Plays Collection (#21)

Shakespeare / Merchants
Act I, Scene i Antonio & Bassanio " But if you please to shoot another arrow that self way"

Shakespeare / Puck
Act IV, Scene I Puck applies the remedy, so that the lovers & Bottom awaken, as though from a dream Date: 1908

Othello & Desdemona
Othello suspicious of Desdemona Date: 1911

Hamlet & the Ghost

Lear and the Fool on the heath

Play / Strindberg / Julie
Play/Strindberg/Julie

Shakespeare / Puck / Fairy
Act II, Scene I Puck & a fairy; Puck admits that he is " that merry wanderer of the night." Date: 1908

Shakespeares Richard II

Biscegliese / Sand / 1680
L AVARE The miser Harpagon asks whether one eats to live or lives to eat ? Date: 1668

Winters Tale - Perdita
Perdita minding sheep Date: first produced 1610/11

Shakespeare: Hermia
Hermia, daughter to Egeus; in love with Lysander but betrothed to Demetrius Date: 1908

Oberammergau - Lang
Alois Lang as Jesus Date: 1930

Perdita Found
Perdita is found by the shepherds

Shakespeare: Puck / 1908
Puck/Robin Goodfellow: Shakespeares master of rustic mischief; the amoral spirit who delights in playing pranks... Date: 1908

Henry & Tennis Balls
Henry V receives a box of tennis balls from the French Dauphin

Petruchio & Katharina
Act IV, Scene I Petruchio finds fault with everything the servants provide Date: 1911

Touchstone, Celia, Ros
Touchstone with Celia and Rosalind, in the Forest of Arden, tired with travel

Cordelia in King Lear
Portrait of Cordelia Date: 1909

s / Speare: Hermia & Helen
s/Speare: Hermia & Helen

Theatre / Play / Shakespeare
The amateur players: Quince, Snout, Flute, Snug, Starveling & Bottom Date: 1908

The Chest Washed Up
The chest, with Thaisa inside it, is washed up on the shores of Ephesus

Hubert & Arthur
Hubert and Arthur

12th Night / Viola / Rackham
Viola - disguised as a youth - is threatened with a duel... Date: first performed 1601/2

SCENE FROM LES FACHEUX
Scene from LES FACHEUX - judging from appearances, a servant is about to be struck with his masters cane for letting his hat fall on the floor. Date: first performed 1661

Art Nouveau Tennis
An art nouveau girl plays tennis with an art nouveau racquet Date: circa 1905

Couple at the Piano
She plays the piano, he watches her play the piano Date: early 19th century

Polar Bears & Tyres
A polar bear plays with a car tyre in the water at the zoo. Date: 1957

Racine / Alexandre
ALEXANDRE LE GRAND (Racines second play) Porus surrenders to Alexandre, who restores his kingdom to him Date: 1665

Young boy playing with a puppy
A young boy, grinning from ear to ear, fools about with a young puppy. He needs to hold on tight however!

Domino Player - Penzance, Cornwall
An elderly domno player enjoying a game at the Riviera Bar, Penzance, Cornwall

Scene from The Forest by John Galsworthy
A scene from John Galsworthys play, The Forest which was staged at St. Martins Theatre in London in 1924. The scene depicts two survivors from a band of explorers sent out into Central Africa

This Week is My Week by Muriel Dawson
A little girl in red dungarees and a huge green sun hat plays happily on the beach while on holiday at the seaside

Young boy in a model train with his elder brother
A young boy plays at being the driver of his fine model train, while his elder brother stands alongside. The young engine driver is wearing a special hat

Boy playing cats cradle
Boy in rocking chair playing cats cradle with wool. Pen & Ink (with watercolour wash) drawing by Raymond Sheppard

Black Algerian Musician
A grinning Black Algerian Musician standing in front of a brick wall and singing a song entitled " O, Madame Bono"

An Andean Harpist with his harp
The harp migrated from Europe to Mexico and South America with the Conquistadores and Missionaries. The South Americans adapted it and it sometimes called the Highland Harp

Child and watering cans
A young child playing with two small watering cans. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Turkish musician playing traditional instrument
Turkish musician playing traditional stringed instrument

An Attack in the Rear
A mischievous young boy hides behind a pillar waiting to throw the snowballs that hes carrying at the next unsuspecting passer-by

Journeys End by Webster Murray
Illustration by Webster Murray depicting a scene from the play Journeys End by R.C. Sherriff, which deals with the period of March 1918 during World War One

Boy plays with water hose 1933
A young boy gets a wetting when a hose he is holding is turned on

Small toddler playing on seaside rocks, Devon
A young boy playing on a rocky outcrop on a beach in Devon. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Baby Elephant Aldin 1907
A baby elephant plays with a tiny pair of shoes, but of course they will never fit

The Interval by Wilmot Lunt
Colour illustration by Wilmot Lunt showing an artists model in his studio taking a break while the artist plays the piano

German troops with homemade instruments
Unit of German soldiers during the First World War, posing with their homemade instruments!

Oedipus Tyrannus 1
Suppliants before the palace of Oedipus and Jocasta at Thebes

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