECON, WALES, UK, 1889.

A Chinese theater in San Francisco, California. Harpers New Monthly Magazine May 1883

Private presentation of a circus clown balancing a peacock feather on the nose, Circus Rossi in Hamburg, 1891, Germany, authentic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th-century model, exact date of depiction unknown, historical, children in a backyard scene watch a young clown perform

Court ball at the time of King Henry III 1574-1589, noble citizens and nobility, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Traditional japanese theater. Scene at a theatre in Tokyo, Japan. Old 19th century engraved illustration Travel to Japan by Aime Humbert from El Mundo en La Mano 1879

BAILE NOCTURNO EN LOS CAMPOS ELISEOS - 1860. Location: MUSEO DE HISTORIA DE MADRID-GRABADOS ByN. MADRID. SPAIN.

The Italian dance Tarantella, here on Ischia in 1869, Italy, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Europe

An entertainment at Lampa, preparation of the Cardinal, Peru, South America. Travel across South America from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean, 1848-1960 by Paul Marcoy (1815 - 1887) First stage, from Islay to Arequipa, Peru. Le Tour du Monde 1862

Symphony of children, Conductor with an orchestra of children, woodcut, 1888, England

Explosión de una bomba en la platea del Gran Teatro del Liceo de Barcelona. Noviembre de 1893.

'Greenwich Fair', c1900. Artist: George Cruikshank.

Aristocracy. 18th century. Dance scene. Engraving of Germania, 1882.

THE STORY OF SEDAN

A concert at the Champs�Elysees in the consulate, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1867.

A performance of Shakespeare's 'Twelfth night' is given in the yard of an inn Date: 16th century

Claudie (Mademoiselle Lia-Fleix), Madame Fauveau (Madame Genot), Grand Rose (Daubrun), Remy (Bocage), Sylvain (Fecter), Fauveau (Perrin), Denis Ronciat (Barre), Act III from Claude, on stage at the Theatre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, Paris, France, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 412, Volume XVII, January 17-24, 1851.

Lumberjack's Ball, Lumberjack's Ball, of the Naßwalder Society, association for humanitarian purposes, in Vienna, Austria, 1887 / Ball der Holzknechte, Holzknechtsball, der Gesellschaft der Naßwalder, Verein für humanitäre Zwecke, in Wien, Österreich, 1887, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

A street musician who mimics the notes of common English birds by means of a folded bit of tin, which is held between the teeth; but in order to engage the attention of the credulous, he pretends ro draw his tones from two tobacco pipes. A boy in the foreground appears to be selling sheet music. Date: 1816

Scene from the New Drama of "The Evil Genius", at the Haymarket Theatre, 1856. A '...comedy likely to prove prosperous...fitted as the leading character is for the style of Mr. Buckstone's humour...The interest of the drama consists in the petty annoyances of the sort with which the fertile invention of Cooley's old friend Ripstone is continually occupied, in order to plague him into a recognition of his neglected boy, and break off the match that the ambitious nabob is desirous of effecting with a woman of fashion and family, whose only motive for the alliance is the wealth that it

festivity balls and society evening at Teatro Umberto Rome after drawing by P. Bauer wood engraving 1891,

Dutch cafe at the corner of the Rue des Pays-Bas during the Paris Exposition Universelle, 1867. Waiters and waitresses serve jenever to an international clientele at a fashionable cafe. Woodblock engraving by JM from a Supplement to the Illustrated London News, London, June 8, 1867.

Bowling alley, woodcut from 1864

THE HALLOWE'EN DINNER OF THE LONDON SCOTTISH VOLUNTEERS

SCENE FROM 'A HERO OF ROMANCE,' AT THE HAYMARKET THEATRE, 1868

Fencing match between Mademoiselle la Chevaliere d'eon De Beaumont and Monsieur de Saint George, 1787

Illustration showing the London Symphony Orchestra playing in Harrods, during the department store's Diamond Jubilee celebrations, 1909. Date: 20/03/1909

PLAYING POOL IN A PARIS CAF IN AID OF THE TERRITORIAL LIBERATION FUND, 1872 engraving

Jos Performs a Polonaise by W M Thackeray Line Illustration from Vanity Fair

Illustration titled 'A Gaming 'Hell': men wearing 'Beaver Hats'. Illustrated by Henry Thomas Alken (1785-1851) an English painter and engraver. Dated 19th Century

Pickwick Papers, 'Letting his hat fall on the floor, he stood perfectly fixed and immovable with astonishment'

The Jota Aragonese dance, Aragon, Spain. Europe. Travels in Spain by Gustave Dore and Jean Charles Davillier from Le Tour du Monde 1867

Beethoven, Ludwig Van (1770-1827) ABRAZANDO A Franz Liszt (1811-1886); después de un concierto.

