Performer Collection

Judy Garland (1922 1969), American singer, actress. Date: 1947

A scene from Trial by Jury, 1875. Artist: David Henry Friston A scene from Trial by Jury, 1875

Busking on Brick Lane in London

Music band cartoon Music vintage band playing instrumet on show stage vector illustration graphic design

Meat Loaf in concert
Meat Loaf - Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday on September 27, 1947), American rock musician and Actor performing at the Penwith Rock Festival in 1983 (Chuck Berry)

John Martyn in concert, St Ives, Cornwall
John Martyn (1948-2009), singer, songwriter and guitarist, in concert at the St Ives September Festival, Cornwall. Date: 1980

Statue by Tom Murphy of singer songwriter Billy Fury, near Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The Dolly Sisters, New York
The Dolly Sisters in the Greenwich Village Follies, New York, 1924. Photograph by Alfred Cheney Johnston 1924

Buddy Holly, Walk of Fame, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America, North America

Billy Connolly on stage 9th January 1980

Paganini Kings Theatre
NICCOLO PAGANINI The virtuoso violinist performing at the Kings Theatre, London, in June 1831

Back view of three geishas displaying obi sashes. Vintage 19th century photograph

A portrait of Anna Pavlova in her Swan Dance, 1923
A portrait of Anna Pavlova, the worlds greatest ballerina in her Swan Dance, 1923 Date: 1923

FILM: FUNNY GIRL, 1968. Barbra Streisand, performing on roller skates, starring in the film based on the life of the American comedienne Fanny Brice, 1968

VLADIMIR HOROWITZ (1903-1989). American (Ukrainian-born) pianist, in concert at Carnegie Hall, April 1966

Buddy Holly, Walk of Fame, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America, North America

George Walker and Ada Overton Walker in In Dahomey
Miss Ada Overton Walker and Mr George Walker, performing " The Tsar of Dixie" a song in the play In Dahomey at the Shaftesbury Theatre in 1903

The Pearly King and Queen of Thornton Heath
Larry Barnes (1926-2011) - Pearly King of Thornton Heath and one of Variety Theatres last specialist acts

Les Saltimbanques, 1874 (oil on canvas)
EDI187971 Les Saltimbanques, 1874 (oil on canvas) by Dore, Gustave (1832-83); Private Collection; French, out of copyright

ballerina's back 2
Young beautiful ballerina is posing in studio. Alexander Yakovlev

Evel Knievel American motorcycle stuntman daredevil 1975 leaping over buses at Wembley Stadium

Lina Cavalieri, Italian opera singer and actress
Natalina (Lina) Cavalieri (1874-1944), Italian operatic soprano and actress. circa 1900

Pantomime Characters, Commedia dell Arte - Clown, Harlequin, Columbine and Pantaloon. 19th century

Group photo, Jubilee Singers of Fisk University, USA
Group photo of the Jubilee Singers of Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

John Martyn in concert, St Ives, Cornwall
John Martyn (1948-2009), singer, songwriter and guitarist, in concert at the St Ives September Festival, Cornwall. Date: 1980

Eugene Ysaye - Belgian Violinist
Eugene Ysaye (1858-1931) - Belgian Violinist Date: circa 1903

The Dolly Sisters, Paris
The Dolly Sisters wearing creations by Jean Patou in La Valse Lumineuse, Paris En Fleurs, Casino de Paris, Paris, 1925 1925

SIDESHOW POSTER, c1949. Circus sideshow poster by Nieman Eisman, featuring Celesta Geyer, known as Jolly Dolly Dimple, c1949

The Dolly Sisters wearing Lucile gowns in the I Love Thou Lovest number, League of Notions, London, 1921 1921

Judi Trott as Maid Marion
The actress Judi Trott (b 1962) as Maid Marion in the popular 1980s television series Robin of Sherwood (1984-86)

Scottish Comedian and Cabaret star Billy Connolly met George Best in London to discuss the Cabaret for a special dinner being held at the Grovenor Hotel

Elvis Presley, American musician and film star. Date: circa 1950s

U. S. Marine Corps Drum and Bugle Corps performing
February 27, 2007 - U.S. Marine Corps Drum and Bugle Corps perform during the Marine Corps Battle Color Ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona

Ballerina Margot Fonteyn
New York, New York: September 15, 1950 Ballerina Margot Fonteyn in a production of Swan Lake

France, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Vaslav Nijinsky in Claude Debussys L Apres Midi d un Faune
France - 20th century - Paris, Ballets Russes, Seventh Season. Vaslav Nijinsky in Claude Debussys L AprA

