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"Exploring the World of Playhouses: From Windmills to Roman Amphitheatres" Five-year-old Denise Holmes and her sister Nicola, two

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Ayant éprouvé le besoin de se rafraichir avec... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier

Ayant éprouvé le besoin de se rafraichir avec... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Ayant eprouve le besoin de se rafraichir avec... 19th century. Summer sketch - having felt the need to refresh themselves with a little tragedy

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Pantaloon and the Doctor Fighting with Columbine and Brigatella in the Garden, c. 1729

Pantaloon and the Doctor Fighting with Columbine and Brigatella in the Garden, c. 1729. Creator: Johann Jakob Schübler
Pantaloon and the Doctor Fighting with Columbine and Brigatella in the Garden, c. 1729

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Mezzetin and Harlequin, Disguised as the Captain, Disrupt Pantaloon's Dinner, c. 1729

Mezzetin and Harlequin, Disguised as the Captain, Disrupt Pantaloon's Dinner, c. 1729

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Mezzetin 'Paints' a Portrait of Cupid by Cutting the Canvas to Reveal Harlequin, c. 1729

Mezzetin "Paints" a Portrait of Cupid by Cutting the Canvas to Reveal Harlequin, c. 1729

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Mezzetin and Harlequin Use the Picture Frame to Catch Pantaloon and Pierrot, c. 1729

Mezzetin and Harlequin Use the Picture Frame to Catch Pantaloon and Pierrot, c. 1729. Creator: Johann Jakob Schübler
Mezzetin and Harlequin Use the Picture Frame to Catch Pantaloon and Pierrot, c. 1729

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Harlequin and Scaramouche Create a 'Fountain', 1729. Creator: Johann Jakob Schübler

Harlequin and Scaramouche Create a "Fountain", 1729. Creator: Johann Jakob Schübler
Harlequin and Scaramouche Create a "Fountain", 1729

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Troutman, Ivy, Miss, with dog, portrait photograph, 1914 July 16. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Troutman, Ivy, Miss, with dog, portrait photograph, 1914 July 16. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Troutman, Ivy, Miss, with dog, portrait photograph, 1914 July 16

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Troutman, Ivy, Miss, portrait photograph, 1914 July 16. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Troutman, Ivy, Miss, portrait photograph, 1914 July 16. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Troutman, Ivy, Miss, portrait photograph, 1914 July 16

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Reicher, Heding, Miss, portrait photograph, 1915 or 1916. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Reicher, Heding, Miss, portrait photograph, 1915 or 1916. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Reicher, Heding, Miss, portrait photograph, 1915 or 1916

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Reicher, Heding, Miss, portrait photograph, 1915 Feb. 4. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Reicher, Heding, Miss, portrait photograph, 1915 Feb. 4. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Reicher, Heding, Miss, portrait photograph, 1915 Feb. 4

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Reicher, Heding, Miss, portrait photograph, 1915 Feb. 4. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Reicher, Heding, Miss, portrait photograph, 1915 Feb. 4. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Reicher, Heding, Miss, portrait photograph, 1915 Feb. 4

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Bori, Lucrezia, Miss, portrait photograph, 1932 Apr. 6. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Bori, Lucrezia, Miss, portrait photograph, 1932 Apr. 6. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Bori, Lucrezia, Miss, portrait photograph, 1932 Apr. 6

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Scenes now being acted in the London Theatres; 'A Sailors Knot' at Drury Lane Theatre, 1891

Scenes now being acted in the London Theatres; "A Sailors Knot" at Drury Lane Theatre, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Scenes now being acted in the London Theatres; 'The American' at the Opera Comique Theatre, 1891

Scenes now being acted in the London Theatres; "The American" at the Opera Comique Theatre, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: La Compagnia dei sacconi al Colosseo (Penitents Praying at Altars in the Colosseum), 1829

La Compagnia dei sacconi al Colosseo (Penitents Praying at Altars in the Colosseum), 1829. Creator: Bartolomeo Pinelli
La Compagnia dei sacconi al Colosseo (Penitents Praying at Altars in the Colosseum), 1829

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Two Actors Peeking through a Theater Curtain while Others Prepare the Footlights

Two Actors Peeking through a Theater Curtain while Others Prepare the Footlights. Creator: Johann Esaias Nilson
Two Actors Peeking through a Theater Curtain while Others Prepare the Footlights

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: David Belasco, portrait photograph, 1918 Apr. 6. Creator: Arnold Genthe

David Belasco, portrait photograph, 1918 Apr. 6. Creator: Arnold Genthe
David Belasco, portrait photograph, 1918 Apr. 6. American theatrical producer, director and playwright: the first writer to adapt the short story Madame Butterfly for the stage

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: David Belasco, portrait photograph, 1918 Apr. 6. Creator: Arnold Genthe

