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Lucette Aldous and Flemming Flindt in Adolphe Nourrit's La Sylphide at the Ballet Rambert, photo Houston Rogers. London, England, 1961

Scene from Conflicts, photo Anthony Crickmay. London, England, 1962

Scene from Cruel Garden, photo Anthony Crickmay. London, England, 1977

Kurt Jooss's The Green Table. Germany, 1930s.

Feodor Chaliapin in Charles Gounod's Faust at Bolshoi Theatre. Moscow, Russia, 1906

Margot Fonteyn in Swan Lake, photo Gordon Anthony. London, England, 1945

Margot Fonteyn in Swan Lake, photo Gordon Anthony. London, England, 1945

Margot Fonteyn in The Sleeping Princess, photo Gordon Anthony. London, England, 1939

Margot Fonteyn in The Sleeping Princess, photo by Gordon Anthony. London, England, 1939

Alicia Markova as Giselle, photo Gordon Anthony. London, England, 1937

Alicia Markova as Giselle, photo Gordon Anthony. London, England, 1937

Alicia Markova in Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker at Festival Ballet, photo Gordon Anthony. London, England, 1950

Alicia Markova in Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker at Festival Ballet, photo Gordon Anthony. London, England, 1950

Alicia Markova in Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker at Festival Ballet, photo Gordon Anthony. London, England, 1950

Janet Baker in Mozart's La Clemenza di Tito at The Royal Opera House, photo Anthony Crickmay. London, England, 1974

Chubby Checker doing the Twist, photo Harry Hammond. 1960s

Tim Curry in Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's The Threepenny Opera at the Olivier Theatre. London, England, 1996

Janis Kelly, Neryn Jones and Fiona Canfield in W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's The Mikado at the London Coliseum. London, England, 1997

Herbert Beerbohm Tree in William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. England, early 20th century

Herbert Beerbohm Tree in Williams Shakespeare's Macbeth at His Majesty's Theatre. London, England, 1911

Mirella Freni and Cesare Siepi in Mozart's Don Giovanni at Covent Garden, photo Anthony Crickmay. London, England, 1963

Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti in Donizetti's La Fille du Regiment at the Royal Opera House, photo Houston Rogers. London, England, 1966

Elizabeth Fretwell and Ronald Dowd in Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes at Sadler's Wells, photo Houston Rogers. London, England, 1963

Elsie Randolph. Early 20th century

Fred and Adele Astaire in Stop Flirting at Shaftesbury Theatre. London, England, 1923

Fred Astaire. US, mid-20th century

Constance Collier, photo The Rotary Photograph Company. London, England, late 1890s

Sheila Kennedy, June Laverick and Joyce Blair in Larger than Life, photo Houston Rogers. London, England, 1955

Edna May in Hugh Morton's The Belle of New York at Shaftesbury Theatre, photo W. & D. Downey. London, England, 1898

Lilian Baylis, photo Gordon Anthony. London, England, c.1930

Timothy West and Lisa Dulson in Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party at Piccadilly Theatre, photo Graham Brandon. London, England, 1999

Lauren Kennedy in Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's South Pacific at the National Theatre, photo Graham Brandon. London, England, 2001

Paul Robinson in Betty Comden and Adolph Green's Singin' in the Rain at the National Theatre, photo Graham Brandon. London, England, 2000

Arthur Sullivan. London, England, late 19th century

Michael Ball, Emma Williams, Lauren Morgan and Harry Smith in Adrian Noble's Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the London Palladium, photo Graham Brandon. Lo...

Barry Humphries in Lionel Bart's Oliver! at the London Palladium, photo Anthony Crickmay. London, England, 1997

Sara Lane. London, England, c.1870

Edith Craig. Great Britain, early 20th century

A representation by the Arthur Brough Players Company at the Leas Pavilion, photo Lambert Weston. Folkestone, England, 1950s

Adam Garcia in Nan Knighton's Saturday Night Fever at the London Palladium, photo Graham Brandon. London, England, 1998

Scenes from Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. London, England, 1895

Scene from French Without Tears, photo Houston Rogers. London, England, 1936

Harley Granville Barker and Lillah McCarthy in George Bernard Shaw's Man and Superman at the Royal Court Theatre. London, England, 1905

Set for the troopship S.S. Beachy Head from Cecil Raleigh's The Sins of Society at the Drury Lane Theatre, photo Daily Mirror. London, England, 1907

The Village Church scene from The Sins of Society at the Drury Lane Theatre, photo Daily Mirror. London, England, 1907

John Stride and Judi Dench in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet at the Old Vic Theatre, photo Houston Rogers. London, England, 1960

June Brown and Albert Finney in William Shakespeare's Macbeth at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, photo Lisel Haas. Birmingham, England, 1958

Fred K. Melville's The Bad Girl of the Family at the Aldwych Theatre. London, England, 1909

Fred K. Melville's The Bad Girl of the Family at the Aldwych Theatre. London, England, 1909

Fred K. Melville's The Bad Girl of the Family at the Aldwych Theatre. London, England, 1909