Pantomime.- Theatre Retford...the Historical Play of Jane Shore...To conclude with a comic Pantomime, in one Act, called Harlequin Traveller, Or, A Peep into the New World...Grotesque Figures...The Trick Can. Magic Tub and Crocodile..., lightly soiled and creased at foot with very short tear but no loss, 270 x 140mm., Retford, Taylor, 23rd March 1810 § Royal Victoria Theatre, Hartlepool...Mr Purvis in the Comic Pantomime of The House that Jack Built...the Hero of Northumbria and Emperor of Clowns...being his Farewell to the Stage..., couple ink corrections, small stain ?tape residue to head and foot, some chips and short tears with small text loss, light browning, 504 x 192mm., Hartlepool, J. Procter, 15th February 1848, printed playbills; and others relating to pantomime or comic theatre, including a copy of the Music Halls' Gazette, v.s. (7) A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.
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Illusions.- Theatre-Royal, Newcastle...Charles and Wilson...Novel and Astounding Illusions..., printed playbill, light surface soiling, laid down on larger linen, playbill 435 x 185mm., Newcastle, W.A. Mitchell, 13th February 1829. *** Charles is probably L. Charles, a magician and ventriloquist who flourished in the 1810s-1820s. A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.
Laughing gas.- Exceptional performances.- New Strand Theatre...Herr Schmidt will administer Nitrous Oxyde, or The Lauging Gas, to any of the audience inclined to inhale it...[and with] Ramo Samee, the original Indian juggler!, letterpress, 420 x 225 mm (16 1/2 x 8 3/4 in), mounted on linen support, some small losses, unframed, 19th century; together with seven further playbills, with another variant 'New Strand Theatre...Wonderful Effects of the laughing Gas and Silly Sally!', 'Micorcosm 24, Regent Street... Achromatic Microscope exhibited by Hydro-Oxygen Gas', another with Laughing Gas and 'The celebrated East Indian Ramo Samee!, and others including 'Theatre-Royal, Edinburgh [with] The popular acrobat Monsieur Plege [on] the tight rope and bounding cord', and similar, letterpress, various sizes, all unframed, 19th century (8) A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.
Blitz (Signor).- Ravels' Benefit...Signor Blitz The Emperor of Magicians...Dance of Six Plates!..., printed playbill, some creasing and folds, light water-staining, 265 x 130mm., Philadelphia, C. Alexander, 15th August [?c.1839]; and another printed handbill for Signor Blitz at the Theatre-Royal Plymouth in 1842, v.s. (2) A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.
Boxing.- Theatre Royal, Dublin...the celebrated Irish Champion Simon Byrne, who is matched to fight Jem Ward the English Champion, will set to with Tom Reynolds..., few neat and small repairs to verso including short tear into text (no loss), some browning, 320 x 190mm., Dublin, J. Hoare, 26th April 1831 § New Surrey Theatre...the Celebrated Irish Champion Langan, who will, with the scientific Reynolds, Give a Grand and Interesting Display of The Art of Self-Defence!!!..., very small hole affecting few letters, short tear into text to fore-edge without loss, light folds, 363 x 220mm., January 1824, printed playbills; and 2 other near-identical playbills for Langan and Reynolds at the New Surrey Theatre, Feburary 1824, v.s. (4) *** Nicknamed "The Emerald Gem", Simon Byrne (1806-33) was an Irish bare-knuckle prize fighter and heavyweight boxing champion of Ireland. His final contest in May 1833 was a gruelling 99 rounds against James Burke that lasted for 3 hours and 6 minutes, the longest ever recorded prize fight. Byrne died three days later as a result of his injuries. A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.
Animated scenery.- Mechanical panoramas.- Topping (Thomas, printer) J.F. Thiodon's Mechanical and Picturesque Theatre of Arts... the scenery will represent the Voyage of Capt. Parry to the North Pole, letterpress playbill, 218 x 130 mm (8 1/2 x 5 1/8 in), minor toning and light surface dirt, nicks and small losses, unframed, 1824 § Shaw (J., printer) 'An Extremely Interesting Pictorial & Mechanical Exhibition Embracing every minute Particular of the Terrific Storm at Sea! in which Grace Darling and her Father Rescued the Sufferers from the Wreck, letterpress, 190 x 110 mm (7 1/2 x 4 1/4 in), with contemporary ink additions, unframed; together with two other playbills and a broadside, the latter 'A Shocking Catastrophe, Or the Wonderful Protection of Innocence and Virtue, through the awful Destruction of Three Horrid Reprobates', another advertising the 'Royal Mechanical and Optical Museum', with a performance by two elegant 'Automaton Rope-Dancers', letterpress, various sizes, all unframed, 19th century (5) A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.
