Playwright Collection (page 2)

Ws GILBERT (1836-1911)
WILLIAM SCHWENCK GILBERT English playwright. Began collaboration with Arthur Sullivan (Gilbert writing the librettos, Sullivan the music) on highly popular comic operas

Richard Savage / Van Gucht
RICHARD SAVAGE English poet and playwright, friend of Dr Samuel Johnson

Shakespeare / Chan / Legoux
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE English playwright and poet. Rectangular portrait with a view of the Globe Theatre underneath

William Shakespeare
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Playwright and poet

Gypsy Rose Lee, American burlesque entertainer
Gypsy Rose Lee (Rose Louise Hovick, 1911-1970), American burlesque entertainer, actress, author and playwright, famous for her striptease act. 20th century

Agatha Christies abandoned motorcar, Surrey, 1926
Photograph showing the abandoned motorcar at the edge of a Surrey chalk pit, near Newlands Corner, which Agatha Christie had driven before disappearing on 3rd December 1926

Max Mallowan and Agatha Christie
Max Mallowan and his wife, Agatha Christie, in 1933. Mallowan was an archaeologist who began his apprenticeship in field archaeology with Leonard Wooley at Ur

Beverley Nichols (1898-1983) English writer, playwright and public speaker. Date: 1931

Noel Coward (1899-1973) English playwright, composer, director, actor, and singer. Date: 1931

Felix Lope de Vega y Carpio (1562-1635). Spanish writer. Portrait attributed to Eugenio Cajes (1574-1634). First third of 17th century. Lazaro Galdiano Museum. Madrid. Spain

Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda (1814-1873), 1857
Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda (1814-1873). Spanish writer. Portrait by Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz (1815-1894), 1857. Detail. Lazaro Galdiano Museum. Madrid. Spain

The Escape of Grotius, aka Hugo de Groot, Dutch humanist, diplomat, lawyer, theologian, poet and playwright. He was imprisoned in Loevestein Castle for his involvement in Calvinist disputes

Elizabeth Inchbald, English novelist, actress, dramatist
Elizabeth Inchbald (nee Simpson, 1753-1821), English novelist, actress and dramatist Date: circa 1796

Emile Bergerat
A caricature sketch portraying the French poet and playwright, Emile Bergerat, 1845-1923, who was also known by his pseudonyms, l'Homme masque, Caliban and Ariel

Hippolyte Lucas, French writer and critic
Hippolyte Lucas (1807-1878), French writer and critic. He wrote mainly plays and opera libretti. Date: circa 1860s

Emile Bergerat, French poet, playwright and essayist
Emile Bergerat (1845-1923), French poet, playwright and essayist. Date: 1869

Paul Deroulede, French author and politician
Paul Deroulede (1846-1914), French author and politician, seen here at the age of 18. Date: circa 1864

Ernest-Aime Feydeau, French novelist and playwright
Ernest-Aime Feydeau (1821-1873), French novelist and playwright. Date: circa 1850s

Aurelien Scholl, French author and journalist
Aurelien Scholl (1833-1902), French author and journalist Date: circa 1860s

Caricature of Joseph Mery, French writer
Caricature of Joseph Mery (1797-1866), French writer, journalist, playwright and librettist, by Nadar and Riou. Date: 1859

Eugene Scribe, French author
Eugene Scribe (1791-1861), French author, dramatist and opera librettist. Date: circa 1850s

Juan Eugenio Hartzenbusch Martinez - Spanish writer
Juan Eugenio Hartzenbusch Martinez (1806-1880). Spanish writer. Representative of the romantic drama. Portrait. Chromolithography

Sir Arthur Wing Pinero in role of Sir Anthony Absolute
Sir Arthur Wing Pinero, playwright, seen here as an actor in the role of Sir Anthony Absolute in Sheridan's play, The Rivals Date: circa 1900

Sir Arthur Wing Pinero in his study. Photograph was to advertise is play iris which was performing at the Adelphi theatre. He was an English playwright and, early in his career, actor

August Strindberg
Portrait of Johan August Strindberg, he was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter. A prolific writer who often drew directly on his personal experience. Date: 1912