Come to the Show A showgirl with an elaboarte feather fan reclines on a tall bar stool on this fabulous Art Deco programme cover. Date: circa 1920s

Dolly Sisters and chorus in Diamond tableaux
The Dolly Sisters wearing creations by Jean Patou and chorus in the tableaux La Mine Diamants (Diamond Mine), Paris En Fleurs, Casino de Paris, Paris, 1925 1925

James Doughty, oldest clown in England
James Doughty of Brighton, at the time of this photograph the oldest clown in England, about to celebrate his 94th birthday. Seen here in costume with two of his performing dogs

Wedding of Dan Everard and Dollis Brook
Scene at the wedding reception of Dan Everard and Dollis Brook, performers in the Pelissier Follies. The wedding took place at Finchley Parish Church, north London

Colonel Stodare at the Egyptian Hall
Colonel Stodare the liverpudlian ventriloquist and magician (1831 to 1866) performing using an Indian Basket at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly, London. Date: circa 1865

Saucy dancer, wearing only balloons - Following raid
Saucy dancer, wearing only balloons, following a police raid: " You can t pin anything on me!" Date: late 1930s

SIDESHOW POSTER, c1945. American sideshow poster for The Frog Boy, c1945

Sketch of the Dolly Sisters, Paris
Illustration of the Dolly Sisters by Zig for a promotional leaflet for Paris - New York, Casino de Paris, 1927 1927

Gracie Fields Home and Orphanage, Peacehaven, Sussex
Children and staff stand in front of the orphanage and childrens home at Peacehaven in East Sussex

Music cover for Two Marionettes Polka, composed by May Ostlere. Two puppets (without strings!) are depicted dancing on a small stage, framed by red and gold curtains

Quiet music practice / W H Robinson
When practicing ones musical instrument, there is only one person who wants to hear it - the aspiring performer

Elderly man playing a sitar by the Ganges (Ganga) River, Varanasi (Benares), Uttar Pradesh State, India

Emma Hart, later Lady Hamilton, in a straw hat, c. 1782-94 (oil on canvas)
HEH416343 Emma Hart, later Lady Hamilton, in a straw hat, c.1782-94 (oil on canvas) by Romney, George (1734-1802); 76.2x63.5 cm; Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA

Drum band Olodum performing in Pelourinho during carnival, Bahia, Brazil, South America

Humphrey Bogart, American actor

Little Tich
LITTLE TICH (Harry Relph) Music hall entertainer (1867 - 1928), pictured in a school-themed costume with mortar board. Date: c.1905

George Formby
Entertainer George Formby (1904-1961) and his wife Beryl Formby, nee Ingham (1901-1960), also a variety artist. Date: 1940

Germany, Berlin, Set design for performance The Magic Flute, the Queen of the night
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute), 1791. Set design by Simon Quaglio (1795-1878), the Queen of the Night. Performance at Berlin, 1818

Elvira Henderson in Peggy Ann
Miss Elvira Henderson, stage actress and niece of Lord Faringdon, appaering in Peggy-Ann at Dalys Theatre in London

Arthur Roberts, music hall entertainer
ARTHUR ROBERTS Music hall entertainer. Date: 19th century

Magician performing the cup and balls trick
Undated illustration, coloured, of a magician performing the cup and balls trick to a gathered audience, entitled " Tableaux de Paris: L Escamoteur, sur le boulevard

Musicians playing guitars, Havana Viejo, Havana, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Lugano, Switzerland - 9 July 2004: Pat Metheny on stage at Estival Jazz in Lugano on Switzerland

16-year-old Dinah Sheridan as Peter Pan in a touring production. 1936

The Highly Colored Tie by J Mills and F W Venton
The Highly Coloured Tie music hall song of 1893 by J. Mills and F. W. Venton, and sung by Arthur Albert

Ballerina at class
Young beautiful ballet dancer is posing in studio. Alexander Yakovlev

Rosie - Murrays Cabaret Club costume design
Rosie - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

Meat Loaf in concert, Penwith Rock Festival, Cornwall
Meat Loaf (Michael Lee Aday, b. Marvin Lee Aday, 1947), American rock musician and actor, performing on stage with a female singer at the Penwith Rock Festival in 1983. Date: 1983

Maude Edwards ventriloquist
Maude Edwards (1886 - 1976), female ventriloquist, with her puppeteered dummy Nobbler, stable boy seated upon her knee. Date: 1905

Marianne Faithfull, singer, songwriter and actress
Marianne Faithfull (b.1946), English singer, songwriter and actress. Seen here as a teenager at the Prospect Theatre, Reading, where she went to school. circa 1962

