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Richard III - pretending he is too holy to want to become king. 1862
Shakespeare Memorial Building Stratford - view of Round buildings, Tower behind.. Part of Box 12 Boswell collection. Counties of England. Date: circa 1900
The Shakespeare Ball at the Albert Hall, 1911Guests at the spectacular Shakespeare Ball held at the Albert Hall in June 1911. Four thousand dancers were present clad in dazzling garments
Fountain on Park Lane, London. The fountain was built in 1875 and contained statues of Shakespeare, Milton and Chaucer. It was removed from this site when Park Lane was widened in the 20th century
De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex. Date: 1962
William Shakespeare, The Merchant of VeniceWilliam Shakespeare (1564-1616). The Merchant of Venice. Shylock and Tubal. Engraving. Colored
William Shakespeare British writer, portrait with bookWilliam Shakespeare (1564-1616). British writer. Portrait with book. Engraving by Baude. 19th century. Colored
Mary Anderson in the role of HermioneMary Anderson (1859-1940). American actress. Mary Anderson in the role of Hermione, wife of Leontes in Shakespeares The Winters Tale. Engraving in The Iberian Illustration, 1885. Colored
Conmemoration in the birthplace of the Willian Shakespeare iWillian Shakespeare (1564-1616). English writer. Birthplace of the writer. People parade to commemorate the anniversary. Engraving, 19th century. Colored
Caricature of John Ruskin, English art criticCaricature of John Ruskin (1819-1900), English art critic -- a comment on his criticism of Henry Irving, seen here in a drawing on a blackboard in the character of Shylock in The Merchant of Venice
Caricatures of Henry Irving and Edwin BoothCaricatures, Rival Hamlets. Showing Henry Irving and Edwin Booth, an English Hamlet and an American Hamlet looking quizzically at each other. 1880
Caricature of Squire Bancroft and Edgar BruceCaricature of Sir Squire Bancroft (1841-1926) and Edgar Bruce (1845?-1901), both actor-managers. Bancroft is portrayed as Shylock wanting his pound of flesh
Caricature of Sir Henry Irving as ShylockCaricature of the English actor and actor-manager Sir Henry Irving as Shylock in Shakespeares The Merchant of Venice. circa 1879
Caricature of the actor H B ConwayCaricature of the British actor H B Conway. One of his roles was Romeo in Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London. circa 1880s
Edward Fordham FlowerEDWARD FORDHAM FLOWER Brewer, writer, mayor of Stratford on Avon and champion of the Shakespeare centenary. Date: 1805 - 1883
John Dennis, CaricatureJOHN DENNIS playwright and critic - more successful at the latter than the former; made enemies of Swift and Pope, but wrote well on Shakespeare. Date: 1657 - 1734
Lily Brayton as the ShrewLily Brayton (1876 30 April 1953), English actress and singer, as Katherina confronts the camera with a suitably shrewish expression. Date: 1905
Martin Harvey as Richard IIIMartin Harvey (Sir John Martin-Harvey) (1863 1944), English actor-manager in the role of Richard III Date: circa 1910
Phyllis Thomas & Ralph Richardson as Katherine & Petruchio Date: Twentieth century
Shakespeare / Hector(T&c)Act V, Scene III Cassandra & Andromache plead with Hector not to fight: A: " Consort with me in loud & dear petition, " Date: 1795
Much Ado about NothingScene from the play
Louis Calvert (1859 1923), British stage and early film actor, in the role of Pistol Date: circa 1905
CymbelinePosthumus & Imogen Date: first performed in 1609
Merchant Venice / LaunceloAct I, Scene iii Jessica & Launcelot (Shylocks servant)
Merchant Venicw / NerissaAct II, Scene ix Nerissa, Portias waiting maid, looks into her mirror
Merchant Venice / JessicaAct II, Scene v Portrait of Jessica, daughter to Shylock
s / Speare: Merchant VenicAct I, Scene ii Bassanio, Lorenzo, Old Gobbo & Launcelot Gobbo
Weirauch as HermioneThe German actress Elisabeth Weirauch as Hermione, early 20th century. Date: first produced 1610/11
Social / Britain / RevellersThe Revellers: Sir Toby Belch, Maria, Sir Andrew Aguecheek and Feste, with Malvolio just about to come through the door to tell them off Date: early 18th century
A Lover of ShakespeareAn artistic young woman sits with a book in her hand surrounded by evidence of her other creative hobbies including a harp and an unfinished sampler. Date: circa 1850
Eileen Kerin & A HilliardEileen Kerin, actress with A Hilliard in As You Like It Date: early 20th century
Shakespeare: TempestAct I, Scene I Miss Phillips as Miranda " O! the cry did knock against my very heart/Poor souls! They perish d" Date: 1785
Merchant Venice / BassinoActI, Scene i Bassanio
Laurence Olivier & Jean SimmonsLaurence Olivier (1907- 1989) & Jean Simmons (1929 2010), in the roles of Hamlet & Ophelia
Lewis Waller as Henry VLewis Waller (1860 1915), English actor and theatre manager, in the role of Henry V Date: circa 1904
Margaret Halstan (1879 - 1967), English actress, in the role of Desdemona. Date: 1907
17th Century TavernThe Falcon tavern, on the Bankside, Southwark, London, a favourite resort of Shakespeare and his fellow actors, built 16th century or so, here as it was in 1805 Date: 1600 - 1805
Backstage at Drury Lane, 1926A vast set makes the cast members of Shakespeares A Midsummer Nights Dream look tiny, in this view from the wings at Drury Lane Theatre, London, 1926 Date: 1926
Js Knowles / MacliseJAMES SHERIDAN KNOWLES British playwright, born in Ireland Date: 1784 - 1862
Janet Achurch / PhotoJANET ACHURCH English actress, specialising in Shakespeare, Ibsen and Shaw Date: 1864 - 1916
Shelley - Grave - RomePercy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822) - English poets grave in the Protestant Cemetery, Rome
Hogarth / Dog TrumpWILLIAM HOGARTH This is the famous manifesto portrait, showing the Line of Beauty on his palette, the works of Shakespeare, Milton and Swift Date: 1697 - 1764
Communications / WritingTHOMAS EDWARDS aka Twm o r Nant Welsh Antiquary and poet known as the Cambrian Shakespeare Date: 1738 - 1810
Macklin / Shylock / 1775CHARLES MACKLIN as SHYLOCK in Shakespeares The Merchant of Venice Act IV Scene I Date: 1697 - 1797
Evacuees in AfricaSir Geoffrey Shakespeare, M.P. organiser of the scheme to send British evacuees to the Dominions, talks to Ian and Patricia Allen of Portsmouth at a Durban YMCA. Date: early 1940s
Edmund Kean as HamletThe actor, Edmund Kean, in the role of Hamlet. Date: 1814
Southampton - CooperHenry Wriothesley (1573 - 1624) - 3rd Earl of Southampton, patron and companion to William Shakespeare
Southampton - Anon 18CHenry Wriothesley (1573 - 1624) - 3rd Earl of Southampton, patron and companion to William Shakespeare