Theatregoers posters & prints

One of the streets in the Theatre district of London's West End Staff

Escapologist entertaining theatre-goers in the 'pit' queue, London Anonymous

Masquerades and Operas, Burlington Gate, 1724 William Hogarth

Masquerades and Operas, Burlington Gate, 1724 William Hogarth

An Audience at Drury Lane Theatre Thomas Rowlandson

Premiere Loge d'un theatre Fortune Delarue

Theatre programme for The Weavers by Gerhart Hauptmann (Théâtre Libre, 29 May 1893), 1893 Anonymous

A Parody on Macbeth's Soliloquy at Covent Garden Theatre Anonymous

Playbill from the Theatre Royal Covent Garden Anonymous

Poster for the Maly Theatre, Moscow, 1913. Pyotr Afanasyev

Scene from the Mysterious Stranger at the Adelphi Theatre Anonymous

In the Theatre, 1860-64 Honore Daumier

Riot at Covent Garden Theatre in 1763 in consequence of the Managers refusing to admit half-price in the Opera of... Louis Philippe Boitard

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

Scene from the Chimes, at the Adelphi Theatre Anonymous

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

The Theatre Box Pierre Auguste Renoir

Exterior view of the Garrick Theatre 1958 Staff

Scene from Ivanhoe, at the Haymarket Theatre Anonymous

John Hare, British actor and theatre manager St James's Photographic Co

Auditorium of the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, Russia Mihaly Zichy

The Pit of the Theatre Anonymous

Scene from Partners for Life at the Globe Theatre London 1871 Anonymous

John Stride and Judi Dench in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet at the Old Vic Theatre Houston Rogers

In the Gallery of the Hamburg State Theatre, c.1880 Hans Speckter

Playbill advertising a performance of 'Cavalleria Rusticana' and 'Crispino e la Comare' at the Shaftesbury Theatre English School

Stage of Covent Garden Theatre in 1763, London Anonymous

Theatrical Reflection Anonymous

Scene from the New Comedy of Time Works Wonders, at the Haymarket Theatre Anonymous

At the Theatre Constantin Guys

The cast from A Midsummer Night's Dream, the Green Room, Drury Lane Theatre, London Anonymous

The arrogant squad of hired applauders and ticket sellers French School

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

The first dramatic theatre group in Warsaw, 1866 Unknown

The Imperial Japanese Troupe at the Lyceum Theatre 1868 Anonymous

The Vaudeville Company in 'The Road to Ruin', at the Vaudeville Theatre, London Barraud