'Here is a gentleman who knows all about the new opera', (1907). When the young Mendelssohn was about 12 years old, he met the composer and conductor Julius Benedict, then a teenager: 'He therefore seized Benedict by the arm, exclaiming, 'You will come to my father's house with me, will you not' On entering he retained Benedict's hand tightly in his grasp, conducted him at once upstairs, and, bursting into the drawing-room, where his mother was seated at her knitting, he exclaimed, 'Mamma, mamma! Here is a gentleman, a pupil of Carl Weber's, who knows all about the new opera, "Der Freisc

Scene from Costa's opera of "Don Carlos", 1844. The 'tragic denouement, which is supposed to take place in the Huerta Reale, or royal garden, at midnight. After singing a parting duet of exquisite tenderness, the guilty lovers, Carlos and Isabella, are surprised by the enraged monarch, Philip, attended by the brothers of the Holy Inquisition...Escape is hopeless - so after outpouring with passionate fervor a story of his wrongs to the King, Carlos snatches a dagger from Philip's side and plunges it in his own. The consternation, produced by this tragic deed, is...immense, and the eff

Fancy dress ball given by the mayor of Liverpool in the town hall, England, historical illustration, 1884

SCENE FROM 'THE CHIMES,' AT THE ADELPHI THEATRE, DRAWN BY KENNY MEADOWS.

A magic lantern show, ca. 1855

Chinese Mechanical Theatre, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1847.

Dance scene at an evening in the house of a rich Tatar in Shamaki, Azerbaijan. Voyage to the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea in 1858 by Moynet. Old 19th century engraving from Le Tour du Monde 1860

Abendbelustigung in einem Wirtshaus im Riesengebirge mit Tanz und Musik, Schlesien, Deutschland, Polen, 1899, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer ...

The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens, first published in the weekly serial Master Humphrey's Clock from 1840 to 1841 and then as its own book in 1841. Mr Swiveller had Miss Sophy's hand for the first quadrille, and so gained an advantage over his rival. Dick Swiveller dances Sophy Wackles. Date: C.1850

THE QUEEN'S STATE VISIT TO HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, THE ROYAL BOX

The First Ball at the Town Hall on 16 January 1869, New Year's Reception, Paris, France, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Europe

JUVENILE CONJURING.

Bailao. Baile típico regional de León, también conocido como Charro, en Zamora, y Charrada, en Salamanca. Catedral de León. Grabado de 1929. Author: CARLOS LLOBET BUSQUETS.

Great Fair Given at the City Assembly Rooms, New York, December, 1861, in Aid of the City Poor Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910). , 1861. Wood engraving, Image: 13 3/8 x 20 3/8 in. (34 x 51.8 cm). This engraving shows a charity event for the poor held in Manhattan during the first holiday season of the Civil War. Organized by a local womens group, the benefit was, according to the accompanying text in Harpers Weekly, “a complete success. The array of beauty and fashion which gathered round the tables has never been surpassed, and the proceeds will prove a handsome fund.” Like the Brooklyn Sanitary Fair three years later, this popular gala provided a variety of entertainments for an urban audience and was orchestrated primarily by women volunteers. American Art 1861

Concert given by The Wandering Minstrels, a group of amateur musicians, at Lord Gerald Fitzgerald's house in Sloane Street, London. From The Graphic, London, 1870.

Tactless and painfully shy Captain Lovell refuses when implored to sing at a party, and in the process of refusing, accidently rubbishes the performance of his hostess. Date: 1886

'The Lord Mayor arresting a suspicious Twelfth-Night Character', c1860, (c1860). Artist: John Leech.

Princess Elizabeth confronted with Sir Thomas Wyatt in the torture chamber, 1554 (1840). Creator: George Cruikshank.

A CHARITY BALL IN THE OPERA HOUSE, CAIRO, IN AID OF THE POOR OF ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT, 1883

A rehearsal taking place on stage with actors reading from their scripts. Date: 1863

Illustration depicting the character Oliver Twist: after having escaped from Fagin and his thieving boys, he is snatched back by Bill Sykes and Nancy who pretend to the crowd they are saving him from a band of thieves and restoring him to his family. Illustrated George Cruikshank (1792-1878) a British caricaturist and book illustrator. Dated 19th century

In front of the Theatre des Auteurs gais, an illustration from Moderne Kunst in Meisterholzschnitten, a yearbook from 1900

Caramelles; fiesta popular catalana. Grabado del siglo XIX.