Portrait of Mr. Forbes Robertson (16th January 1853- 6th November 1937), an English actor and theatre manager. He was considered the finest Hamlet of the Victorian era

Caricature illustration of Henrik Ibsen, by Phil May
Caricature illustration of Henrik Ibsen, (20 March 1828 ?? 23 May 1906), Norwegian playwright and director, by Phil May. Captioned, The Master'

Laurence Housman, illustrator, A Farm in Fairyland
Laurence Housman, (18 July 1865 ?? 20 February 1959) playwright, writer and illustrator. Illustration from A Farm in Fairyland within the article by Dr Richard Garnett

Frederick Lonsdale
Playwright and librettist Frederick Lonsdale (1881-1954). At the time he was mostly known for his musical comedies, but was also beginning to build a reputation for writing non-musical plays

Leading writers during the reign of King George V
Leading authors and playwrights during the first 25 years of the reign of King George V: Wells, Galsworthy, Bennett, Shaw, Barrie, Buchan, Chesterton

Monument to Victor Hugo, 1890. Sculpture by Auguste Rodin
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917). French sculptor. Monument to Victor Hugo, 1890. Bronze. Garden of Sculptures. Rodin Museum. Paris. France. Date: 2008

Alfonso de Villegas (1533-1603), known as Selvago. Spanish ecclesiastic and writer. Portrait. Detail. Illustration by Llanta. Lithography. Cronica General de Espana

Juan de Fermoselle (1468-1529), called Juan del Encina. Spanish poet, playwiright and composer. Illustration by Llanta. Detail. Lithography. Cronica General de Espana

Jose Echegaray y Eizaguirre (1832-1916). Spanish engineer, playwright, politician and mathematician. Leading of the Spanish dramatist of the last quarter of the 19th century

Juan Eugenio Hartzenbusch Martinez (1806-1880). Spanish writer. Representative of the romantic drama. Portrait. Chromolithography

Louis Esson
A portrait oil painting of Scottish born, Australian poet and playwright, Thomas Louis Buvelot Esson, who wrote plays such as The Time is Not Yet Ripe (1912) and The Drovers (1922)

J. B. Priestley and Joyce Barbour
Writer J.B. Priestley (1894-1984) and actress Joyce Barbour (1901-1977), team captains in an actresses versus authors cricket match in Regent's Park. Date: 1939

Photograph of J B Priestley and daughters. Captioned, Mr J B Priestley, with two of his daughters, Sylvia and Mary, taken in the garden of his house at Highgate'

Joan Crawford as Sadie Thompson, in Rain, enhanced colour photograph. With description, Joan Crawford got a big break when she was given the part of Sadie Thompson, in "Rain

Agatha Christie and husband, reportage photograph on doorstep. From an article, Up the Rebels! - And Others'by Ericus

Noel Coward and Alfred Lunt, on balcony, Design for Living, theatrical portrait. With description, Meet Noel Coward and Alfred Lunt on a balcony

Caricature illustration of Francis Burnand by Frank Richardson. Sir Francis Cowley Burnand (1836-1917) comic writer and playwright. From an article, My Caricatures'by Frank Richardson. Date: 1910

Anthony Hope Hawkins (1863-1933), novelist and playwright, formal studio portrait smoking cigarette. Captioned, The After-Dinner Speaker Par Excellence

Illustration of Seymour Hicks as Richard III at the Coliseum theatre. From a section, London Nights Entertainments'. Seymour Hicks (1871-1949), actor, music hall performer, playwright

William Babington Maxwell (1866-1938) novelist and playwright, studio portrait in pinstripe jacket and tie. Captioned, The Author of "The Rest Cure": Mr W B Maxwell (Son of Miss Braddon)

Lord Howard de Walden, illustration by W Howard Robinson, in fencing outfit with epee and face guard. Captioned I was ever a fighter'

Portraits of William Shakespeare, English dramatist and poet

Oscar Wilde, Irish playwright, author and celebrity
Portrait of Oscar Wilde, Irish playwright, author and celebrity Date: 1895

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