Shakespeare's House, Statford-on-Avon, Worcestershire, EnglaShakespeare's House, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England. Date: 1904
Shakespeare; TitaniaAct II, Scene I Titania, Queen of the fairies with her train; "...Fairies, away! We shall chide downright, if I no longer stay Date: 1908
Globe PerformanceA performance is watched by a packed house at the Globe theatre, London
Romeo and JulietRomeo & Juliet
Macbeth / Witches / CauldronAct IV, Scene I The witches in their cavern, gathered around the boiling cauldron; " in the poisn d entrails throw"
Falstaff in BasketFalstaff is hidden in a laundry basket
Shakespeares Bees by Pauline BaynesWilliam Shakespeare, lost in thought, and inspired by a swarm of honey bees as he writes Henry V
Romeo / Juliet / BalconyAct II, Scene II The famous balcony scene
Shakespeare Exhibition at Earls Court, LondonLondons great attraction: what to see in Shakespeares England. How to find and identify the chief reconstructions of old Tudor buildings at Earls Court. Date: 1912
Christmas card, Shakespearean jestersChristmas Card - May you be merry and lack nothing (based on a quotation from Shakespeares Henry IV Part 2) - two medieval jesters dancing. circa 1935
Edmund Kean in Richard III, 1822.. Mr. Edmund Kean as Richard, Duke of Gloucester, later King Richard the Third, in Shakespeares Richard III at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Shakespeare quotation on a greetings card (inside pages) -- Heaven give you many, many merry days (The Merry Wives of Windsor). With a colourful spray of flowers. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s
The Tempest, ArielAct I, Scene II Ariel guides the ship to safety Date: 1909
Hamlet and SkullHamlet with Yoricks skull
LADY MACBETH & DAGGERSMacbeth, Act II, Scene ii Lady Macbeth: "give me the daggers..." Date: 1925
OPHELIAOphelia Goes Mad, Hands out Wild Flowers Date: 1906
Theatregoing / Globe / C16ThThe Wooden O : Shakespeares summer theatre. Outside the first of the Globe theatres; the audience arriving at the playhouse
Hamlet & OpheliaHamlet, Prince of Denmark and Ophelia
Shakespeare / StatueWILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Playwright and poet. A full length statue
Oberon & TitaniaAct II, Scene II Oberon squeezes the flower onto Titanias eyelids
Ophelia DrownsOphelia drowns
Hamlet at the GraveHamlet at the grave moralises on the skull of the jester Yorick
Scene from Shakespeares The Merchant of VeniceA scene from Shakespeares comedy, The Merchant of Venice, with Portia and other characters
Globe Theatre at Shakespeares EnglandA replica of the Globe Theatre at the Shakespeares England exhibition
The Winters TaleLeontes is astonished by the lifelike nature of the statue of Hermione : Paulina, too, is enraptured
Hotspur and his WifeAct II Scene 3 Hotspur and his wife (Lady Percy)
Antony and Cleopatra, Act IV, Scene xv, The death of Antony Date: 1927
Chapel Street Stratford-upon-Avon Landscape sceneChapel, Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Landscape, scene, England, Shakespeare, Watercolour, painting, W, Quatremain, 12023161
Shakespeare - Henry IV Part IAct III, Scene ii King Henry & his son, Prince Henry. King: " Thou shalt have charge & sovreign trust herein Date: 1906
Jessica by Luke FildesA portrait of the Shakespeare character, Jessica from The Merchant of Venice by Sir Luke Fildes (1843-1918), part of a series of Shakespearean heroines painted by great Victorian artists for The
Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-avon, WarwickshireMemorial Theatre (Swan Theatre) and Theatre Garden, RSC, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-avon, Warwickshire, England. Devastated by fire in 1926 Date: circa 1920
Home of Judith Quiney (Shakespeares daughter), StratfordThe Home of Judith Quiney (1585-1662) (Shakespeares daughter) in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. Date: 1903
Portrait of William Shakespeare - English Playwright and poetWilliam Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) - English playwright and poet. Date: circa 1605
William Shakespeare on a Christmas cardHead and shoulders profile portrait of William Shakespeare with a quotation on a Christmas card (front and back covers) -- Heaven bless you and prosper your affairs (Henry IV, Part 2)
Hamlet Slays PoloniusWhile talking with his mother, Hamlet detects an intruder hiding behind a curtain : he stabs him, only to find it is his girl-friends father, Polonius
Shakespeare & ScenesThe writer, with scenes from twelve of his plays -including a splendid ghost of Hamlets father !
Scene from Shakespeares Midsummer Nights DreamA scene from Shakespeares comedy, A Midsummer Nights Dream (Act II, Scene ii), in which Puck drops a love potion into the sleeping Titanias eyes
Richard II interrupting a tournamentRichard II stopping a tournament between Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, and Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of Hereford -- a scene which comes at the beginning of Shakespeares play
Saint CrispinSAINT CRISPIN Patron saint of tanners and shoemakers : his feast-day is also the date of the battle of Agincourt, as Shakespeare reminds us. Date: circa 285
King Duncan I of Scotland (reigned 1034-1040). He is thought to have died in battle, though in Shakespeares play he is murdered in his sleep by Macbeth
Wild Thyme, Oxlips, Violet, Woodbine, Musk-roses and Eglantine (Midsummer Nights Dream). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn
Cartoon, Henry Irving and F B ChattertonCartoon, Henry Irving (1838-1905), legendary actor-manager, and Frederick Balsir Chatterton (1834-1886), theatre manager, with a bust of Shakespeare in the background -- Shakespearian Experimenters
Shakespeare - Henry V - Pistol: Pish for thee, Iceland dog! circa 1830
Cymbeline - title page - Iachimo emerges from the trunk as Imogen sleeps. 1862
Old Vic threatreThe Victoria Theatre, better known as the Old Vic : at this time dedicated to performances of Shakespeare, and of opera in english. Date: circa 1930
Twelfth Night, Act II Scene iv, by William Heath RobinsonScene from the Shakespeare comedy, Twelfth Night, Act II Scene iv, illustration by William Heath Robinson. Showing a banquet at Orsinos house, with the clown Feste singing a sad love song
William Shakespeare on a greetings cardHead and shoulders profile portrait of William Shakespeare on a greetings card (front cover). (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s
Painting Stage SetsPainting stage sets on old wooden scaffolding at the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. Date: 1960s