THE TRIAL SCENE FROM THE "MERCHANT OF VENICE" AS PERFORMED AT OXFORD BY MEMBERS OF THE PHILOTHESPIAN CLUB, UK, 1883

A STATE BALL AT THE TUILERIES

Theatre of Ambiguous Comedy, The Sacrifice, drama in five acts and eight pictures by Theodore Barriere and Leon Beauvallet, 1869, France, Historical, ...

Music lovers at a Monday Popular Concert, London,1872.Some follow the score avidly, others stare into space and look bored. Date: 1872

In Minuet is a ballroom dance of French origin for two persons, from the Rococo period, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

THE PRESTON GUILD FESTIVAL

Mr. Pickwick Slides

Historical print from the 19th Century, traditional Japanese theater, woodcut

Torch dance, at the marriage of Princess Margaret of Prussia to Prince Friedrich Karl von Hessen-Kassel in the Stadtschloss palace in Berlin, Germany, woodcut circa 1871, Europe

Dining at the Opera Ball, London, England, 1823 engraving

SCENE FROM THE NEW DRAMA OF THE OLD CHATEAU, AT THE HAYMARKET THEATRE, LONDON, UK, 1854

Violin virtuoso, historical wood engraving, 1886

At a circus company a child has an accident while riding, a member of the troupe carries him to the doctor, At a circus company a child has an accident while riding, a member of the troupe carries him to the doctor, Historisch, historical, digitally improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date unknown

The Carnival in Rome, 1869, Italy, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date not known, Europe

Dance, vintage engraving. Dance, vintage engraved illustration. From Chemin des Ecoliers, 1861. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10648211

An orchestra of musical ladies delights an audience of gentlemen with their playing. In addition to the more usual stringed instruments, one lady plays something that looks like a cross between a serpent and a ophicleide. Well done, ma'am! Date: 1875

SPANISH CARNIVAL, 1870

POPULAR AMUSEMENTS OF PARIS

Magische Gruppe, Prüfung für die Veranstaltung, Kömodianten, Zirkus, Artisten, Skurile Gestalten, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer ...

A woman accused of witchcraft defends herself in court and attacks the judge, c. 1820, France, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the period, Europe

Audience watching a performance on Reynaud's projecting praxinoscope. From Casell's Family Magazine, London, 1893.

'An election entertainment', 1755. Artist: William Hogarth

1859 print satirizing the 9th Women Rights Convention in New York City with the 'Ye May session of ye woman's rights convention - ye orator of ye day denouncing ye lords of creation'. The unruly crowd drowned out the speeches of Antoinette Brown Blackwell, Caroline Dall, Lucretia Mott and Ernestine Rose. Harper's weekly, June 11, 1859.

'The Travelling Circus', c1870s.Artist: Frenzeny and Tavernier

Theater performance in the courtyard of the San Bernardo school in Cusco 19th Century. Peru, South America. Old 19th century engraved illustration, Le Tour du Monde 1863

Performance of a Theatre for the Carnival, by Hans Sachs, in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Europe

Scene depicting Frederick the Great (1712-1786) King of Prussia, attending a concert. Dated 18th Century

The Theatre: The Last Scene, 1862. Charles Maurand (French, 1824-1904), after Honoré Daumier (French, 1808-1879). Wood engraving;

Mercadet or Waiting for Godeau, scene from the performance of the Comedie Francaise in 1869, Paris, France, Historic, digitally restored reproduction ...

THE PRINCE OF WALES AT MALTA: DANCING THE REEL AT THE UNITED SERVICE BALL, 1876

Enter the Theatre des Varietes on the boulevard, vintage engraving. Enter the Theatre des Varietes on the boulevard, vintage engraved illustration. Paris - Auguste VITU 1890. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10648638

A concert by Frederick the Great, 1712 to 1786, here in Potsdam, Germany, Historisch, historical, digitally improved reproduction of an original from ...

M. Jullien's Concert at Drury-Lane Theatre London - the Corps de Tambours, 1850. 'Only conceive Jullien's ordinary orchestra extended and elevated to the very "flies," the rear filled with players in uniform, from three military bands (the Royal Artillery, the Coldstream, and the 2nd Life Guards...), the centre occupied by the drummers of the French National Guards, with their Tambour Major, M. Barbier, perched with his golden stick on a raised platform, beneath which is the "ruler of the elements," M. Jullien, on his golden throne, and the foreground filled with the stri

Barber of Seville.jpg Illustration of Beaumarchais The Barber of Seville Source Le Barbier de Séville (Paris : Dentu) 1884 Date 19th-Century

Packing up after a country ball. British Cartoon Prints Collection , This record contains unverified data from caption card, Caption card tracings: Cartoons, Br.; Clothing; Pub. Ind.

Die alte englische Messe in der Royal Albert Hall, South Kensington, England, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahr...

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