Historic Theatrical Illustrations

Engravings depicting various theatrical scenes, including musical performances, dramatic sword fights, and classic literary characters in elaborate costumes.

A scene from Shakespeare's comedy, Twelfth Night, in which Sir Toby Belch encourages the reluctant duellists, Sir Andrew Aguecheek and the page Cesario (Viola disguised).

Dancing company; The Fandango. A group of dancers dances the Fandango, a popular dance in the 18th century in Spain. A man plays on a lute.

Moicing company. Interior with a musical company. A child, seen on the back, sings from a songbook. It is accompanied by a luit player and a woman playing on clavichbel; In the background two men of which one with a torch in his hand.

Julius Caesar enters the senate meeting. Julius Caesar enters the sitting of the Senate and is greeted. The performance is explained in the two-legged caption. The print is left and at the top right labeled: I. part. - Pag: 39. Manufactured by the torrent game translated from French "the kills of Julius Cezar", written by Marie-Anne Barbier.

Two-fight with the swords. In a departure, a two-fighting takes place. One of the men has managed to hit the weapon out of the other man. On the ground is a third man, and in the doorway is a screaming woman.

Harlequin on the stage; Arlequin. A harlequin is on stage, close to the orchestra. He looks a bit of sip and a girl is trying to cheer him up. There are other stage characters in a doorway.

Shakspeare. Much ado about nothing, act IV, scene II , Prisons, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Characters, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Much ado about nothing. Thomas Pennant Barton Collection

SCENE FROM 'THE WICKED WORLD,' AT THE HAYMARKET THEATRE, LONDON, 1873

Shakspeare. Much ado about nothing, act IV, scene II , Prisons, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Characters, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Much ado about nothing. Thomas Pennant Barton Collection

Medieval era. Outdoor dance. Engraving. Germania, 1882 by Juan Scherr.

A scene from Shakespeare's comedy, Twelfth Night, in which Sir Toby Belch encourages the reluctant duellists, Sir Andrew Aguecheek and the page Cesario (Viola disguised).

Two actors on stage, Caspar Luyken, 1693 print Amsterdam paper etching actor (on the stage)

The Cotillion Dance, Print made by James Caldwall, 1739-1819, British, after John Collet, ca. 1725-1780, British, Published by Robert Sayer, 1725-1794, British, and John Smith of Cheapside, active ca. 1750-1789, British, 1771, Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 10 1/16 x 13 9/16 inches (25.5 x 34.4 cm) and Image: 9 7/16 x 12 15/16 inches (23.9 x 32.9 cm), audience, ball (party), ballroom, bows (costume accessories), breeches (trousers), caricature, coats, costume, cotillion, cravats, dance, dancers, dancing, door, dresses, flounces, flute, genre subject, humor, interior, men, music, musical instruments, musicians, observers, orchestra (stage space), parody, performance, petticoats, ruffles, ruffs, satire, smiling, stairs, tambourine, violin, wigs, women, wreaths

Woman is presented to man; Le Mariage Forcé. A father presents his young daughter to a man. Scene from the play Le Mariage Forcé (against wants and thanks married), from Molière.

The grinning match, a humourous scene at a country fair. British Cartoon Prints Collection . Country life,Great Britain,1770-1780. , Smiling,1770-1780.

Final scene of Camma at Theatre Italien, Paris, France, illustration by Jules Worms from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 740, Volume XXIX, May 2, 1857.

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Jacques Callot, The Dance, c 1622 The Dance

Il ballo della tarantella. Prints. 1840 - 1849. Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Tarantella (Dance), Costume , Italy, Folk dancing

The lost son (right page). Right part of a performance on two sheets of a company that entertained in the outdoors at a fountain with food, drink, music and free repairs. Under the show the last four rules of a eight-line latin poem.

Satirical theater performance by King Philip IV of Spain given to his guest Charles I of England, 1623, Jan Luyken, 1698 print print maker: Amsterdampublisher: Leiden paper etching / letterpress printing satyr play, farce

Actress Susannah Maria Cibber in the role of Cordelia. Scene from Shakespeares King Lear. Cordelia (actress Susannah Maria Cibber) is outside in the storm. In addition to her a woman who supervises her. Behind them three men and a dog. One of the men has straw in his hat and in his shoes.

Jacques Callot, The Dance, c 1622 The Dance

Procession of dancers and musicians. Prints. 1600 - 1699. Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Dancers, Musicians

Dancing woman with tambourine, surrounded by playing bare boys. Dancing woman with tambourine, surrounded by playing bare boys. A dancing little boy has a mask and two children play a board game.