David Belasco, portrait photograph, 1918 Apr. 6. Creator: Arnold Genthe
David Belasco, portrait photograph, 1918 Apr. 6. American theatrical producer, director and playwright: the first writer to adapt the short story Madame Butterfly for the stage

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: The Interior of the Colosseum, c. 1745. Creator: Charles Michel-Ange Challe

The Interior of the Colosseum, c. 1745. Creator: Charles Michel-Ange Challe
The Interior of the Colosseum, c. 1745

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Nielsen, Asta, Miss, portrait photograph, 1917 Aug. 20. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Nielsen, Asta, Miss, portrait photograph, 1917 Aug. 20. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Nielsen, Asta, Miss, portrait photograph, 1917 Aug. 20

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Self-Portrait as Pierrot, 1915. Creator: Amadeo Modigliani

Self-Portrait as Pierrot, 1915. Creator: Amadeo Modigliani
Self-Portrait as Pierrot, 1915

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Mr. Henry Miller, in costume, 1919 Mar. 6. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Mr. Henry Miller, in costume, 1919 Mar. 6. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Mr. Henry Miller, in costume, 1919 Mar. 6. British-born American actor, director, theatrical producer and manager

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Mr. Henry Miller, in costume, 1919 Mar. 6. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Mr. Henry Miller, in costume, 1919 Mar. 6. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Mr. Henry Miller, in costume, 1919 Mar. 6. British-born American actor, director, theatrical producer and manager

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Walter Hampden, in costume, 1919 June 3. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Walter Hampden, in costume, 1919 June 3. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Walter Hampden, in costume, 1919 June 3. American actor and theatre manager Walter Hampden Dougherty

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Un nouveau théatre modèle, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier

Un nouveau théatre modèle, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Un nouveau theatre modele, 19th century. A new model theatre

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Margaret Anglin, in costume, between 1910 and 1925. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Margaret Anglin, in costume, between 1910 and 1925. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Margaret Anglin, in costume, between 1910 and 1925. Canadian-born Broadway actress, director and producer

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Juliet Barrett Rublee as Tacita the dryad, a character in Percy MacKaye's play Sanctuary... 1913

Juliet Barrett Rublee as Tacita the dryad, a character in Percy MacKaye's play Sanctuary... 1913
Juliet Barrett Rublee as Tacita the dryad, a character in Percy MacKaye's play Sanctuary: A Bird Masque, in rehearsal for first performance at the Meriden Bird Club sanctuary dedication in New

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Theatrical production with Margaret Anglin and others, between 1910 and 1925. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Theatrical production with Margaret Anglin and others, between 1910 and 1925. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Theatrical production with Margaret Anglin and others, between 1910 and 1925

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Scenes from Aedipus, a play by Augustin Duncan, between 1915 and 1921. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Scenes from Aedipus, a play by Augustin Duncan, between 1915 and 1921. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Scenes from Aedipus, a play by Augustin Duncan, between 1915 and 1921

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Scenes from Aedipus, a play by Augustin Duncan, between 1915 and 1921. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Scenes from Aedipus, a play by Augustin Duncan, between 1915 and 1921. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Scenes from Aedipus, a play by Augustin Duncan, between 1915 and 1921

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Scenes from Aedipus, a play by Augustin Duncan, between 1915 and 1921. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Scenes from Aedipus, a play by Augustin Duncan, between 1915 and 1921. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Scenes from Aedipus, a play by Augustin Duncan, between 1915 and 1921

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Scene from the play Sanctuary, A Bird Masque, by Percy MacKaye, in rehearsal for first

Scene from the play Sanctuary, A Bird Masque, by Percy MacKaye, in rehearsal for first performance at the Meriden Bird Club sanctuary dedication in New Hampshire, 1913 Sept

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Linthicum, Lotta, Miss, portrait photograph, 1914 Apr. 2. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Linthicum, Lotta, Miss, portrait photograph, 1914 Apr. 2. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Linthicum, Lotta, Miss, portrait photograph, 1914 Apr. 2

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Scene from Sanctuary, A Bird Masque, by Percy MacKaye, in rehearsal for first performance... 1913

Scene from Sanctuary, A Bird Masque, by Percy MacKaye, in rehearsal for first performance... 1913
Scene from Sanctuary, A Bird Masque, by Percy MacKaye, in rehearsal for first performance at the Meriden Bird Club sanctuary dedication in New Hampshire, 1913 Sept

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Haggin, Ben Ali, Mr. theatrical production, 1915 Jan. 3. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Haggin, Ben Ali, Mr. theatrical production, 1915 Jan. 3. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Haggin, Ben Ali, Mr. theatrical production, 1915 Jan. 3

