Amateur theatrical posters & prints

1910s amateur theatrics of greek mythology hylas kidnapped three female sprites water nymphs dancing in fountain spring of pegae Anonymous

Dilettanti-theatricals; or a peep at the Green Room James Gillray

Act drop for 'The Lighthouse', 1855 William Clarkson Stanfield

A private rehearsal of Jane Shore, 1790 John Nixon

Charles Dickens in the character of Sir Charles Coldstream, c.1850 Augustus Leopold Egg

Alice in Wonderland Anonymous

Amateur Performance of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton's New Comedy, Before Her Majesty and Prince Albert, at Devonshire House, London Anonymous

Old Warriors At The theatre Of Peace, Chelsea Pensioners At An Amateur Dramatic Performance At The White House Anonymous

Private Theatricals, 1869 Anonymous

Rehearsal of a Comedy Luis Paret y Alcazar

Blowing up the Pic Nic's; or, Harlequin Quixotte attacking the puppets... James Gillray

The Actors of the Commedia dell'Arte Nicolas Lancret

Illustration of Actor on Stage Anonymous

Costume design for drama Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles, 1904 Léon Bakst

Commedia dell'Arte: Italian and French Comedians Playing in Farces Anonymous

Display of Theatrical Costume Pieces Anonymous

Theatrical Reflection Anonymous

Amateurs of Tye-Wig Music Edward Francis Burney

Playbill from the Theatre Royal Covent Garden Anonymous

The Amateur Andrew Carrick Gow

A country theatre T Wright

Scene from the New Extravaganza of the Drama at Home, at the Haymarket Theatre Anonymous

Scene from Presented at Court, at the Haymarket Theatre, London Anonymous

The Prince Of Wales At The Smoking-concert Of The Royal Amateur Orchestral Society In The Prince's Hall Anonymous

Amateur Gentlemen at Play English School

First Night at the Comedie Francaise in 1885 Edouard-Joseph Dantan

Children acting the 'Play Scene', Act II, Scene ii Charles Hunt

Comedie del arte Jean Jacques Spoede

The Commedia dell'Arte Company French School

In the Theatre, 1860-64 Honore Daumier

Costume design for drama Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles, 1904 Anonymous

Scene from a Comedy Ascensio Julia

A scene from the Commedia dell'Arte Franco-Flemish School

Amateur Performance by Nobility and Gentry at Freemasons' Hall Under the Leadership of the Hon. Seymour Egerton UK Anonymous

Julius Caesar Anonymous

Costume From The French Theatre Moreau