Ventriloquist bottle conjuror.- Fairbrother (S.G., printer) Royal Victoria Theatre...Mr. Sharp, the Surprising Ventriloquist will give his celebrated Act of the Bottle Conjuror imitating the astonishing feat of Drinking and Singing at the same time, letterpress playbill, 500 x 230 mm (19 3/4 x 9 in), tipped onto an album leaf with 3 further playbills and a sheet of manuscript accounts for the Royal Coburg Theatre with amounts paid to various persons, the latter with theatre ticket for the Royal Victoria Theatre for admittance in 1835 tipped onto sheet at lower left, unframed, circa 1830s; together with 3 further small theatre handbills, including 'Canterbury Theatre...1886...The World's Wonders Testo and Onri', unframed, 19th century (sm. qty) A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.
Larry the Lamb original artist models, painted wooden figures made for Hulme Beaman as artist models for reference when designing the book illustrations. Brightly painted and well carved wooden figures of Larry the Lamb, Dennis the Dachshund, The Mayor of Toytown, Ernest the Policeman, The Sentry Captain Higgins, Mr Growser and The Magician, all of which are mounted in a purpose built glass case with wooden base, together with two story books "The Theatre Royal and Punch and Judy" and "Larry The Lamb In Toytown - Larry The Lamb Loses His Fleece". Provenance : Given by the widow of Hulme Beaman to the book editor of the News of the World in 1960's , subsequently given in the 1980's to the News of the World Company Secretary, the vendors father.
Seventeenth century and later miscellaneous pictures and prints, comprising Robert Havell I (1769-1832) & Daniel Havell (fl. 1786-1826) after George Walker (1781-1856) - The Cranberry Girl; The Teasel Field; Leech Finders, three from the Costumes of Yorkshire series, titled and inscribed mounts, Leeds: Published by Robinson & Son, 1813-14, hand-coloured etchings, 22 x 32cm, mounted and framed en suite with manuscript lettering, & Biblioclasm: Jodocus Hondius (1563-1612) - The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine (sic); allegorical title-page of John Speed's atlas, London, 1611, engraving, 38 x 24.5cm, upper-right margin chipped with loss, laid on paper, three harlequin Speed letterpress divisional titles, 1612, mixed sizes, Dutch School (mid-17th c) - Le Théâtre du monde, ou nouvel atlas; allegorical title-page from Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1648, engraving, contemporaneous or slightly later hand-colouring, re-margined, but not affecting within the plate, 50.7 x 32.7cm, letterpress title-page from John Ogilby's Itinerarium Angliæ, 1675, 39.7 x 26.6cm, (9)
(Edward Bawden.) A collection of Edward Bawden ephemera, including 'The Delectable History of Fortnum & Mason', c.1957, 1st edition, 2nd issue, [12]pp promotional booklet with colour illustrated wraps and colour illustrations throughout by Bawden, 4to (26.5 x 20cm), near fine/fine condition, plus other items including Bawden designed greetings cards, invitations, notices, theatre programme etc etc
A collection of modern first editions etc, literature, comprising the following 12 first editions, all with dust jackets: John Cowper Powys: 'Atlantis', 1954; Evelyn Waugh: 'Unconditional Surrender', 1961; Cyril Connelly: 'The Modern Movement', 1965; J.M.Coetzee: 'Disgrace', 1999 (printed Clays); Hilary Mantel: 'Bring up the Bodies', 2012, and 'The Mirror and the Light', 2020; Dick Francis: 'The Sport of Queens', 1957; William McIlvanney: 'Laidlaw', 1977; Stevie Smith: 'The Frog Prince and Other Poems', 1966; Lytton Strachey: 'Ermyntrude and Esmeralda', 1969 (2 copies); Graham Greene: 'In Search of a Character', 1961; together with 10 other editions, with dust jackets as called for: Philip Pullman. Northern Lights, first edition, 8th imp., 1995; Diana Athill: 'Instead of a Letter', 1981. Paperback. Signed by author to title; Anthony Powell, 2 titles: 'Venusberg', new edition 1955, At Lady Molly's, 1958 reprint; Freya Stark: 'Zodiac Arch', 1968. Proof copy; Kenneth Tynan: 'He That Plays the King. A View of the Theatre', 1950; Vladimir Nabokov: 'The Real Life of Sebastian Knight', 1960; Lindsay Anderson, Kenneth Tynan & others: 'Declaration', 1957; T.S.Eliot: 'The Cocktail Party', N.Y., 1950: Frederick Forsyth: 'The Trojan Code. Based on a Story by ... Screenplay by Jon Zerbach', No date. Wraps.(22)NB Anthony Powell 'At Lady Molly's' is a 1958 reprint, not a 1957 1st edition as originally stated
