Theatrical Character Portraits

Classic portraits of entertainers in costumes from various performances, reflecting historical styles and dramatic presentations.

Portrait of Marguerite Badel, called Rigolboche, eccentric dancer at the theater of comic relaxation between 1855 and 1860. Portrait of Marguerite Badel, called Rigolboche, eccentric dancer at the theater of comic relaxation between 1855 and 1860. Business card (front). Photograph of Dallligny and nice careers. Draw on albuminum paper, 1860-1890.

Unidentified woman , Entertainers, Alexandre Benois Collection

Helena Forti and Waldemar Stailemann in "The blacksmith of Kent

'Siamese dancer', 1940-41, Wellington, maker unknown.

Elsevier photo collection. Scene "Olly Polly", Operetta Walter Kollo, Vroolijk Theater. Louis de Bree (like Willy) Mrs. A. Bakker (like Mary). Premiere January 2, 1926. 1926

Card Number 210, Miss Beatrio and Miss Maille, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-5) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Cameo Cigarettes 1880s Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. Trade cards from the set "Actors and Actresses" (N145-5), issued in the 1880s by W. Duke Sons & Co. to promote Cameo Cigarettes. There are eight subsets of the N145 series. Various subsets sport different card designs and also promote different tobacco brands represented by W. Duke Sons & Company. This card is from the fifth subset, N145-5. Note that actors' names are spelled differently on cards throughout set and are not dependable for accuracy.. Card Number 210, Miss Beatrio and Miss Maille, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-5) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Cameo Cigarettes 647072

Anna Belocca as 'Carmen'

Portrait of Marguerite Badel, called Rigolboche, eccentric dancer at the theater of comic relaxation between 1855 and 1860. Portrait of Marguerite Badel, called Rigolboche, eccentric dancer at the theater of comic relaxation between 1855 and 1860. Business card (front). Photograph of Dallligny and nice careers. Draw on albuminum paper, 1860-1890.

Alfred by Bary as Siegfried in the eponymous opera from Richard Wagner's tetralogy "The Ring of Nibelungen". Royal Opera House Dresden

Mlle. Conralet, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-7) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Duke Cigarettes. Dimensions: Sheet: 2 11/16 × 1 3/8 in. (6.8 × 3.5 cm). Publisher: Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. (New York and Durham, N.C.). Date: 1880s.Trade cards from the set "Actors and Actresses" (N145-7), issued in the 1880s by W. Duke Sons & Co. to promote Duke Cigarettes. There are eight subsets of the N145 series. Various subsets sport different card designs and also promote different tobacco brands represented by W. Duke Sons & Company. This card is from the seventh subset, N145-7. Note that actors' names are spelled differently on cards throughout set and are not dependable for accuracy. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Unidentified woman , Entertainers, Alexandre Benois Collection

Photograph of Olga Nethersole performing in Act II of Sappho, captured by Joseph Byron in 1900 on glossy paper, showing stage, costume, and theatrical pose.

Julia DEPOIX and DEROY in the roles of Esmeralda and Gringoire, in "Notre-Dame de Paris" by Paul Foucher, according to the novel by Victor Hugo, at the Théâtre des Nations (today theater of the city). Paris (ivème arr.), June 7, 1885. Tax on albumin paper. Photograph by Otto Van Bosch. Paris, house of Victor Hugo. 76326-6 French actor, theatral attitude, French comedian, scene costume, foot portrait, 19th XIX 19th 19th 19th century

F, Papke, Buchbinder at Makart Festival , Victor also, Viktor Angerer -, Photographer

Scene from unidentified play with Henry Miller

Charlotte Basté as Salome in the spectacle "John the Baptist". Photography (World postcard, referred to). Hoftheater Dresden, around 1900

Marie Carroll, ""The Charm School"", Bijou Theatre

Vaslav Nijinsky in the Ballet Petrushka by I. Stravinsky, Anonymous

Portrait of Marguerite Badel, called Rigolboche, eccentric dancer at the theater of comic relaxation between 1855 and 1860. Portrait of Marguerite Badel, called Rigolboche, eccentric dancer at the theater of comic relaxation between 1855 and 1860. Business card (front). Photograph of Pierre Petit & Trinquart. Draw on albuminum paper, 1860-1890.

