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Female SurgeonsAmerican female doctors in an operating theatre being watched by students. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Astoria CinemaAugust 1929: Exterior of the Astoria Cinema, Brixton, south London. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)
Movie Theater MarqueeA 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 Shaw30th 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 TempestIllustration 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 Theate25th 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 Williams23rd 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 Rehearsals12th 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 Thomas10th August 1946: Welsh poet and playwright Dylan Thomas (1914 - 1953), relaxing outside. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4156 - Nest Of Singing Birds - pub
Covent Garden TheatreThe auditorium and stage of the New Covent Garden Theatre in London, better known as the Royal Opera House or Covent Garden Opera House
Shaftesbury TheatreMarch 1923: The exterior of Shaftesbury Theatre in London which is showing the play Stop Flirting. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
The Alhambracirca 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 DouggaThe 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 JulietMembers 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
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Strolling Actresses Dressing in a Barn, William HogarthVintage engraving of Strolling Actresses Dressing in a Barn, William Hogarth
The Laughing Audience, cheap seats at the theatre, by William HogarthVintage engraving of The Laughing Audience, by William Hogarth. The caricatured audience in the cheap seats is watching an exaggeratedly funny play
Scene From Shakespeares HamletIllustration 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 SceneIllustration of Juliet embracing Romeo on her balcony in Act II, Scene 2 of William Shakespeares play Romeo and Juliet. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)
Dressing RoomsA 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 DreamEngraving 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 DreamEngreved 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 PlayFalstaff 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 StrikeBusinesses, pubs and theatres having to use candles and torches during the gas strike. (Photo by Edward Gooch/Getty Images)
Edwardian London1906: Horse drawn traffic circles the Gaiety Theatre at the Strand, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Mystery Playcirca 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 CenturyVintage engraving of The Grand Tier of the New Orleans Opera House during the carnival, 19th Century
King Henry IV IllustrationIllustration of a scene from William Shakespeares play King Henry IV, Part I. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)
Scene From King Henry IVEngraved illustration depicting a scene from William Shakespeares play, King Henry IV. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)
Scene From Richard IIIEngraved illustration depicting a scene from William Shakespeares play Richard III. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)
Hamlet Stages Play In Hamlet SceneIllustration 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 IllustrationEngraved illustration of a scene from William Shakespeares play A Midsummer Nights Dream, (Kean Collection/Getty Images)
Balcony SceneIllustration 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 FireIllustration 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, ItalyThe arches of the old ruins of Theater of Marcellus. Rome, Lazio, Italy
Doomed Theatre4th August 1936: Construction workers continue their task of demolishing the Adelphi Theatre in London. (Photo by Reg Speller/Fox Photos/Getty Images)
Holborn Empirecirca 1930: The Holborn Empire, London. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Herbert Felton/Getty Images)
London Cinemacirca 1930: Inside the Dominion Cinema, Tottenham Court Road, London which later became a theatre. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)
Bolshoi Theatrecirca 1925: The Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, an example of Russian neoclassic architecture. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)
Hofburg Theatrecirca 1900: The Hofburg Theatre in Vienna. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)
Royal Aquariumcirca 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 Golfcirca 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