Plays Collection (page 15)

Musician of Dahomey
A Kenikbah (harpist) of Dahomey, West Africa, dances while he plays the KAN-GRO, a simple hand-held harp-like instrument. Date: circa 1860

Cymbeline
Posthumus & Imogen Date: first performed in 1609

Merchant Venice / Launcelo
Act I, Scene iii Jessica & Launcelot (Shylocks servant)

Merchant Venicw / Nerissa
Act II, Scene ix Nerissa, Portias waiting maid, looks into her mirror

Merchant Venice / Jessica
Act II, Scene v Portrait of Jessica, daughter to Shylock

s / Speare: Merchant Venic
Act I, Scene ii Bassanio, Lorenzo, Old Gobbo & Launcelot Gobbo

Weirauch as Hermione
The German actress Elisabeth Weirauch as Hermione, early 20th century. Date: first produced 1610/11

Sir H. Beerbolm Tree and Miss Neilson Terry in their roles as Sir Peter and Lady Teazle. Lady Teazle offers Sir Peter her hand. Date: 1777

Play / Manners / O my Heart
A girl carrying a white dog is depicted behind a huge red heart on the poster of this play be John Hartley Manners. Date: 1912

Moliere / Bourgeois Gent
LE BOURGEOIS GENTILHOMME Nicole tells her master she won t laugh at him any more Date: first performed 1670

Shakespeare: Tempest
Act I, Scene I Miss Phillips as Miranda " O! the cry did knock against my very heart/Poor souls! They perish d" Date: 1785

Enid Bagnold
ENID BAGNOLD Author of National Velvet and other novels and plays Date: 1889 - 1981

Merchant Venice / Bassino
ActI, Scene i Bassanio

Laurence Olivier & Jean Simmons
Laurence Olivier (1907- 1989) & Jean Simmons (1929 2010), in the roles of Hamlet & Ophelia

Afternoon Dress 1800
One lady plays the mandolin while the other listens: both adorn their hair with plumes. The waists of both gowns are almost at the natural level or medium low. Date: 1800

Margaret Halstan (1879 - 1967), English actress, in the role of Desdemona. Date: 1907

Play / Wilde / Beardsley
John and Salome. An illustration from Salome by Oscar Wilde, 1894. Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898)

Play / Ibsen / Wild Duck
Vildanden in Norwegian. Fru Hennings in her role as Hedrig Kobenhaun. Date: 1884

Harvey as Oedipus Rex
OEDIPUS REX Martin Harvey as Oedipus Date: early 20th century

Corneille / LA Galerie
LA GALERIE DU PALAIS The character of Celibee Date: first performed 1634

Elizabeth Griffith
ELIZABETH GRIFFITH prolific novelist and playwright : some of her plays were quite successful on the London stage Date: 1720 - 1793

Racine / Phedre
PHEDRE a passionate (on her part) confrontation between Phedre and Hippolyte Date: 1677

Lady Playing a Lyre
A French actress plays the lyre Date: circa 1805

Oresteia / Electra
THE ORESTEIA TRILOGY Electra mourning with her companions

Lady Plays the Virginal
A virginal being played Date: 16th/17th century

Budapest Girl Playing
A girl in Budapest plays at the side of the road with her diabolo Date: circa 1910

Girl Skips in Garden
A young girl plays with her skipping rope in her back garden. Date: 1950s

Moliere / Savantes
LES FEMMES SAVANTES Chrysale confesses to a fondness for repose, peace and quiet... Date: 1672

Moliere / Les Amants
LES AMANTS MAGNIFIQUES Eriphile asks Sostrate who it is that her mother wants her to marry Date: 1670

Moliere / Dandin
GEORGES DANDIN Lubin asks Claudine for a kiss as an advance on their marriage Date: 1668

Moliere / Medecin Malgre
LE MEDECIN MALGRE LUI Sganarelle : Nous avons change tout cela... We have changed all that, and now we practise medicine in an altogether new way... Date: 1666

Moliere / M De Pourceau
MONSIEUR DE POURCEAUGNAC The apothecary comes with a syringe for M de Pourceaugnac Date: 1669

Moliere / Amphitryon
AMPHITRYON Sosie : Who goes there ? Date: 1668

Moliere / Mariage Force
LE MARIAGE FORCE Dorimene tells her husband he should be delighted to have a wife of her temperament Date: 1664

Moliere / Princesse D elid
LA PRINCESSE D ELIDE The princess Date: 1664

Moliere / Ecole Femmes
L ECOLE DES FEMMES Agnes complains that she has been bitten by fleas throughout the night Date: 1662

Moliere / L amoureux
LE DEPIT AMOUREUX Gros-Rene Date: 1654

Bunny and Poultry
A bunny plays the flute while a cock and hen dance, doubtless celebrating the laying of two eggs which lie close by Date: early 20th century

Racine / Mardochee
ESTHER Mardochee, Esthers uncle Date: first performed 1689

Racine / Hippolyte
PHEDRE Hippolyte, son of Theseus Date: first performed 1677

Racine / Achilles
IPHIGENIE EN AULIDE Achilles Date: first performed 1675

Racine / Monime
MITHRIDATE Monime, queen of Pontus Date: first performed 1673

Racine / Bajazet
BAJAZET Roxane, sultana, favourite of the emperor Amurat Date: first performed 1672

Racine / Mithridate
MITHRIDATE Mithridates, king of Pontus &c Date: first performed 1673

Racine / Plaideurs
LES PLAIDEURS the character of La Comtesse Date: first performed 1668

Mother&kids, Cottage Home
Mother holds baby while small child plays with cards on the floor of humble cottage home Date: 1865

Blanchard Jerrold / Iln
WILLIAM BLANCHARD JERROLD Writer of plays and novels Date: 1826 - 1884

Edmund Kean as Hamlet
The actor, Edmund Kean, in the role of Hamlet. Date: 1814

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