Mrs. Prince Littler: 'Our Favourite Dish: The Theatre Recipe Book. 250 Recipes Contributed by Members of the British Theatrical Profession', edited Naomi Waters, London, Putnam & Co, 1952, 1st edition, original publisher's red cloth, black lettering to spine, pictorial dust wrapper by Robin McEwen (slightly worn with small part loss at head of front panel, 12s 6d price intact). Contains 250 recipes (many of which are still on the menu in London's West-End restaurants today) contributed by members of the British theatrical profession of the day, including Noel Coward composing a Warsaw Concerto with eggs and onions, Sir Lawrence Olivier directing a Blanquette de Veau, and Hermione Gingold confiding the secret of a Kasbar Hash, 282pp. Compiled by Nora Delaney, Irish born variety and revue actress and wife of theatre impresario, Prince Littler (1901-1973) a practical kitchen guide, fully explaining all methods, avoiding chef's language and using straightforward ingredients, the royalties raised from the publication were donated to the Actor's Orphanage. Very scarce
Large Collection of Lobby Cards, Movie Stills and Vintage Ephemera (1920s-1960s) Approximately 100+ Lobby cards and Stills, To include: Miriam Hopkins in titles such as; Woman Chases Man, Lady Of Fortune and Splendour (1935). Other titles to include; A Man About The House, Alexander Hamilton and Various Pre-printed, signed 1930s American film star autographs. As well as a collection of film and theatre brochures circa 1930-1960 featuring names such as; Norman Wisdom, Doris Day. Splendour (1935) British Quad Film Poster, Gone With The Wind Fairy Dryers advertisement poster and other promotional material covering 1930s-1960s cinemaAlong with Cliff Richard black and white framed photo (45cm x 32cm)(2 boxes plus 1 frame, 200 items approx. )
UK Actors autograph Collection -Collection of 20 Film/TV Actors autographs,To include; Ian McKellen, Jess Conrad, Laurence Fox, Mackenzie Crook, Sandor Eles, Bernard Horsfall, Craig Roberts, Ardal OHanlon, David MaCallum, Lionel Blair, Neil Morrissey, Richard Goulden, Richard Pearson, Tony Britton and others. Signatures on various items; Brochures, Leaflets, Theatre programmes. (20 autographs)
UK Actors autograph Collection -Collection of 48 Film/TV Actors autographs,To include; Ben Fox, Daniel Craig, Frazer Hines, Harry Fowler, James Faulkner, Jason Flemyng, Masashi Fujimoto, Michael Crawford, Oliver Ford Davies, Owen Teale, Ramon Tikaram, Rupert Friend, Russel Tovey, Stefan Kalipha, Toby Kebbell, Todd Carty, Craig Fairbrass. Signatures are on various items, predominately letters, theatre leaflets and written replies from actors. (48 autographs).
Oscar Academy Awards Display Sign, from the 74th Academy Awards on March 24th 2002, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, a display board advertising the event, colour, 14 x 20 inches; (1)Provenance: from the collection of a former supporting actor working in the film industry, amassed over a number of years.Condition Report: CR:- In very good condition, ready for framing.
Hollywood Icons Autographs (1950s) - Collection of signed photographs from various Hollywood stars, to include; Elizabeth Taylor (10x8), Ginger Rogers (10x8), Lucienne Boyer (8.5x11.5), Ann Margaret (10x8) and various black and white stills such as; The Lady From Shanghai, Madeleine Carroll, Mercury Theatre. Provenance: from the estate of John Geary. John was illustrator and artist who worked for a number of design agencies and produced work for brands including Johnnie Walker, Chivas Regal, Coca-cola, Nike, Russian Standard and Levi Strauss.
Yolanda Sonnabend (1935 - 2015) British, Full-length costume design for Swan Lake at the Royal Ballet 2002, signed 'Y. Sonnanbend' (lower right) inscribed 'Swan Lake 2002 Royal Ballet' (top left) and 'For Sten - the magician - love and thanks Yolanda' (left side), watercolour and mixed media on paper, 37 x 27 cm, framed 45 x 35.5 cm; and a bust of a lady, signed 'Y. Sonnanbend' (lower right), inscribed 'Swan Lake 2002, Royal Ballet' (top left) and 'Sten's drawing for the Neopolitan, charcoal and pastel, 29.5 x 20 cm, framed 45 x 36 cm. Qty: 2 Provenance: Deceased EstateFootnote: Sten refers to Sten Vollmuller, costume designer and maker for theatre.
