Amateur theatrical posters & prints

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

A private rehearsal of Jane Shore, 1790 John Nixon

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

Alice in Wonderland Anonymous

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

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

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

Stage design for the Ostrovsky's play 'The easy money', 1917 Boris Mikhailovich Kustodiev

Theatrical Reflection Anonymous

Private Theatricals, 1869 Anonymous

Amateurs of Tye-Wig Music Edward Francis Burney

The Commedia dell'Arte Company French School

The Theatrical Steel Yards of 1750 Patrick O'Brian

Fair with a Theatrical Performance, c1580-1630 Pieter Brueghel the Younger

Scene from the Opera of Otello, at Her Majesty's Theatre. Anonymous

Amateur Hop-Picking in Kent Anonymous

The Amateur Andrew Carrick Gow

Actors from the Theatre Francais, c.1714-15 Jean Antoine Watteau

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

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

Comedie del arte Jean Jacques Spoede

Fire at the theatre Laslett John Pott

Costume From The French Theatre Moreau

The Actors of the Commedia dell'Arte Nicolas Lancret

A Theatrical Performance Francesco Guardi

A Scene in a Theatre: A Performance Seen from a Box in which Three figures are Standing, 1908 James Dickson Innes

The Amateur's Exhibition Room, c.1620 Hieronymus II Francken

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

Costume design for the theatre play Snow Maiden by A. Ostrovsky, 1912 Nicholas Roerich

Swimming Match in the Thames for the Amateur Championship Anonymous

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

Act I, scene VII and Act II, scenes I and III Giacomo Torelli

Two Jesters, 1550-75 Flemish School

First Grand Match of Cricket Played by Members of the Royal Amateur Society on Hampton Court Green, August 3rd, 1836 Anonymous

Twenties Stage Melodrama Associated Newspapers

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