Theatregoers and the necessities of theatregoing on postcards. Click on pictures for detailed information!

Arriving at the theatre

Schauspielhaus, Berlin

Emperor Franz Joseph arrives at the spa theatre of Bad Ischl, c. 1905

Staatsoper, Wien

Prinzregententheater, München

Opéra (Palais Garnier), Paris

Festspielhaus, Bayreuth

Konzertsaal der HfM, Berlin

Hansa-Theater, Hamburg

GOP Varieté-Theater, Hannover

Opera, Ljubljana

Imperial Theatre, New York, in the 1990s

Majestic Theatre, New York, in the 1990s

Buying tickets

District Messengers hired to retain good places at the Aldwych Theatre, London

Lyric Theatre, 3rd Avenue, New York

Theatre Royal, Brighton

At the cloakroom

At the cloakroom (postcard by Oscar Bluhm, 1867-1912)

Strolling the foyers

Hofoper (Semperoper), Dresden

Iroquois Theatre, Chicago, c. 1903

Opéra (Palais Garnier), Paris

Staatsoper, Wien

Burgtheater, Wien

Metropoltheater, Berlin

Metropolitan Opera, Lincoln Center, New York

Festival Theatre, Paignton

Semperoper, Dresden

Before the curtain rises

Stadttheater, Berndorf

Altes Residenztheater, München

Opéra-Comique, Paris

Palais des Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles

Watching the performance

Redoutensäle, Wien, 1760

Baroque reenactment for a movie at the Markgräfliches Opernhaus, Bayreuth

Kärtnertortheater, Wien, ca. 1820

Park Theatre, New York, 1822

Opéra, Paris

Ted Mark's Big Sunday Night Concert
American Theatre, New York City, 1901-1902

An open-air crowd at Waldtheater, Oybin

Tea during the performance at a theatre in Nagasaki, Japan

Martin Monnickendam: Spectators in a box in the Amsterdam Stadsschouwburg, 1912

The ducal box at the Court Theatre, Braunschweig, 1913

Schauspielhaus, Leipzig

Teatro della Concordia, Montecastello di Vibio, 1929

Variety at the Scala, Berlin, c. 1932

Housewives' afternoon at a variety theatre, Essen

Gala opening at the old Metropolitan Opera, New York

Pitlochry Festival Theatre

Bolshoi Theatre, Moskva

Waldbühne, Berlin

Luise-Albertz-Halle, Oberhausen

Deutsches Nationaltheater, Weimar

Le Volcan, Le Havre

Theater, Erfurt

Intermission

Patrons meeting ballerinas during an intermission
at the Paris Opéra - a favourite erotic pastime of the era

Tea Room at the London Coliseum, c. 1905

Bar at Pitlochry Festival Theatre

Theatre Royal patrons during an intermission
of Wexford Festival Opera

Champagne at Opernhaus Hannover

Intermission is over!
(Fanfare at the Festspielhaus, Bayreuth)

Applause!

A gala performance at the Weimar Court Theatre

Asolo Theatre, Sarasota

Maria Callas, Saalbau, Essen, 1962

Maria Callas and Giuseppe di Stefano, Royal Festival Hall, London, 1973

Staatsoper, Hamburg

Prinzregenten-Theater, Ludwigshafen

Konzerthaus, Wien

National Opera House, Wexford

Theatro da Paz, Belém

Stadttheater, Freiberg

Leaving the theatre

Burgtheater, Wien

Burgtheater, Wien

Stadttheater, Dortmund

Nationaltheater, München

Konzerthaus, Klagenfurt

Stadttheater (Opernhaus), Zürich

Grand-Théâtre, Genève

St. James Theatre, London

Stadttheater, Bernburg

Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Monaco

Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Monaco

The Queen leaving the Capitol Cinema, Den Haag, 1936

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