Modular theatre with fifteen painted plaster and fabric characters and two interchangeable sets. Naples. 20th century. In lacquered wooden case. Defects. 12x37x63 cm approx. (closed case) Teatrino componibile con quindici personaggi in gesso dipinto e stoffa e due scenari intercambiabili. Napoli. XX secolo. In cassa in legno laccato. Difetti. 12x37x63 cm ca. (cassa chiusa)
British Comedy / Music Hall - a slip-in album of autographs, postcards and photographs relating to British Music Hall / Comedy. Early 20th century to 1970s. Autographs include: Terry Hall & Lenny The Lion, a very young Barry Cryer, George Robey, a Will Hay postcard with printed signature, Harry Secombe, Stanley Baxter, Gordon Peters, John Inman, Wilfred Pickles, Ken Dodd and others. Early 20th century real photographic postcards include: Miss Vesta Tilley, Marie Lloyd, George Robey, Harry Lauder, Max Miller, Dan Leno, Dan Leno's funeral, Flanagan & Allen, Little Tich, Albert Modley, Ken Dodd, Tommy Handley, etc. Other postcards include artist type cards from the opening of The London Coliseum theatre, Harry Lauder etc. To the rear of the album are several c1990s photographs of famous music hall star's graves.
Stephen Sondheim (d.2021) - American Composer & Lyricist - autographed letter on personal stationery, dated April 17th 1992. Sent in response to a person asking for advice on how to stage 'Into The Woods' at the Grand Theatre, Aberdare and inviting Sondheim to a performance. Signed in black ink to the conclusion. Original envelope supplied.
Georgian era scrapbook compiled by John Newman (d.1824) of Southampton Street, Bloomsbury, London (father of John Henry Newman, who became a Catholic cardinal and was later canonised as a saint by Pope Francis). Many newspaper clippings, including: humourous stories; comical events; details of funerals for Lord Nelson, George III, William Pitt, and Princess Charlotte; stories about the Covent Garden theatre protests by the O.P.s; stories of public hangings; names synonymous with the period mentioned such as Jonathan Wilkes, Hogarth, Rousseau, Samuel Foote, Prince Regent. Ephemera included: Menu c.1800 for Lamy Restauranteur au Salo des Arts; Major Peter Labilliere broadside; Christmas 1790 menu for John Weeks, owner of well-known coaching inn the Bush Tavern, Bristol, includes turtle (weight 47lb), bittern, reindeers tongues, stares (starlings) and Tenby oysters; playbill for famed conjurer and notorious quack Gustavus Katterfelto; two posters advertising Alton Races (Hampshire), which included donkey racing, catching a pig, a gingling match, and a cheese to be run for by men in sacks. Many hand-written clippings, including: comical observations, bon mots, epigrams, copied poems, lists of famous pugilists, copied passages of text, The Groves of Blarney lyrics and score. Measurements: 33 x 27cm. Around 187 sides of scrapbook filled, and some loosely inserted material. Condition: exterior with some bumping/rubbing at edges, some cracking along joints. internally solid, some browning/marking in places, ephemera condition varied but largely as it was when compiled. Highly evocative, encapsulates the Georgian era, carefully assembled for posterity by John Newman.
Harry Hemsley (1877-1951). An archive of original cartoons & presentation copies for Betty Christmas [Hemsley's accompanist on piano], comprising: four humorous pencil cartoons, one signed with initials, 23cm x 18cm; Imagination, inscribed & signed (22 November 1939), 8vo, publisher's worn yellow cloth, London: Lutterworth Press, 1939; All About Horace, presentation copy, inscribed & signed (Christmas 1944), small 4to, green cloth, London: Hutchinson's, n.d., [1944]; 16 Recitations for Children, inscribed & signed (1941), 8vo, illustrated wrappers, dampstained, London: Reynolds & Co., [1941]; three theatre programmes starring Hemsley, one signed with press cuttings (17 May 1938); a signed photographic portrait, 21cm X 16cm; a tablecloth decorated with embroidered autographs associated with Maskelyne's Christmas Magic at The Westminster Theatre, 82cm x 82cm, plus a programme for the same, 1947. Condition varied, sold as one collection with all faults
AUTOGRAPHS. A collection of approximately 170 autographs, including a photographic print of a drawing of Tony Bennett, a theatre programme and photograph signed by Lena Horne, and photographs signed by Michael Brandon and Glynis Barber, Colin Baker (in the role of Dr Who), Timothy Hutton, Finola Hughes (on a ‘Staying Alive’ still), Rex Harrison, Ray Harryhausen, Gregory Hines and Barry Humphries, most 26cm x 20.5cm.
