Amateur theatrical posters & prints

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

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

Alice in Wonderland Anonymous

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

A private rehearsal of Jane Shore, 1790 John Nixon

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

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

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

Display of Theatrical Costume Pieces Anonymous

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

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

Scene from the Mysterious Stranger at the Adelphi Theatre Anonymous

Emile Reynaud Testing Optical Theater Anonymous

Amateurs of Tye-Wig Music Edward Francis Burney

Theatrical Reflection Anonymous

A Blank Anonymous

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

Private Theatricals, 1869 Anonymous

Playbill from the Theatre Royal Covent Garden Anonymous

Amateur Performance of One Hour at the British Embassy, Constantinople, the Nursery Rhyme Quadrille Anonymous

Scene from the New Drama of Helping Hands, at the Adelphi Theatre, UK, 1855 Anonymous

The Black Box: An Experiment in Visual Theatre (1970) Anonymous

Lydia Thompson, British dancer, actress and theatrical producer Barraud

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

Scene from the New Drama of Belphegor, the Mountebank, at the Adelphi Theatre, London Anonymous

King John Performed at the New Theatre Oxford by the Members of the Oxford University Dramatic Club Anonymous

A country theatre T Wright

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

Poster for a production of 'Pygmalion and Galatea' at the New Theatre, Oxford, June 7-9 1894 James Hearn

The Theatrical Bubble... Anonymous

Costume From The French Theatre Moreau

Thymiaterion in the Form of a Comic Actor Seated on an Altar and a Separate Theatrical Wig Anonymous

Covent Garden Theatre, 1786 English School

The Commedia dell'Arte Company French School

At the Brighton Theatre of War: Excursions. 1880 Anonymous

Stage of Covent Garden Theatre in 1763, London Anonymous