May 20th, 2013
saisonciel: Gladys Cooper by Bassano, 1910

saisonciel:

Gladys Cooper by Bassano, 1910

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May 6th, 2013
thedramaofexile: “Chu Chin Chow is a musical comedy based on the story of Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves.  The piece premièred at His Majesty’s Theatre in London on 3 August 1916 and ran for five years and a total of 2,238 performances (more than twice as many as any previous musical), an astonishing record that stood for nearly forty years until Salad Days.”

thedramaofexile:

“Chu Chin Chow is a musical comedy based on the story of Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves.  The piece premièred at His Majesty’s Theatre in London on 3 August 1916 and ran for five years and a total of 2,238 performances (more than twice as many as any previous musical), an astonishing record that stood for nearly forty years until Salad Days.”

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May 2nd, 2013
moniledebeaute: Ella Wellesz, Margit Lukács performing Lina in Csalódások, 1933.   Source : Országos Színháztörténeti Múzeum és Intézet (Hungarian Theatre Museum and Institute)

moniledebeaute:

Ella Wellesz,
Margit Lukács performing Lina in Csalódások, 1933.

 

Source : Országos Színháztörténeti Múzeum és Intézet (Hungarian Theatre Museum and Institute)

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March 25th, 2013
heracliteanfire: Photograph of actress Maude Millet, late 19th to early 20th century. W&D Downey Photographers (via V&A)

heracliteanfire:

Photograph of actress Maude Millet, late 19th to early 20th century. W&D Downey Photographers (via V&A)

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March 19th, 2013
laescrituradesatada: Colette

laescrituradesatada:

Colette

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March 16th, 2013
susecruise: Dorothy Marsdin, actress, c.1905

susecruise:

Dorothy Marsdin, actress, c.1905

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March 2nd, 2013
She bit her lip and turned her head a little and looked at me along her eyes. Then she lowered her lashes until they almost cuddled her cheeks and slowly raised them again, like a theater curtain. I was to get to know that trick. That was supposed to make me roll over on my back with all four paws in the air. — Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (via liquidnight)
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February 17th, 2013
(via The Pictorial Arts: Madcap) Theatre playbill — The Madcap Princess — 1926

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Theatre playbill — The Madcap Princess — 1926

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February 3rd, 2013
theatre magazine dec 1920 (by Captain Geoffrey Spaulding)

theatre magazine dec 1920 (by Captain Geoffrey Spaulding)

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January 18th, 2013
saisonciel: Ruth Chatterton, 1917

saisonciel:

Ruth Chatterton, 1917

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