theatre
Stage
‘Stage’ card game © 1904 C. M. Clark Publishing Co. Boston, Mass. with portraits of popular actors and actresses.
Cartes à Rire
Transformed playing cards featuring satirical caricatures of political figures then in the ascendant, Paris, c.1819.
Chinese Roles of Beijing Opera
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by Matt Probert
A very impressive deck of cards featuring 54 different images from “Chinese Roles of Beijing Opera” published by HCG Poker Productions, 2005
Esquire Magazine
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by Matt Probert
Promotional deck produced by the British gentleman’s magazine “Esquire” c.2002.
J. Glanz Historical playing cards
Historical Theatrical playing cards manufactured by J. Glanz, c.1865
Russian Opera Scenes
Russian Opera & Theatre Scenes playing cards first published by the Colour Printing Plant (USSR, Russian Federation) in 1973
New Style ‘Jugendstil’
Playing cards showing the influence of ‘Jugendstil’ manufactured by the Soviet Playing Card Monopoly (U.S.S.R.) 1930
Hard-a-Port
Tobacco insert cards were a very successful marketing innovation which started in the nineteenth century.
Tales from the Stage
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by Rod Starling
"Tales from the Stage" - an article about theatrical playing cards by Rod Starling
Stage Playing Cards, 1908
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by Rod Starling
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.
The Stage No.65
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by Rod Starling
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.
Craddock Soap Stage Souvenir
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by Rod Starling
The deck is described on the box as “a portfolio of photographs of the leading lights of the stage”