Engraving by British artist & engraver, William Hogarth 1697ñ1764: (Ticket for the) Theatre Royal / April a Comedy with the Mock Doctor for the Benefit of the Author of the Farce 1757

Step dance or drag dance in the 14th century, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Farceurs Dansants Jokers Dancing Pieter Jansz Quast (1606-1647 Dutch) Oil On Canvas Comedie Francaise, Paris, France

Fighting men. In a inn, a man tries to attack another man with a knife, a third keeps him. A woman with a child in the arms looks.

A dance scene showing a minuet. The couple in the foreground take each other by the hand and parade in a circle using short steps known as 'pas menus'. Date: 16th October 1875

Mr. William Smith as Richard III. He stands in the "en garde" position with sword drawn, breeches and stockings, puffed sleeves, bareheaded.. Smith performed in London from 1753 to 1788 and was known as "Gentleman Smith" for his delicate and proper depiction of the manners of a finished gentleman.. Copperplate engraving from "Bell's Shakespeare" published by John Bell, London, from 1776 to 1785.

Luigi XIV (Laute), Madame de Montarcy (Mademoiselle Thuillier), Monsieur de Montarcy (Tisserant) and Madame de Maintenon (Mademoiselle Ramelli), scene from Act III of Madame de Montarcy at the Odeon theatre in Paris, France, illustration by Jules Worms from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 716, Volume XXVII, November 15, 1856.

Fighting men. In a inn, a man tries to attack another man with a knife, a third keeps him. A woman with a child in the arms looks.

Arrival of theater company in Mans, Louis Surugue, After Jean Baptiste François Pater, 1729 print publisher: ParisFrance paper troupe entering town, announcing the performance. (SCARRON, ROMAN COMIQUE) specific works of literature (with AUTHOR, Title)

Harlequin; Harlequin. A harlequin is on a ladder on a stage. His audience consists of children.

Hurdigurdiano joining in the wedding dance of Signora Fisketti. Prints. 1800 - 1899. Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Dance , Caricatures and cartoons, Dwarfs, Musical instruments

Das Tanzen La danse. Prints. 1720 - 1740. Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Dance , Germany , 18th century, Dance teachers, violins

At an inn, Don Pablo (Buscon) meets an insane screenmaster who wants to learn to screen with a skimmer. A scene from the work 'History of Buscon' by Francisco de Quevedo.

A Ballet at the Opera, (Dream Dance), by French artist Pierre-Auguste Belin, 1821 - 1890.

European minstrels or troubadours of the Middle Ages, Europe. Old 19th century engraved illustration, El Mundo Ilustrado 1881

SCENE FROM " FLEUR DE LYS " AS PERFORMED AT THE GAIETY AND PHILHARMONIC THEATRES, ENGRAVING 1873

Mr, Wild as Don Juan in the opera of the same time in the Norma Opera costume picture No, for the theater newspaper, Andreas Geiger -, Copper Engraver, after, Johann Christian Schoeller -, artist

Mr. James William Dodd in the character of Lord Foppington in Colley Cibbers The Careless Husband, Drury Lane Theatre, 1767. Dodd was an English actor, one of David Garrick's picked company, 17401796. Copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Roberts from Bells British Theatre, Consisting of the most esteemed English Plays, John Bell, London, 1777.

Mr Brereton in the character of Troilus in William Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida. In Roman helmet with plumes, cloak, cuirass, boots, with sword. William Brereton, 1751-1787, English actor who died insane in Hoxton asylum. Copperplate engraving after a portrait by Robert Dighton from John Bell's Edition of Shakespeare, London, Feb. 1, 1776.

SCENE FROM MR. MACKENZIE'S NEW OPERA, "THE TROUBADOUR", ACT III. Guillem and Margarida. GUILLEM: "The dawn! the dawn! its brightness augurs ill, Its roseate gleam is death, for we must part." 1886

All's well that ends well. Act V Scene III Rousillon The Count's palace. King, Countess Lafeu, Bertram, Helena, Diana, lords, servants and widow. From the Boydell Shakespeare Gallery, published at the end of the 19th century, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

A scene from a performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane London Date: 1693

FRIVOLINAS (1927), directed by ARTURO CARBALLO.

