Historical Theater Events

Black and white images depicting various moments in theater history, highlighting performances, celebrations, and the glamour of past productions.

Anefo photo collection. USC. July 8, 1956
Anefo photo collection. USC. July 8, 1956
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Anefo photo collection. Concert Wiener Sangerknaben, Beatrix and Irene. 22 May 1962. Austria, Vienna
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Festivities on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Marine Women's department, Marva. Revue and ball in the large halls of Hotel Krasnapolsky. Is part of the AVDKM 540720 to 540749 + 540756 object series.
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Anefo photo collection. Congress of the D66 in Utrecht. Sinterklaas appeals to the congress. November 24, 1973. Utrecht, Utrecht (Prov.)
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06/24/1978. Festival-tribute to Altruistic Blood Donors, at the Sports Palace in Madrid. At the end of the event, chaired by the Duchess of Alba and Don Enrique de la Mata Gorostizaga, medals and diplomas were awarded to the donors who collaborated most in this work.
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A tape machine records "Faith Can Move Mountains," as sung by the kids from Bermondsey. On the right of the picture are bearded Robert Copping and his wife. January 29, 1953. (Photo by Daily Mirror).
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10/15/1922. Madrid. At the Rey Alfonso theater. A scene from the play "Agapito se Divierte", adaptation by Fernández Lepina. Photo: Larregla.
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Show, St. Ann's, Wollaston , Theatrical productions. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection
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Anefo photo collection. Generale rehearsal lustrum game Xerxes. USC. July 2, 1956. Utrecht
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Anefo photo collection. USC. July 8, 1956
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Parker Watkins as Manrico and Mattie Washington as Leonora. 1936 - 1938. Photographs. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. African Americans , Performing arts, African Americans , Theater, African American theater, African Americans in the performing arts, Plays, Theatrical productions, Operas, New York (N.Y.)
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Cavalier's Bouquet - With courtly gesture, noted horseman Albert Schumann leans from his saddle to present a bouquet to Princess Alexandra of Kent at the Tom Arnold Christmas Circus at Harringay Arena, North London, this evening (Wednesday). Albert Schumann, a star of the show, from Copenhagen, is a member of a noted Danish circus family. December 22, 1954. (Photo by Reuterphoto).
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GARDEL , CARLOS. CANTANTE Y COMPOSITOR ARGENTINO. 1890 - 1935. " LAS LUCES DE BUENOS AIRES ". JUNTO A TODOS LOS INTERPRETES.
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Anefo photo collection. Lustrum HBS Hilversum, theater evening. December 11, 1953. Hilversum
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05/06/1920. Madrid. At the Cervantes theater. A scene from Julio Sánchez Gardel's comedy, "los Mirasoles" Premiered last night.
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02/16/1917. The Artistic Festivals of Eslava. Master Vives (X), who gave a Very Interesting Conference the day before yesterday, accompanied by the Bellas Tiples Consolation Hidalgo and Mme. Gilina, and the Masters Villa, Falla and Turina, who took part in the show.
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Anefo photo collection. Visit Queen to price of the film Dawn of the VR.H. City Theater Amsterdam. July 10, 1953
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04/30/1918. In the Comic Theater. A scene from González de Castillo's Operetta, "His Highness Dances the Waltz", Premiered with good success.
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02/27/1911. The carnival in Valencia. Aspect of the main theater during the Mascara ball held by the Fine Arts circle. (photo Cabedo).
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Anefo photo collection. E. Franklyn January 3, 1952 50 years of ballet master. December 29, 1951
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Scenes from the film version of The Better Ole, a 1918 Welsh Pearson film based the cartoons of trench life by Bruce Bairnsfather published in The Bystander magazine. Charles Rock played the main role of Old Bill, Arthur Cleave was Bert and Hugh E. Wright played Alf. Date: 1918
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Anefo photo collection. The newly established new Amsterdam ballet exerts the lead from Mascha ter Weeme, rehearsal under the leader V Alan Carter in the foreground Lieke de Leeuw and win. September 24, 1959
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Anefo photo collection. Assignment Singer in Hilton hotel. June 7, 1973
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The Duchess of Gloucester (1901 -2004) cutting the giant cake holding 194 electric candles representing the number of years since the birth of Queen Charlotte at the ball named after her. Queen Charlotte's Ball, held in honour of the wife of King George III and revived in 1925 to raise funds for the maternity hospital of the same name was one of the highlights of the London Season for a debutante. All the girls would be dressed in white, and would dip into a carefully choreographed curtsy as t
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Cultural Festival had French Premiere of "Wozzeck". Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
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Brownsville, Texas. Charro Days fiesta. Giving a "greeto" at Triple L Club dance 1942. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
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FRIDA KAHLO in BECOMING FRIDA KAHLO (2022), directed by LOUISE LOCKWOOD.
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Black and white photograph of life in the theatre; Andre Gide at a revival of "Caves du Vatican".
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Anefo photo collection. Golden plate for Belgian singer Adamo, awarded in Concertgebouw, Adamo with sisters on stage. May 15, 1964
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Dinner in honor of Félix Houphouët-Boigny, President of the Ivory Coast, 8:00PM. Cast and crew of Aaron Copland's ballet, Billy the Kid, performed by the American Ballet Theatre (ABT) as part of a dinner in honor of President of the Ivory Coast, Félix Houphouët-Boigny, pose onstage in the East Room. Front row (L-R): Ruth Ann Koesun (on edge of frame), John Kriza, Felix Smith, Janie Barrow, and Janet Morse. Back row (L-R): two unidentified persons; Richard Englund; Gage Bush; Ali Pourfarrokh; three unidentified persons; régisseur, Dimitri Romanoff; ballet master, Fernand Nault. White House, Washington, D.C.
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SSSR, Soviet Union, Moscow: The traditional World Youth Festivals organised by communist WBDJ, here in Moscow in 1957, in Vienna in 1959 and in Helsinki in 1961, are a worldwide youth meeting with performances in culture, song, dance, folklore, sports and discussions that emerged after the horrors of the Second World War
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09/26/1923. Madrid. In the Comic Theater. A scene from the sainete by López Monis with music by the Maestros Alonso Barrera, "Urbana y Cortés", Premiered last night.
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'Hot Mikado' female chorus , Singers, Dancers. Jack Miller Collection
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Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 1941Opera singer Bruce Boyce (L) and others at the Association for Music and Arts on Cape Cod.
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MURDER AHOY (1964), directed by GEORGE POLLOCK.
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1958. Arturo Fernández and Katie Loritz in a scene from "The Girls of the Red Cross".
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Seville, December 1956. Pitcher, tambourine, triangles and cymbals constitute the pleasant orchestration of the Christmas carol.
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THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT! (1974), directed by JACK HALEY JR.