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Description: | Houston Rogers was one of London's leading theatre photographers from the 1930s until his death in 1970. By the end of the 1930s he had covered many important West End productions, including John Gielgud's Queen's Theatre seasons in 1937 and 1938. However, a large proportion of his photographs from this period were destroyed during the Second World War. After the War, Rogers resumed his photography, covering drama, dance, opera. He photographed most of the West End non-Tennent productions, and was almost the sole photographer of both ballet and opera at the Royal Opera House during the 1950 and 1960s, producing photographs of productions and also portrait studies of singers and dancers in costume and make-up.
This collection contains photographic prints, exhibition prints, colour transparencies, and negatives. Prints exist of most of the 'approved' negatives. Archive reference number: THM/245. | Format: | Black and white negatives Photographs (production) Photographs (portrait) Colour prints Colour negatives Black and white prints | Subjects: | Royal Opera House (London Royal Ballet London Festival Ballet England). Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet Dance - Photographs; Opera - Photographs; Theater - Photographs; Musical theater - Photographs; Photographers | Temporal: | 1930-1969 20th century | Source: | Backstage | Address: | Blythe House, 23 Blythe Road, London,
W14 0QX | Creator: | Rogers, Houston | Identifier: | www.backstage.ac.uk/records/collection/c | Language: | en | Format: | Black and white negatives Photographs (production) Photographs (portrait) Colour prints Colour negatives Black and white prints | Go to resource |
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