Unidentified woman , Entertainers, Alexandre Benois Collection

Photo collection Elsevier abroad. Antonia Gally of the capital Operette during a rehearsal of "Ein Walzertraum" in Hilversum. September 2, 1965. Hilversum

Mounet-Sully as Oedipus still image. 1896. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Theatrical productions, Mounet-Sully, 1841-1916, Oedipus (Greek mythology), Greek drama, Staffs (Sticks)

The Black Crook. Photographs. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Barras, Charles M., 1826-1873. Black crook, Musicals

Portrait of Montero, Dancer at the Chatelet Theater in 1868 and the Comic Opera, taking a dance step. Portrait of Montero, Dancer at the Chatelet Theater in 1868 and the Comic Opera, taking a dance step. Business card (front). Draw on albuminum paper. 1860-1890. Photograph of Numa Blanc.

USA, New York, Peggy O'Neill in ""Tumble In"", Selvyn Theatre, 1916

Elsevier photo collection. Mina Buderman and J.PH. Kelly in the operetta "De Geisha". 1899

Grete Merremem-Nikisch as Hänsel and Elisabeth Rethberg as Gretel

Käthe Dorsch and Oscar Aigner in "Dear Augustin

Ruth St. Denis in Legend of the Sun Goddess from Omika.. 1913. Photographs. Jerome Robbins Dance Division. St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968, Modern dance , United States , 1911-1920

Tamara Karsavina and Michel Fokine in the Ballet The Firebird (L'Oiseau de feu) by I. Stravinsky, Anonymous

Miss Zena Dare (Actress) blowing a large bubble out of a long clay pipe Date: 1905

Robert Hellwig and Wini Grabitz in "Polish economy

The Black Crook. Photographs. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Barras, Charles M., 1826-1873. Black crook, Musicals

The Black Crook. Photographs. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Barras, Charles M., 1826-1873. Black crook, Musicals

Lettering "Lustig Blut", German for 'funny blood', can-can dancer kicking leg up high, photomontage, historic postcard, around 1900, kitsch

Vera Fokina and Alexey Bulgakov in the Ballet Le Carnaval by Robert Schumann, Anonymous

Adolph Bolm and Tamara Karsavina in the Ballet Scheherazade by N. Rimsky-Korsakov by Anonymous /Private Collection/Photograph/Opera, Ballet, Theatre

Card Number 180, Louise Perkins, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-6) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Duke Cigarettes. Dimensions: Sheet: 2 11/16 × 1 3/8 in. (6.8 × 3.5 cm). Publisher: Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. (New York and Durham, N.C.). Date: 1880s.Trade cards from the set "Actors and Actresses" (N145-6), issued in the 1880s by W. Duke Sons & Co. to promote Duke Cigarettes. There are eight subsets of the N145 series. Various subsets sport different card designs and also promote different tobacco brands represented by W. Duke Sons & Company. This card is from the sixth subset, N145-6. Note that actors' names are spelled differently on cards throughout set and are not dependable for accuracy. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Marie Tempest in the 'Fencing Master'

Bliżej Kultury Diepenbach, Th.

Mabel Sealby (1885 - ), British actress. Playing Clown Heroine of the Circus musical comedy in "Head over Heels" at Adelphi Theatre, london. Performing with animals, includes dogs, a donkey, a horse and an elephant. 1923

Klafsky, Katharina as Fidelio

Lacressonnière in Quasimodo, in "Notre-Dame de Paris" by Paul Foucher, according to the novel by Victor Hugo, at the Théâtre des Nations (today theater of the city). Paris (ivème arr.), 1885. Tax on albumin paper. Photograph by Otto Van Bosch. Paris, house of Victor Hugo. 76326-9 French actor, theatral attitude, French comedian, scene costume, foot portrait, 19th XIX 19th 19th 19th century

Oscar Aigner as a painter Brissard and Flora Hegner as Juliette

Miss Wilda Bennett as "Conscience" and Miss Alexandra Carlisle as "Everywoman" in "Everywoman"

Julius Dietrich, goldsmith at the Macart Festival , Unknown, photographer

Daisy and Violet Hilton (1908-1969), British born conjoined twins abandoned by their mother and trained as entertainers by their exploitive caretakers.

