Comedies Collection (#3)

The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act III, Sc 5 (litho)
6022062 The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act III, Sc 5 (litho) by Sullivan, Edmund Joseph (1869-1933); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act III, Sc 5. Falstaff)

Gabrielle Ray, English stage actress and singer (b / w photo)
6032663 Gabrielle Ray, English stage actress and singer (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gabrielle Ray (1883-1973)

Zena Dare, English stage actress and singer as Lady Madcap (b / w photo)
6032616 Zena Dare, English stage actress and singer as Lady Madcap (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Zena Dare (1887-1975)

Falstaff and Mistress Ford, The Merry Wives Of Windsor (engraving)
6026192 Falstaff and Mistress Ford, The Merry Wives Of Windsor (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Falstaff and Mistress Ford, The Merry Wives Of Windsor)

Title page of Danish-Norwegian playwright, philosopher and historian Ludvig Holbergs Comedies, 1723 (litho)
5208233 Title page of Danish-Norwegian playwright, philosopher and historian Ludvig Holbergs Comedies, 1723 (litho) by German School

Mr J P Hartley as Touchstone, As You Like It, Act V, scene i (engraving)
971640 Mr J P Hartley as Touchstone, As You Like It, Act V, scene i (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mr J P Hartley as Touchstone, As You Like It, Act V)

As You Like It, Act I, scene ii (engraving)
971637 As You Like It, Act I, scene ii (engraving) by Meadows, Joseph Kenny (1770-1874) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: As You Like It, Act I, scene ii)

Mr W Davidge as Malvolio, Twelfth Night, Act III, scene iv (engraving)
971622 Mr W Davidge as Malvolio, Twelfth Night, Act III, scene iv (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mr W Davidge as Malvolio, Twelfth Night, Act III)

The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act III, scene iv (engraving)
971621 The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act III, scene iv (engraving) by Meadows, Joseph Kenny (1770-1874) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act III, scene iv)

Mr Buckstone as Launcelot Gobbo, The Merchant of Venice (engraving)
971631 Mr Buckstone as Launcelot Gobbo, The Merchant of Venice (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mr Buckstone as Launcelot Gobbo, The Merchant of Venice)

C Hayden Coffin (colour photo)
3094029 C Hayden Coffin (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: C Hayden Coffin)

A group of young people, including Mike Berry, brought together by the Daily Mirror to watch " World of Comedy", a selection from the best of Harold Lloyds comedies

The Goodies, filming of The Loch Ness Monster, on the Lido at Ruislip, Thursday 3rd June 1971. The Goodies Trio are Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden & Bill Oddie

MENANDER
Menander (343-291 BC), Greek author of more than 100 comedies, considered the finest of their kind. Date: 343 - 291 BC

Miss Ellaline Terriss as Cinderella
Miss Ellaline Terriss (1872-1971) - popular English actress and singer, as Cinderella - promotional card for Ivelcon Date: circa 1909

Cover Doce comedias (Twelve comedies) by Lope de Vega, published in 1624 in Pamplona

The Sport of Kings by Ian Hay
Promotional postcard for The Sport of Kings by Ian Hay. First produced at the Savoy Theatre, 8th September 1924. Billed as a racing comedy

Miss Ethel Warwick - British Stage Actress
Ethel Maud Warwick (1880-1951) - born in Hendon, Middlesex, England, she was married to actor Edmund Waller. In addition to being a star of musical comedies, Miss Warwick was an accomplished painter

The Forty Theives by Ian Query
Promotional postcard by popular artist E P Kinsella for the Forty Thieves by Ian Query for the Lyceum Theatre in London, Christmas 1912

Edna May (1878-1948) - American actress and singer. As seen here, May was a popular postcard beauty; she was famous for her leading roles in Edwardian musical comedies. Date: 1905

Spreading the News by Lady Gregory
Promotional postcard for Spreading the News by Lady Gregory, a one-act comic play which was written for the opening night of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, 27th December 1904

Madame Sherry adapted by Charles Hands and Adrian Ross
Promotional postcard for Madame Sherry adapted by Charles E. Hands & Adrian Ross from the operetta by Benno Jacobson; music Hugo Felix (Centraltheater, Berlin, 1st November 1902)

In Dahomey by Jesse A Shipp
In Dahomey by Jesse A. Shipp; music Will Marion Cook et. al. First produced in England at the Shaftesbury Theatre, 16th May 1903

Hobsons Choice by Harold Brighouse
Promotional postcard for Hobsons Choice by Harold Brighouse. First produced in England at the Apollo Theatre, 22nd June 1916. The story is set in Salford in 1880

