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A Page for Women and Perhaps Men: Medieval Angels

Included on this page from the Western Mail in 1935 is a photograph of three women, identified as the Petter sisters, dressed as â€˜medieval angelsâ€™ at a Halloween Ball in London.

Tags: angel, Angels, dress, fancy dress, fashion, medieval costume, medieval dress, medieval fashion, medieval style, Petter sisters, vogue

A Knight in The University of Sydney Commem Day Parade, 1937

Hyperlink to a photograph of a Sydney university student participating in the â€œCommem Dayâ€ street parade in 1937, taken by renowned Australian photographer Sam Hood. The student in the photograph appears on horseback and dressed as a…

A Knight and his Lady, University Commemoration Day ("Commem") through streets

Hyperlink to a photograph of two Sydney university students participating in the â€œCommem Dayâ€ street parade in 1937, taken by renowned Australian photographer Sam Hood. The two students in the photograph appear on horseback and in…

‘Eating the Leek’ (Henry V, Act V, Scene I), The Bulletin, 4 March 1893.

This political cartoon by ‘Hop’ enacts a scene from William Shakespeare’s historical play, Henry V. In the scene, Fluellen the Welshman angrily berates the unfortunate Pistol, a crony of Sir John Falstaff, and forces him to eat a…

Tags: cartoon, Fluellen, Henry V, John Bull, medieval costume, New South Wales, NSW politics, Pistol, political cartoon, politics, Shakespeare, Sir George Richard Dibbs (1834-1904), Sir Robert William Duff (1835-1895), theatre, William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898), William Shakespeare (c.1564-1616)

"Rumpelstiltskin" Pan Pow Productions stage performance at Monash University, 1974

A Photograph of Act 1, Scene 4 from a 1974 stage performance of "Rumpelstiltskin" at the Alexander Theatre, Monash University, featuring Beverley Gardiner as Gretchen and Penelope Richards and Paul Kennedy as the two…

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A Page for Women and Perhaps Men: Medieval Angels

A Knight in The University of Sydney Commem Day Parade, 1937

A Knight and his Lady, University Commemoration Day ("Commem") through streets

‘Eating the Leek’ (Henry V, Act V, Scene I), The Bulletin, 4 March 1893.

"Rumpelstiltskin" Pan Pow Productions stage performance at Monash University, 1974