GON3912176: Ivor Novello / Bridgeman Images

BRQ3912191: Beatrice Lillie and Richard Haydn embracing in Noel Coward 's musical revue 'Set to Music', New York, 1939 / Bridgeman Images

GON3912211: John Barrymore as Hamlet in William Shakespeare's 'Hamlet, Prince of Denmark' / Bridgeman Images

GON3912215: Fay Compton as Ophelia in William Shakespeare's 'Hamlet, Prince of Denmark' / Bridgeman Images

GON3912221: John Barrymore and Fay Compton as Hamlet and Ophelia in William Shakespeare's 'Hamlet, Prince of Denmark' / Bridgeman Images

GON3912230: Fay Compton as Ophelia in William Shakespeare's 'Hamlet, Prince of Denmark' / Bridgeman Images

GON3912239: John Gielgud as Richard II in William Shakespeare's 'Richard II'' / Bridgeman Images

XEE4117282: Books with beautiful golden bindings. 19th century. / Bridgeman Images

XEE4115338: View of the Basin d'Arcachon, France. / Bridgeman Images

GAF3916619: Ivan Podyomov playing at Lucerne Festival / Bridgeman Images

GON3912443: Florrie Forde (Flora Flannagan) in stage costume and hat with feathers / Bridgeman Images

LEQ3913531: INSTRUMENTS - STRINGS - OUD/UD (Arabia/Egypt) Precursor of Lute, still played in Arabia, Egypt, Morocco / Bridgeman Images

BPF3912399: Ian Bostridge rehearsing at Aldeburgh, June 1998 English Tenor / Bridgeman Images

GON3912417: Ada Reeve, English stage and film actress, 3 March 1874 - 5 October 1966 / Bridgeman Images

XEE4117292: Confectionery box “” Our confectionery is based on honey””. sd. Early 20th century / Bridgeman Images

GON3912454: Firmin Gémier (Firmin Tonnerre) - portrait of the French actor, 21 February 1869 - 1933 / Bridgeman Images

XEE4117298: Collection of Champagne Art Objects. Heidsieck Collection. / Bridgeman Images

GON3912497: Cécile Sorel (Cécile Emilie Seurre), French stage actress of the Comédie Française, 17 September 1873 - 3 September 1966 / Bridgeman Images

GON3912500: Lillah McCarthy, thought to be in role as Lady Macbeth / Bridgeman Images

GON3912533: Josef Lewinsky in role / Bridgeman Images

GON3912564: Leslie Howard, British actor 3 April 1893 - 1 June 1943 / Bridgeman Images

XEE4117468: A hand writing. / Bridgeman Images

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GAF3912828: Kristian Bezuidenhout, pianist, performing at Lucerne Piano Festival, Lucerne, Switzerland, 27 November 2009 / Bridgeman Images

SBA3914283: The Dome of the Rock, Temple mount, Jerusalem / Bridgeman Images

BPF3914376: John Tavener John Tavener in 1980 by Luckhurst 1980 working on 'Six Abasid Songs' / Bridgeman Images

LSE4118722: Restaurant la nuit rue de Lappe, Paris 11th arrondissement. / Bridgeman Images

BPF3923916: Anthony Marwood sitting on the stage floor at the Aldeburgh Festival 2004 / Bridgeman Images

BPF3926894: Nicholas Maw - British composer in Aldeburgh parish church, Aldeburgh Music Festival, Suffolk, UK, June 2007 / Bridgeman Images

BPF3926909: Thomas Adès - British composer and conductor rehearsing with the Northern Sinfonia, Aldeburgh Music Festival, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, UK, June 2007 / Bridgeman Images

MOX3926969: Maria Jeritza in Die Tote Stadt by Erich Wolfgang Korngold , Vienna photo / Bridgeman Images

DOY3928376: Minaret, Umayyad Mosque, Damascus, Syria (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LGM3928449: Manufacturing steel in Huta Katowiche steel works, Katowice, Silesia, Poland, 1979 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LGM3928489: High rise workers apartments in Warsaw suburbs, Poland, 1979 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LGM3928510: Soviet style architecture, 'the Palace of Culture and Science in the name of Joseph Stalin' also known locally as 'Stalin's Wedding Cake' in Warsaw, Poland, 1979 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LGM3928516: Religious souveniers stall in Cracow, Poland, 1979 (photo) / Bridgeman Images