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Haggin, Ben Ali, Mr. theatrical production, 1915 Jan. 3. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Haggin, Ben Ali, Mr. theatrical production, 1915 Jan. 3. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Haggin, Ben Ali, Mr. theatrical production, 1915 Jan. 3

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Scenes from Aedipus, a play by Augustin Duncan, between 1915 and 1921. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Scenes from Aedipus, a play by Augustin Duncan, between 1915 and 1921. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Scenes from Aedipus, a play by Augustin Duncan, between 1915 and 1921

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Anglin, Margaret, Miss, in a play, between 1910 and 1925. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Anglin, Margaret, Miss, in a play, between 1910 and 1925. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Anglin, Margaret, Miss, in a play, between 1910 and 1925

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Sam H. Harris, Left, with George M. Cohan, 1917. Creator: Unknown

Sam H. Harris, Left, with George M. Cohan, 1917. Creator: Unknown
Sam Henry Harris, Left, with George Michael Cohan, 1917. Broadway producer and theater owner Harris, with singer, dancer, actor, songwriter and director Cohan

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Julia Marlowe and Edward H. Southern in Macbeth, between 1906 and 1913. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Julia Marlowe and Edward H. Southern in Macbeth, between 1906 and 1913. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Julia Marlowe and Edward H. Southern in Macbeth, between 1906 and 1913

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Eagles, Jeanne, portrait photograph, 1927 Aug. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Eagles, Jeanne, portrait photograph, 1927 Aug. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Eagles, Jeanne, portrait photograph, 1927 Aug

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Eagles, Jeanne, portrait photograph, 1927 Aug. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Eagles, Jeanne, portrait photograph, 1927 Aug. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Eagles, Jeanne, portrait photograph, 1927 Aug

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Monsieur Colimard si vous continuez... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier

Monsieur Colimard si vous continuez... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Monsieur Colimard si vous continuez... 19th century. Sketch taken at the theatre by Daumier - Mr. Colimard if you continue

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Boleslavsky, N. Mr. and unidentified woman, portrait photograph, 1928 Creator: Arnold Genthe

Boleslavsky, N. Mr. and unidentified woman, portrait photograph, 1928 Creator: Arnold Genthe
Boleslavsky, N. Mr. and unidentified woman, portrait photograph, 1928

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Under the Arena, after Carl Von Piloty, c1880-83. Creator: W Hecht

Under the Arena, after Carl Von Piloty, c1880-83. Creator: W Hecht
Under the Arena, after Carl Von Piloty'. From "Modern Artists" by F.G.Dumas. [J.S.Virtue & Co Ltd, London, c1880]

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: The Exterior of a Japanese Theatre, 1891. Creator: Charles Edwin Fripp

The Exterior of a Japanese Theatre, 1891. Creator: Charles Edwin Fripp
The Exterior of a Japanese Theatre, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Les personnes de l'aimable société qui voudraient en faire autant... 19th century

Les personnes de l'aimable société qui voudraient en faire autant... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Les personnes de l'aimable societe qui voudraient en faire autant... 19th century. Those who would like to, of whichever sex, are cordially invited to come on stage

Background imagePlayhouse Collection: Hitchcock, Raymond, Mr. portrait photograph, 1917 July 13. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Hitchcock, Raymond, Mr. portrait photograph, 1917 July 13. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Hitchcock, Raymond, Mr. portrait photograph, 1917 July 13



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"Exploring the World of Playhouses: From Windmills to Roman Amphitheatres" Five-year-old Denise Holmes and her sister Nicola, two, now have a windmill at their playhouse in Mechanics Institute, 1933. The joy of imaginative play knows no bounds as children find solace and adventure within the walls of their own little world. Inside Opera House, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, South America - a grand spectacle unfolds on stage as performers transport audiences into realms beyond reality. The magic of theatregoing transcends time and space. Globe Theatre in C16th - stepping back in time to witness Shakespeare's masterpieces come alive on this iconic stage. The echoes of applause still resonate through history. Theatre Royal Bristol NWC01_01_1522 - an architectural marvel that has witnessed countless tales unfold before its very eyes. Each performance is a testament to the power of storytelling. Princess Elizabeth of York at y Bwthyn bach to Gwellt - even royalty finds delight in the simplicity and enchantment offered by a humble playhouse. Imagination knows no boundaries or social status. INDIA: CALCUTTA, 1786. Old Fort William (left), a playhouse and obelisk memorial - amidst historical landmarks stands a place where laughter reigns supreme. A reminder that entertainment brings people together across cultures and eras. Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, 2006 (ink and gouache) - an artist captures the essence of this legendary venue with strokes that breathe life into its timeworn walls. A tribute to timeless creativity. Roman amphitheatre, Pula, Croatia, Europe - remnants from ancient times stand proud as they bear witness to centuries-long performances filled with drama and passion. The spirit of theatre lives on through these majestic ruins.