THREE CASED COMMEMORATIVE SILVER PLATES,Dublin 1972, 1973, makers mark of the Royal Irish Silver Co., limited edition, comprising:- 'Section of the House of Commons' - 'The Front of the Theatre in Trinity College' - 'Lord Powerscourt's House' (engraving rubbed)(c.30.4 troy ozs in all). Each 23.3cm diameter
Mole Richardson theatre spotlight, type 406, aluminium housing, raised on an adjustable tripod stand, approximate overall height 120cm.Condition report:There isn't currently a plug attatched to this lamp, so we are unable to test it. There is a bulb inside, please see the additional photograph. There is a slot behind the barn doors where gels can be slotted
ROCK / PROG / FOLK / ROCK - LP COLLECTION. A solid collection of approx 53 x LPs. Artists/ Titles include Tyrannosaurus Rex - My People Were Fair And Had Sky In Their Hair... But Now They're Content To Wear Stars On Their Brows (LRZ 1003, VG+/VG+), The Fool (20138SMCL, VG+/VG+), Colosseum - Those Who Are About To Die Salute You (STL5510, Ex/ Ex), Quintessence (ILPS-9128, Ex/VG+), The Who - A Quick One (593002, VG/VG), John Mayall - A Hard Road (LK 4853, VG/VG+), The Asmoto Running Band - Principal Edwards Magic Theatre (DAN 8002, Ex/VG+), Soundtrack (Dandelion 63752, Ex/VG), Family - Family Entertainment, Fleetwood Mac, Dr. John, Wings, Bob Dylan, Lindisfarne, Joni Mitchell and Eric Clapton. The condition is generally VG to Ex+.
CLASSIC ROCK & PROG - LP COLLECTION. A timeless collection of around 78 rock & prog LPs. Artists/ titles include The Appletree Theatre (SVLP 6018), King Crimson - In The Wake Of Poseidon (ILPS 9127, pink/ white i labels), Pretty Things inc Parachute (SHVL 774), Cross Talk. Soft Machine - Live At Henie Onstad 1974 (M/ Sealed), Brian Eno inc Another Green World, Before And After Science. Led Zeppelin inc II (x2), Magna Carta - Lord Of The Ages, Black Sabbath inc Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Heaven And Hell, Seventh Star. Deep Purple - In Rock (unboxed labels), The Insect Trust, Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Badger Asia, Caravan, Nick Mason, Ian Gillan, Jefferson Starship, Rogier Van Otterloo, Edgar Broughton Band, Yes. Condition is generally VG to Ex+.
Tom Tierney and others assorted paper dolls including; American Family of the Early Republic, Favourite Storybook Characters Paper Doll, Princess Diana & Prince Charles Paper Dolls, Diana {Princess of Wales - The Auction dresses, Vivien Leigh paper Dolls, Great Fashion Designs of the Twenties, Pavlova & Nijinsky Paper Dolls, Nut Cracker Ballet Toy Theatre, Little Women Paper Dolls, Victorian Debutante , Pride and Prejudice paper Dolls, Ingres and 19th Century French Costume Paper Dolls, and The Victorian Parlor cut and colour book.
DC - TOP COW - DARK HORSE COMICS etc - a collection of graph comics / graphic novels comprising: Dark Horse Accident Man issues #1, 2 and 3; Alley Cat Prelude and Alley Cat Lingerie Edition; Crimson Skies; Guardian Angel issues #1 and 2; Sandman Midnight Theatre; Sexy Angel #1; Sandman Master of Dreams issues #6 and 8 dated 1989; Soul Saga issues #1, #2, #3.The Sandman Master of Dreams issues appear to both have a patch on front covers where price sticker may have been removed and one has corner wear noted). Otherwise the items generally appear to be about very good plus to excellent or better, some with slight storage wear to spines noted. The items have not been checked for completeness. (This does not constitute a guarantee.) [GM]
***Away to Knutsford Oxfam*** A classic Ron Fuller design was made for Cabaret Mechanical Theatre in the 1990’s.(1993) Being sold on behalf of OXFAM The Lion is trying to have a bite of the tamer’s head. The tamer is too quick for the fierce animal and escapes at every turn of the handle and the measurements are 7” x 8” As a guide . Rare and collectible fully working condition unboxed
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