Tamara Karsavina and Michel Fokine in the Ballet The Firebird (L'Oiseau de feu) by I. Stravinsky by Anonymous /Private Collection/1910/Photograph/Opera, Ballet, Theatre

Olga Preobrajenskaya as Odette with Swans in the Ballet Swan Lake / Anonymous / Photograph / 1895 / Russia / Bolshoi Theatre Museum / Opera, Ballet, Theatre

Bliżej Kultury The London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company

Notre-Dame de Paris "by Paul Foucher, according to the novel by Victor Hugo, at the Théâtre des Nations (today Théâtre de la Ville). Marie Laurent and Alice Lody in the roles of the Sachette and Esmeral. Paris (IVth arr.), June 7, 1879. Tax on albumin paper. Photography by Etienne Carjat (1828-1906). Paris, Maison de Victor Hugo. 76324-24 French actor, theatral attitude, French comedian, scene costume, foot portrait, 19th XIX 19th 19th 19th century

Farrar as "Carmen"

Long Beach, California: 1936. The queen of the Neptunes Electrical Extravaganza which will be staged over the Olympic Rowing Course on May 6th in Long Beach.

Richard Temple (Cobb) in 'The Gondoliers' 1890 (1847-1912) English actor

carnival

Card Number 115, Ettlinger (two ballerinas), from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-1) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Cross Cut Cigarettes 1880s Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. Trade cards from the set "Actors and Actresses" (N145-1), issued in the 1880s by W. Duke Sons & Co. to promote Cross Cut Cigarettes. There are eight subsets of the N145 series. Various subsets sport different card designs and also promote different tobacco brands represented by W. Duke Sons & Company. This card is from the first subset, N145-1. Note that actors' names are spelled differently on cards throughout set and are not dependable for accuracy.. Card Number 115, Ettlinger (two ballerinas), from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-1) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Cross Cut Cigarettes. 1880s. Albumen photograph. Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. (New York and Durham, N.C.)

Johannes Poulsen as Aladdin at the Royal Danish Theatre, Anonymous

Performance of the play 'De Aunt from India' by Henri van Wermeskerken, united photo -bureauX Amsterdam, in or after 1928 - 1970 photograph A man and woman in evening clothing are in an interior. The man shows the woman a dance pass and points to his right foot. Amsterdam photographic support gelatin silver print theatre, theatrical performance

WILSON BARRETT British actor, chiefly in melodrama, seen here as Marcus Superbus in his own pseudo- religious play 'The sign of the cross'. Date: 1846 - 1904

Coquelin as Cyrano

The Black Crook. Photographs. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Barras, Charles M., 1826-1873. Black crook, Musicals

Illustrated review of Vaudeville sketch by Mae West and the Gerard Boys as published in The Player, March 22, 1912. Locke, Robinson, 1856-1920. text. Clippings. 1912-03-22. Billy Rose Theatre Division. West, Mae

Cataluña. Siglo XX. Fotografias recuerdo del Carnaval de Febrero de 1911 en Sant Feliu de Guixols (Girona).