Here Comes the Bride by Robert P Weston and Bert Lee
Here Comes The Bride by Robert P. Weston & Bert Lee, adapted from the play by Otto Harbach and Edgar McGregor; music Arthur Schwartz

Gipsy Love by Basil Hood & Adrian Ross
Promotional postcard of Gipsy Love adapted by Basil Hood and Adrian Ross. First produced Dalys Theatre, London on 1st June 1912. Artist Richard Pannett

Hobsons Choice opens at the Apollo Theatre, 1916
Hobsons Choice, the comedy play by J. B. Priestley set in Hobsons boot shop, Salford, opens at the Apollo in London in 1916

Injun Pete
circa 1930: Pete the Pup, known all over the world through his film work in Hollywood comedies, dressed in a red indian headdress. (Photo by J. Eldee Hester/General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Florodora by Owen Hall; music by Leslie Stuart which was first produced at the Lyric Theatre in London on 11th November 1909

Fresh Fields by Ivor Novello
Promotional postcard for Fresh Fields, a comedy in three acts by Ivor Novello playing at the Criterion Theatre in London from 5th January 1933 to 17th February 1934

French Leave by Reginald Berkeley
Promotional postcard for French Leave by Reginald Berkeley which was first produced at the Devonshire Park Theatre in Eastbourne on 7th June and the Globe Theatre in London on 15th July 1920

The Freedom of Suzanne by C Gordon-Lennox
Promotional postcard showing the stage set of The Freedom of Suzanne by Cosmo Gordon-Lennox at the Criterion Theatre in London during its run from November 1904 to April 1905

H G Pelissier by Hon. John Collier
Promotional postcard of a painting of Harry Gabriel (H G ) Pelissier by Hon. John Collier, (27 January 1850 11 April 1934)

H G Pelissiers Follies by Julius Price
Promotional postcard of H G Pelissiers Follies troupe in 1909, designed by Julius Price. The reverse has David Allen & Sons First World War offer to do any printing formerly done in Germany or

Clothes and the Woman by George Paston. The reverse of a four page flyer which also includes the production of Me and My Diary by Gertrude Jennings

Comedies by Titus Maccius Plautus. Engraving. Paris, 1759. C
Titus Maccius Plautus (250-184). Latin playwright. Engraving of his Comedies. Paris, 1759. Colored

Aristophanes (c. 446 BC c. 386 BC). Cover of his comedies
Aristophanes (c. 446 BC c. 386 BC). Comic playwright of ancient Athens. Cover of his comedies. Edition in Leiden (Lugdunum Batavorum), 1624. Library of Catalonia. Barcelona. Spain

Comedies, 1518 by Titus Maccius Plautus. Title cover
Titus Maccius Plautus (250-184). Latin playwright. Title cover of his Comedies, 1518. Library University of Barcelona. Spain

Terence (195-159 BC). Comedies
Terence (195-159 BC). Latin comic writer. Portrait of Terence at the title cover of his Comedies. Incunabula. Paris. 1505. University of Barcelona Library. Spain

Terence. Comedies
Terence (195-159 BC). Latin comic writer. Title cover of his comedies. Compiled by Elio Donato (4th century). 1518 edition

Felix Auguste Duvert
FELIX AUGUSTE DUVERT French playwright, particularly of comedies. Date: 1795 - 1876

James Cobb, Playwright
JAMES COBB - Secretary in the East India Co. who wrote many mediocre stage pieces, mostly musical comedies but including an operatic version of Paul et Virginie, best forgotten. Date: 1756 - 1818

John Till Allingham
JOHN TILL ALLINGHAM A prolific writer of popular musical comedies and farces, in his leisure moments he invented a flying machine and fought a duel with a critic. Date: FLOURISHED CIRCA 1800

Menander (Bust)
MENANDER Greek author of more than 100 comedies, considered the finest of their kind Date: 343 - 219 BC

Menander (Seated)
MENANDER Greek author of more than 100 comedies, considered the finest of their kind Date: 343 - 219 BC

Up With The Lark
Promotional postcard for Up With The Lark adapted by Douglas Furber from Le Zebre (see The Glad Eye above); music Philip Bra-ham

Winnie Brooke, Widow
Promotional postcard for Winnie Brooke, Widow, first performed at the Criterion Theatre, London in 1905. A musical comedy starring popular actress Ada Reeve who also co-produced the play

Whos The Lady by Jose Levy
Promotional postcard for Whos The Lady By Jose Levy from La Presidente by Maurice Hennequin & Pierre Veber. (Theatre du Palais Royal, Paris, 27th November 1912)

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