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Concept

Acting

Images

  • Characters from the play 'The chosen people' (The Jews, Evrei), at the Avenue Theatre. Pen drawing by A.S. Boyd, 1925.
  • Two men entertain the deaf and dumb in sign language at the Freemason's Tavern. Wood engraving.
  • Deaf actors using sign language perform a play about Don Guzman to an audience in St Saviour's church hall, London. Wood engraving by G. Durand, 1877.
  • Deaf and dumb people from the Hackney Mission to the Deaf and Dumb performing plays, sign language, and portraits of staff at the institution. Wood engraving by J. Swain, 1884, after H. Morehen.
  • Two men performing a show to an audience at a public house, using sign language. Wood engraving, 1875.
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Catalogue

    • Archives and manuscripts

    A theatre stage with characters standing in a fairytale woodland

    Lorraine, Mary, active approximately 1966-1967 | Date: 21 December 1966 | Reference: 3001112i
    Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
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    Deaf and dumb people from the Hackney Mission to the Deaf and Dumb performing plays, sign language, and portraits of staff at the institution. Wood engraving by J. Swain, 1884, after H. Morehen.

    Morehen, Horace. | Date: 15 March 1884 | Reference: 17971i
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    Entertainment in sign language for the deaf and dumb at the Hanover Square rooms, London. Wood engraving.

    | Reference: 24162i
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    Great Reckonings in Little Rooms : On the Phenomenology of Theater / Bert O. States.

    States, Bert O. | Date: [2020]
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    A barber playing the tragic role of Alexander the Great in the acting style of David Garrick. Mezzotint after R. Dighton.

    Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814. | Date: [1788?] | Reference: 29532i
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