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Australian Theatre

by State Library of NSW

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Bartenders and theatre manager George Coppin (in top hat), Crystal Bar, Cremorne Gardens, Richmond, Victoria, ca. 1860

The Capitol Theatre, Sydney, ca. 1930, Sam Hood

Principals from theatrical production of "Faust", Fuller-Gonsalez Opera, Sydney, 1928

Telephone: Sydney Sesqui-Centenary 'March to Nationhood' Pageant

Pottery: Adelaides Centenary Pageant of Progress

Walt Disney Minnie and Mickey Mouse, movie promotion, Sydney, ca. 1930, Sam Hood

Palace theatre, stage production of Dracula, Pitt Street, Sydney, 1929, Sam Hood

Artist Daryl Lindsay with Ballets russes dancers Betty Souvorova and Alosha, 31 January 1937, Moombara, Sydney / photographer Margaret Allen, later Baroness Gifford

Don Nicol, and Ballet, Theatre Royal, Sydney, 30 January 1946 / Sam Hood

Minerva Theatre, Potts Point and Kings Cross, Sydney, May 1939 / photographer Sam Hood

Tamara Toumanova in Le Spectre de la rose (The Spirit of the rose), 1940, by Max Dupain

Barbara Blane, shadow-ballet dancer at the Tivoli, 5 January 1939, by Ray Olson

Vestibule of Victory cinema George Street, 1946

Victory Theatre, George Street, December 1938, by Sam Hood

The Squall, theatrical production, Theatre Royal, Sydney, 29/8/1944, by Sam Hood

Two female performers sitting back to back reading, 1925-1935

Minerva Theatre, Max Dupain, June 1947

Michael St Clair, ventriloquist, actor & impersonator, 20 December 1949, by Robert Rice

Minnie Tittell Brune as Kundry, 1905 - 1908

Thelma Scott, Shakespeare Room, State Library of New South Wales, 1947

Dancers at the Tivoli Theatre, Sydney, September 1942

Performers in the musical comedy 'Wildflower, Theatre Royal, Sydney, 1939

Man in a top hat JC Williamson Ltd, July 1936

Skeleton dancers and band on theatre stage, Sydney, c. 1928

Sono Osato, 'Ballet Russe' dancer, 1939-1940