Articles about: “theatre”

    Cartes à Rire

    Cartes à Rire

    Transformed playing cards featuring satirical caricatures of political figures then in the ascendant, Paris, c.1819
    Chinese Roles of Beijing Opera

    Chinese Roles of Beijing Opera

    A very impressive deck of cards featuring 54 different images from “Chinese Roles of Beijing Opera” published by HCG Poker Productions, 2005
    Craddock Soap Stage Souvenir

    Craddock Soap Stage Souvenir

    The deck is described on the box as “a portfolio of photographs of the leading lights of the stage”
    Esquire Magazine

    Esquire Magazine

    Promotional deck produced by the British gentleman’s magazine “Esquire” c.2002
    Hard-a-Port

    Hard-a-Port

    Tobacco insert cards were a very successful marketing innovation which started in the nineteenth century.
    J. Glanz Historical playing cards

    J. Glanz Historical playing cards

    Historical Theatrical playing cards manufactured by J. Glanz, c.1865
    New Style ‘Jugendstil’

    New Style ‘Jugendstil’

    Playing cards showing the influence of ‘Jugendstil’ manufactured by the Soviet Playing Card Monopoly (U.S.S.R.) 1930
    Panto People

    Panto People

    Panto People published by E. S. & A. Robinson, c.1930s.

    Pantomime Snap

    Pantomime Snap

    Clifford Series “Pantomime Snap”
    Russian Opera Scenes

    Russian Opera Scenes

    Russian Opera & Theatre Scenes playing cards first published by the Colour Printing Plant (USSR, Russian Federation) in 1973
    Schiller deck

    Schiller deck

    Schiller deck made by Conrad Ludwig Wüst, Frankfurt/Main, ca. 1834
    Stage

    Stage

    ‘Stage’ card game © 1904 C. M. Clark Publishing Co. Boston, Mass. with portraits of popular actors and actresses
    Stage Playing Cards, 1908

    Stage Playing Cards, 1908

    This beautiful deck features an oval half-tone photo of a theatre star on each card, many of them legendary names, along with their autograph beneath. The border artwork consists of a different coloured floral pattern for each suit. The back has a decorative panel with theatre masks.
    Story Magazine

    Story Magazine

    Dutch singers, TV and theatre artist playing cards for “Story” magazine, 1978.

    Tales from the Stage

    Tales from the Stage

    "Tales from the Stage" - an article about theatrical playing cards by Rod Starling
    The Stage No.65

    The Stage No.65

    The court cards and Aces each feature four portraits of famous theatre stars from the 1890s inside round frames, against a background pattern based on traditional court cards.
      back to top