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Kind Edward VII visits the Newmarket Workhouse and talks to a young inmate, who is resting in a cane day-bed and playing his mandolin. Date: 1904
Russia - Blind Gusli PlayerRussia - A blind Gusli player. The Gusli is the oldest East Slavic multi-string plucked instrument, belonging to the zither family, with roots in Veliky Novgorod, a city in western Russian
Fire Curtain - Shakespeare Theatre - Stratford-upon-AvonFire Safety Curtain - Shakespeare Memorial Theatre - Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. Date: circa 1920s
Advertisement for Scotts Emulsion - A young girl (in good health thanks to Scotts emulsion!) playing with her small pet dog and three adorable kittens
Anton Brees playing the Sanctuary Bells at the Singing Tower - near Lake Wales, Florida, USA (Bok Mountain Lake Sanctuary). Date: circa 1930s
USA - Montana Cowboys have a little disagreement over cards. The Actors are playing it straight with Poker faces, although the cowboy on the draw is looking a little bit flush-ed
Street Minstrel, Tangier, Morocco, playing a local three-stringed guitar-type instrument. known as a Gimbri. Date: 1929
Faust by W. G. Wills - Henry Irving as MephistophelesFaust by W. G. Wills (a free adaptation of Goethes version). First produced at the Lyceum Theatre, London on 19th December 1885
Frontispiece to plays by John Davidson by Aubrey BeardsleyDesign for a frontispiece to John Davidsons plays by Aubrey Beardsley, featuring caricatures of Sir Augustus Harris, theatre manager; Oscar Wilde; Beardsleys sister Mabel (nude woman); Henry Harland
Alice Terry - American film actressAlice Terry (1899-1987) - American film actress, mostly active during the silent era. Date: circa late 1920s
Merchant Venice / TrialAct IV, Scene i Portia for the defence; " In which predicament, I say, thou stand st"
Merchant Venice / LorenzoAct II, Scene vi Portrait of Lorenzo, suitor to Jessica
Merchant Venice / GratianoAct I, Scene ii Portrait of Gratiano, friend of Antonio & Bassanio
Merchant of VeniceAct II, Scene v Shylock & Jessica " Fast bind, fast find"
The singing comedian, Andrew Mack in the greatest of Irish plays, Myles Aroon. Date c1895
Egypt - Marco the Comedian MonkeyMarco the Comedian Monkey - obviously a well-known performing monkey on the streets of Cairo, Egypt. The captive baboon sits astride a young donkey
Polonius, Hamlet Act 1Polonius to Ophelia: For Lord Hamlet, believe so much in him, that he is young, and with a larger tether may he walk than may be given you
Macbeth / ApparitionsAct V, Scene I Macbeth is shown an apparition of a succession of eight kings, one of whom is Banquo
Macbeth / Witches / 1863The witches
Angelic GuitaristPUTO CHE SUONA LA GUITARRA - a young angel plays the guitar