Music cover, On the Good Ship Lollipop, Shirley Temple
Music cover, On the Good Ship Lollipop, words and music by Sidney Clare and Richard A Whiting, as sung by Shirley Temple in the film Bright Eyes. 1934

Music cover, When I Fall in Love, Nat King Cole
Music cover, When I Fall in Love, music by Victor Young, words by Edward Heyman, recorded by Nat King Cole on Capitol Records. 1952

Strip tease card game - Theatre suit - Stage Manager. A game which features characters involved in performing (and subsequently prosecuting and defending) a striptease

Bird Millman
Jennadean Engleman - famous name (Bird Millman ODay) (1890 1940), Tightrope walker one of the most celebrated high-wire performers

Simon Le Bon in Cornwall
Simon John Charles Le Bon (b. 1958), English musician, in Cornwall, at the time his yacht capsized during the Fastnet race off Falmouth

Mr Pastry, aka Richard Hearne, with lion
Mr Pastry, aka the comic actor Richard Hearne (1908-1979), with a lion. Date: circa 1960s

Edouard Beaupre, the Willowbunch giant (1881 - 1904), giant and circus performer, and part of Barnum and Baileys circus. Named here in the Tatler as Arthur Beaupre, the Montana Giant

The Vampire Dance by Alice Eis and Bert French. 1910

Sable Fern, music hall singer and dancer
Sable Fern, music hall singer, dancer and actor, seen here in Boer War uniform. late 19th century

The story of John Merrick, played by David Bowie in the stage production of The Elephant Man. Booth Theatre on Broadway, New York. 18th September 1980

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Court Jester dressed in red and blue wearing bells, stepping forward

Lillian Leitzel - German Circus acrobat and strongwoman
Lillian (" Lilli" ) Leitzel (1892-1931) - an acrobat and strongwoman for the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. Date: circa 1910s

Exotic Oriental Vase Dance - postcard reproduction of a painting by Fabio Fabbi (1861-1946). Date: 1906

The Pier - Eastbourne, East Sussex, England. Date: circa 1908

France, Paris, Sketch of costume for flamenco dancers for Carmen by Georges Bizet
Sketch by Multzer of one of the costumes for the flamenco dancers for the first performance of Carmen, by Georges Bizet at the Opera Comique Theater in Paris (March 3rd 1875)

India, Rajasthan, Jaisalmer. Boy dancer rests between songs at entrance to Jaisalmer Fort. (MR)

Costume design for the Dolly Sisters
Costume design for a green outfit by Jean Le Seyeux for the Dolly Sisters in A vol d oiseau, Edouard VII Theatre, Paris, 1923 1923

Portrait of the Dolly Sisters, Paris
The Dolly Sisters in Paris En Fleurs, Casino de Paris, Paris, 1925. Photograph by R. Sobol. 1925

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"Captivating Performances: A Glimpse into the World of Entertainment" Step back in time to 1994, as Ronnie Scott's legendary jazz club in London comes alive with the mesmerizing tunes of artist Brian O'Connor. The atmosphere is electric, and the crowd can't help but be enchanted by his soulful melodies. In another corner of the music world, Meat Loaf takes center stage, delivering a powerhouse performance that leaves audiences breathless. His larger-than-life presence fills every inch of the concert hall, making it an unforgettable night for all who witness it. Meanwhile, John Martyn transports us to St Ives in Cornwall with his captivating voice and heartfelt lyrics. The intimate setting allows his raw talent to shine through, leaving listeners captivated by his unique blend of folk and blues. Switching gears completely, we find ourselves transported back in time to witness George Formby's infectious charm on stage. With his ukulele in hand and a mischievous smile on his face, he effortlessly entertains crowds with witty songs that bring laughter and joy. Moving forward again to 1960s America, Paul Chambers takes us on a musical journey like no other. Through Brian Foskett's lens, we catch a glimpse of this talented bassist creating magic on stage - a true master at work. From film to reality, Barbra Streisand dazzles us as she performs on roller skates in "Funny Girl. " Her portrayal of American comedienne Fanny Brice is nothing short of extraordinary; her energy radiates from the screen and leaves audiences wanting more. Remembering legends like Buddy Holly becomes inevitable when witnessing their magnetic performances firsthand. His timeless music continues to resonate with fans worldwide even after all these years - proof that true artistry never fades away. Speaking of legends immortalized through artistry - Tom Murphy's statue pays tribute to singer-songwriter Billy Fury near Albert Dock.