Theater Collection

Female Surgeons
American female doctors in an operating theatre being watched by students. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Astoria Cinema
August 1929: Exterior of the Astoria Cinema, Brixton, south London. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Movie Theater Marquee
A huge crowd gathers outside the Warner Brothers theater on Wiltshire Boulevard in Los Angeles for a film premiere, 1930s. The marquee reads in part Premiere of Premieres; Grand Opening Tonight

George Bernard Shaw
30th July 1949: 93-year-old Irish dramatist George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) sitting in his neighbours garden in Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire

Illustration From Shakespeares The Tempest
Illustration depicting a scene from William Shakespeares play The Tempest, with the fairy Ariel holding onto the mast of a sailing ship as men stand on the deck below during a strorm

The National Theate
25th April 1975: The National Theatre on the South Bank of the Thames is nearing completion. Designed by architect Sir Denys Lasdun. (Photo by Graham Wood/Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Tennessee Williams
23rd March 1965: Tennessee Williams, born Thomas Lanier (1911 - 1983), American playwright, in London to attend the first night of Night Of The Iguana at the Savoy Theatre

Panto Rehearsals
12th November 1936: Dancers waiting in the wings during rehearsals for the pantomime Cinderella, to be performed at The Coliseum, St Martins Lane, London. (Photo by A)

Dylan Thomas
10th August 1946: Welsh poet and playwright Dylan Thomas (1914 - 1953), relaxing outside. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4156 - Nest Of Singing Birds - pub

Covent Garden Theatre
The auditorium and stage of the New Covent Garden Theatre in London, better known as the Royal Opera House or Covent Garden Opera House

Shaftesbury Theatre
March 1923: The exterior of Shaftesbury Theatre in London which is showing the play Stop Flirting. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

The Alhambra
circa 1919: The Alhambra Music Hall theatre on Charing Cross Road, central London. It was demolished in 1936 to build the Odeon cinema, Leicester Square. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Roman theatre at Dougga
The theatre of Roman ruins in Dougga. Dougga or Thugga is an ancient Roman city in northern Tunisia. UNESCO qualified Dougga as a World Heritage Site in 1997

Montagues & Capulets Fight In Romeo And Juliet
Members of the Montague and Capulet clans battle with swords in an illustrated scene from the William Shakespeare play, Romeo and Juliet. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Skull and Mask

Acropolis amphitheatre, Athens, Greece
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Strolling Actresses Dressing in a Barn, William Hogarth
Vintage engraving of Strolling Actresses Dressing in a Barn, William Hogarth

The Laughing Audience, cheap seats at the theatre, by William Hogarth
Vintage engraving of The Laughing Audience, by William Hogarth. The caricatured audience in the cheap seats is watching an exaggeratedly funny play

Scene From Shakespeares Hamlet
Illustration of Hamlet facing a ghost on a castle terrace in a scene (Act I, Scene V) from William Shakespeares play, Hamlet. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Romeo And Juliet Balcony Scene
Illustration of Juliet embracing Romeo on her balcony in Act II, Scene 2 of William Shakespeares play Romeo and Juliet. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Dressing Rooms
A work by William Hogarth, (1697 - 1764), of a theatre dressing-room, one of his modern moral subjects, circa 1735. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Puck From Midsummer Nights Dream
Engraving of the character Puck from the William Shakespeare play, A Midsummer Nights Dream, after a painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Illustration From Shakespeares Midsummer Nights Dream
Engreved illustration depicting the character Puck hovering in the air, in a scene (Act II, Scene I) from William Shakespeares play A Midsummer Nights Dream. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Engraving Of Falstaff In King Henry Play
Falstaff sits with a woman, holding a tankard, in an illustrated scene from the Shakespeare play, King Henry IV, Act II, Scene IV. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Gas Strike
Businesses, pubs and theatres having to use candles and torches during the gas strike. (Photo by Edward Gooch/Getty Images)

Edwardian London
1906: Horse drawn traffic circles the Gaiety Theatre at the Strand, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Mystery Play
circa 1953: The backview of an audience watching a mystery play performed out of doors. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5758 - Mystery Plays On A Cart - unpub

Dresden Cathedral of the Holy Trinity or Hofkirche, Dresden Castle, Dresden, Saxony, Germany

Grand Tier of the New Orleans Opera House 19th Century
Vintage engraving of The Grand Tier of the New Orleans Opera House during the carnival, 19th Century

King Henry IV Illustration
Illustration of a scene from William Shakespeares play King Henry IV, Part I. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Scene From King Henry IV
Engraved illustration depicting a scene from William Shakespeares play, King Henry IV. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Scene From Richard III
Engraved illustration depicting a scene from William Shakespeares play Richard III. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Hamlet Stages Play In Hamlet Scene
Illustration depicting a scene (Act III, Scene 2) from William Shakespeares play, Hamlet, in which Hamlet stages a play enacting his fathers murder (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Midsummer Nights Dream Illustration
Engraved illustration of a scene from William Shakespeares play A Midsummer Nights Dream, (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Balcony Scene
Illustration of the balcony scene from William Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet shows the two title characters as they lean in for a kiss while Romeo stands on a rope ladder

Fifth Avenue Theatre Fire
Illustration of the distruction of the Fifth Avenue theatre by fire in 1873. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Rows of red seats in theatre

Red stage curtain, low angle view

Columns with Corinthian capital in Roman theatre near the Mediterranean sea Leptis Magna Libya

Colosseum Rome Italy

The ruins of the Theatre of Marcellus. Rome, Italy
The arches of the old ruins of Theater of Marcellus. Rome, Lazio, Italy

Doomed Theatre
4th August 1936: Construction workers continue their task of demolishing the Adelphi Theatre in London. (Photo by Reg Speller/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Holborn Empire
circa 1930: The Holborn Empire, London. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Herbert Felton/Getty Images)

London Cinema
circa 1930: Inside the Dominion Cinema, Tottenham Court Road, London which later became a theatre. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Bolshoi Theatre
circa 1925: The Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, an example of Russian neoclassic architecture. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Hofburg Theatre
circa 1900: The Hofburg Theatre in Vienna. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Royal Aquarium
circa 1910: A view of the Royal Aquarium Music Hall in Westminster on the site where the Central Hall was built. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

City Golf
circa 1930: Miniature golf courses in New York City on 50th Street next to Roxys theatre. A craze not approved of by car owners as it deprives them of parking space

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