Opera Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi, Morgari, Luigi (1857-1935)

Children Acting the 'Play Scene' from 'Hamlet,' Act II, Scene ii, Charles Hunt, 1803-1877, British, 1863, Oil on canvas, Support (PTG): 18 x 26 inches (45.7 x 66 cm), actors, audience, bottle, boys, chairs, children, costume, curtains, flute, games, gesture, girls, glove, guards (security), Hamlet, play by William Shakespeare, interior, king (person), literary theme, lovers, man, music, musical instruments, observers, parents, play, queen (person), theater (discipline), toys, violin, woman

John Bull at the Italian Opera Illustration

Der Zauberspiegel, Die stolze Hildegard oder Asprian mit dem Zauberspiegel is a drama in three acts written by Franz Graf von Pocci in 1869, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century play, exact original date unknown

William Hogarth and Charles Grignion, Garrick in the Role of Richard III, 1746 Garrick in the Role of Richard III

From the book The Spanish Tragedy, a theatre play by Thomas Kyd, 1898. Reproduction of the title page of the 1615 edition, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Ball at the Valois Court. Couple on centre right are dancing the Volta, a favourite dance of Elizabeth I of England. The string band is playing on a platform, top left. 16th century French school.

A group of blindfolded people are kneeling down being hit with burning bundles of brushwood and about to be killed with a sword. Line engraving.

The final scene from rodogune � in the French-Polish Jacques Augustin Padjower (1766-1828). "The final scene of" Rodogune "at the theater-English, 1810".

Rosalind, disguised as Ganymede, reading the verses in her praise that Orlando (by tree in background) nailed to a tree, while Celia her cousin enters reading more. The other characters are Touchstone, the fool, and Corin, a shepherd.

Two musicians; Small couples dancing wedding guests, first series. Two musicing men next to each other. The left plays on a veed, the judge on a lute. Print from a series of eight with dancing wedding guests.

Jacques Callot, The Masked Comedian Playing a Guitar, c 1622 The Masked Comedian Playing a Guitar

Angelo Constantini in the role of mezzetino. The Italian actor Angelo Constantini, in the role of character mezzetino, a tragic-comic players.

Concert. One man plays a stringed instrument, another a small pipe and a third sings and holds a glass in his hand, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

PARIS - The Carbaette Ramoneau Cabaret Ramponau, rue de l'Orillon ". Gouache attributed to Etienne Bericourt, around 1789.

John James Chalon (1778-1854). "Public ball". Oil on canvas, 1818. Paris, Carnavalet museum. The dancers are engaged in a contradiction and perform a reel. 19th Century, Public Ball, Costume XIXth century, Costume, Dance, Dance, Dance, Dance, Musician, Work of art, Open Air Ball, Orchestra, Orchestra, Oil On Canvas, Painting, Tableau, Work of Art, XIXth XIX XIX 19th 19th 19th century, couple, dress, oil on canvas, Musician

Mr, Wild as Don Juan in the opera of the same time in the Norma Opera costume picture No, for the theater newspaper, Andreas Geiger -, Copper Engraver, after, Johann Christian Schoeller -, artist

Catalunya. Fiestas y tradiciones populares. Baile de Carnaval, baile que se celebra el martes de Carnestolendas. Grabado coloreado del siglo XIX.

Plate 5. The Wanton Turn'd Uot or Doord for Misconduct; Diligence an Dissipation. The debauched maid leaves the house, done done by the old servant and the industrial service. Left is a blind street musician and a lottery ticket, right is a fight going on and is a young man with Lorgnet.

Island of jewels: quadrilles by J.H. Tully. Stannard & Dixon. Prints, Sheet music covers. 1849. Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Planché, J. R. (James Robinson), 1796-1880. Island of jewels

A Masked Actor Playing the Guitar. Jacques Callot (France, Nancy, 1592-1635). France, 1616. Prints; engravings. Etching with engraving

Illustration on theatre programme for a performance at Her Majesty's Theatre (back cover). Date: 1900

The Enraged Musician From the original design by Hogarth from The Works of Hogarth published London 1833, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Man geeft vrouw een vogelkooi; Mélicerte.A man gives a bird cage to a woman in the forest. She holds an arrow in hand and points into the distance. Scene from the Mélicerte, Molière play.

Musician. A man stands for a music stand, on which a music sheet, blow on a cornet. On the ground on the right a small open box.