Knight in the role of the tormentor, in "Notre-Dame de Paris" by Paul Foucher, according to the novel by Victor Hugo, at the Théâtre des Nations (today theater of the city). Paris (ivème arr.), 1885. Tax on albumin paper. Photograph by Otto Van Bosch. Paris, house of Victor Hugo. 76326-5 French actor, theatral attitude, French comedian, scene costume, foot portrait, 19th XIX 19th 19th 19th century

MADAME MEREY Opera singer as Rosina in Rossini's 'Barber of Seville' Date: 19th century

In the Makart Festival Atelier Stoklas , Franz Stoklas -, photographer

Elsevier photo collection. Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam, performance "De Innbergierster" Blijspel companies Carlo Goldoni Saturday evening. Scene 1st company left right. Polly Obdam, Magda Janssens Hetty Beck. June 1926. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Käthe Dorsch, Oscar Aigner and Richard Bendey in "Dear Augustin

Käthe Dorsch and Oscar Aigner in "Dear Augustin

France, Paris, Renaud as Rigoletto in Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi, Performance at Paris Palais Garnier

Mimisches Game of the Hilde Hager school, Unknown

Emma Justine Farnsworth (American, active c. 1890 - 1900), La Cigale, 1899, photogravure in blue mounted on light gray wove paper

Suzy Beryl, Folies Bergere. Walery (Stanislaw Julian Ignacy, Count Ostrorog) (English, 1863 - 1935)

Oscar Aigner and Käthe Dorsch in "Dear Augustin

Portrait of dancer Mary Wigman, photographed by Hugo Erfurth on silver gelatin paper, mounted on a box around 1928.

Vaslav Nijinsky in ballet Narcisse by N. Tcherepnin, Anonymous

Adrià Gual / Fotografía de escena, actor. Institut del Teatre de Barcelona.

Bliżej Kultury unknown

Ballet dancer Vera Karalli in the Ballet Le corsaire by A. Adam, Anonymous

Harrigan and Hart. Photographs. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Harrigan & Hart, Harrigan, Edward, 1844-1911, Hart, Tony, 1855-1891

Alphonse Mucha in Costume with Daughter Jaroslava as a Model for the Poster, "De Forest Phonofilm" the first "talkie" shown in the Bio Adria cinema (Prague), Zbiroh, Bohemia. Alphonse Maria Mucha, photographer (Czech, 1860 - 1939) negative 1927, print about 1980 (Verso, sheet) inscribed in pencil, at lower right corner: "91"; in pencil, at upper left corner: "3"

Katherine Spencer, ""Hassard Short's Ritz Revue"", Ritz Theatre

Ruth St. Denis in Spear Dance from Omika.. 1913. Photographs. Jerome Robbins Dance Division. St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968, Modern dance , United States , 1911-1920

The six Geishas, scene from The Geisha, at the Olympia theatre, Milan, Italy, photograph by Pesce and Montabone, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXI, No 44, October 30, 1904.

The Black Crook. Photographs. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Barras, Charles M., 1826-1873. Black crook, Musicals

Chomranice entertainment staging Fredro ladies and hussars actor courtship deer antlers scene photography

Elsevier photo collection. Scenes from plays from the new Dutch scenic. Mrs. Royaards, Bart Kreeft and Johan Gobau. 1926. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Miss Springtime at the New Amsterdam Theater, Broadway, New York City, circa 1913

Wanted a House (Cinema 1914). 1914. Photographs. Billy Rose Theatre Division

Image of Montezuma, presented by A.W.R. Mackay, main character in the open-air game with the theme Cortez that is being performed on a site on the Vossegatsedijk in Utrecht, at the celebration of the 59th anniversary of the Utrecht University (295th anniversary).

Portrait of a pair of actors (singers ) in theatre attire. unknown, photographer

Violinist, Life Lessons

Oscar Aigner and Käte Hansen in "The Funny Widow

'Old Heads and Young Hearts' (Lyceum Theatre)

Play photographs, on stage, Hospital, Silverstream, October 1949, Wellington, by J.W. Chapman-Taylor.

Portrait of Rika Hopper in theater. .

Passionsspiel, Oberammergau 1870 , Actors, Passionstheater Oberammergau Oberammergau, Germany, Alexandre Benois Collection

12/18/1910. From yesterday afternoon's show at Price. Luz Álvarez and Conchita Valery who took part in the party to benefit the press association.

Portrait of Theater Company Rouche's; Rouche's 3 Electr. Fantasy..

Diabolo player

Close-up of an opera singer holding spear

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