Twelfth night, or, what you will. Act II. Scene III. Olivia's house. Sir Toby Belch, Sir Andrew Aguecheek and Maria. From the Boydell Shakespeare Gallery, published at the end of the 19th century, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Picture series Othello, opera by Verdi, Act 2, Othello eavesdropping on the conversation between Iago and Cassio, digitally restored reproduction of a collectors picture from c. 1900

Platinotype reproduction by Giuseppe Pizzighelli from 1882 showing a musical scene with performers and instruments, printed on paper and mounted on a box.

William Hogarth (English, 1697 - 1764), A Scene from The Beggar's Opera, 1728-1729, oil on canvas

Fandango being danced by American Indian miners, California, United States of America, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 629, Volume XXV, March 17, 1855.

SCENE FROM 'REBECCA,' AT DRURY LANE THEATRE, LONDON, 1871

Lohensgrin takes his leave, Gottfried appears, opera in three acts by the German composer Richard Wagner, digitally restored reproduction of a public domain collector's picture from c. 1900, Liebig picture series Lohengrin, (1893)

Nocturnal fight with musicians, Caspar Luyken, 1699 print Two masked people flee a fight in the foreground. Behind them a cart with musicians dressed as devils and fools who make kettle music. These musicians hold a serinade for Faustina. A scene from the work 'De Nachtloper' by Francisco de Quevedo. Leiden paper etching serenade to the beloved. more than one musician with instrument. court jester, court fool. street-fights, riots

Cabaret De La Couronne Emile Georges Weiss (1861-aft1921 French)

A Musical Company in An Interior. Music company in an interior. A man plays on the cello, a woman on the lute and another woman sings music with a sheet of music. On the right stand a man and a woman at a fireplace above which a painting hangs with a seascape. Left in the foreground a seated man seen on the back.

Carnival holiday at the Opera, Paris, France, illustration by Henri Valentin, from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 463, Volume XIX, January 8-15, 1852.

18th century. France. Paris. Masquerade ball. Participants attend in costume wearing masks. Engraving. "Historia de Europa en el siglo XVIII "by Emilio Castelar. Volume I. 1895.

Man with death. Printed at the bottom right of leaves with three other performances. A man and a skeleton leaning on a coffin, toads and snake.

A Bandy-Legged Man Playing the Guitar. Jacques Callot (France, Nancy, 1592-1635). France, 1616. Prints; engravings. Etching with engraving

Two gentlemen fighting a duel with swords, 17th century. They wear quilted doublets and breeches, hose and spurs. From the title-page of a play entlted A Faire Quarrel by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley, 1617. Handcoloured engraving by Joseph Strutt from his Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England, Henry Bohn, London, 1842.

King Lear, Shakespeare

Fandango Dance, Spain c. 1853 Artist Unknown Engraving Culver Pictures Inc.

While an acrobat with two flaming torches slides down a rope on his belly towards the harlequin, a jester is about to throw a glass at the duo, Three acrobats in action Chorus dancers and acrobats (series title) Nice composition of chorus dancers, jumpers and posturalists (series title), print maker: anonymous, intermediary draughtsman: Gerardus Josephus Xavery, publisher: Pieter Schenk (II), Amsterdam, 1728, paper, engraving, h 157 mm × w 239 mm

Modern Theater Illustrated

Village fair, ca. 1610, Willem Isaacsz. van Swanenburg, after David Vinckboons, 1645 - 1706 print Large performance of the fair in a village. On the right a stage is built up for a theater performance by a rederijkerschappenchap and a farce is performed for the collected audience. The tamboer is on the ladder while the rederijkersblazoen is hung above the stage. With farmers and elegant citizens. Furthermore, dancing farmers, a meal for an inn, making music, drinking, children playing and vomiting. In the background a riding competition or bird cutting. With caption in Latin and Dutch. print maker: Leidenpublisher: Amsterdam paper engraving pleasure fair and circus. pleasure fair and circus. performance in the open air (pleasure fair). 'pull-the-goose'. folk dancing (men and women together)

L'opera. Prints. 1690 - 1699. Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Opera , France , 17th century

illustration of English tales, folk tales, and ballads. A woman and a man dancing

The Nine Muses dance with their patron and friend, Apollo (known as Apollo Musagete when playing this role)

Planet ballet. Image of Luna, Bear Cottage

'ALEXANDRE LE GRAND' (Racine's second play) Porus surrenders to Alexandre, who restores his kingdom to him Date: 1665

'A Chorus of Singers, or Oratorio of Judith' Date: 1732

Picture series about the wolverine Gargantua, Ei gute Fee, das schmeckt ganz vortrefflich, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a Liebig col...

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