Images Dated 31st July 2018 (page 3)

ARTHUR & EXCALIBUR ARTHUR & EXCALIBUR
Not an English myth at all but based on a Welsh story eagerly taken up by the Normans after the conquest as a means of culturally subjugating the English. Dont be fooled

UNABLE TO SEE AT THEATRE
The fellow in front of you at the theatre is always the tallest in the room: a short man struggles to catch a glimpse of the stage Date: 1843

KEEN-EYED THEATREGOER
A smart gentleman watches the theatre performance through a pair of binoculars Date: 1883

JAPANESE ACTORS
A troupe of off-duty Japanese actors. Date: 1930s

ARCAS AND CALISTO
Arcas, hunting, spies a bear : he is about to shoot it, unaware it is his mother Calisto, transformed into a she-bear by the jealous Juno. Luckily Zeus warns him in time

CORONIS BECOMES A CROW
Coronis is hotly pursued by Poseidon / Naptune; to help her escape his unwelcome advances, Athena / Minerva transforms her into a crow

DEUCALION AND PYRRHA
After the Deluge, Deucalion and Pyrrha are instructed by the Oracle of Thetis to repopulate the Earth by throwing the bones of their mother behind them

ARACHNE INTO SPIDER
Arachne is metamorphosed into a spider, because she boasted that her embroidery was better than that of the goddess Athene

Cymbeline and Winters Tale
Miss Kemble as Imogen in Cymbeline and Mrs Ward as Hermione in The Winters Tale Date: late 18th century

ARTEMIS: GODDESS / MYTH
Artemis bathing. Date: Classical

CUSHMAN SISTERS / THEATRE
Act III, Scene VI Charlotte & Susan Cushman as Romeo & Juliet; the balcony scene. Date: Nineteenth century

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
Act IV, Scene I Hero faints at the altar after being accused by Claudio of infidelity. Date: 19th century

MUCH ADO: BENEDICK / C19TH
Act II, Scene III Mr. E. L. Davenport in the role of Benedick, soliloquizing. Date: Nineteenth century

TWELFTH NIGHT
Act II, Scene II Cakes and ale: Malvolio scolds the revellers, Sir Toby Belch, Maria, the clown and Sir Andrew for their hedonistic ways. Date: circa 1840

TITUS ANDRONICUS, Shakespeare
Act IV, Scene II Scene in the palace Date: 1792

12TH NIGHT / VIOLA 19C
Act III, Scene I Viola, disguised as Cesario, unwittingly woos Olivia in her garden Date: 19th century

12TH NIGHT / VIOLA C18TH
Act I, Scene V Viola, disguised as a boy, enters the house of Olivia Date: 1793

LOVES LABOUR LOST
Act IV, Scene II Jaquenetta asks Holofernes to translate a letter for her; Costard, Dull & Sir Natheniel look on Date: 1793

HENRY VI: WARWICK
Mr. Palmer in the character of Warwick Date: Nineteenth century

LOVES LABOURS LOST
Act IV, Scene I The Princess & her train Date: Nineteenth century

Shakespeares Richard II, Isabella, the Queen and her ladies in waiting outside in the garden Date: Nineteenth century

SHAKESPEARE / BOTTOM
Act III, Scene I Bottom translated: O Bottom, thou art changd/What do I see on thee? Date: 1773

MACBETH. APPARIT. CHILD
Act IV, Scene I The witches summon the second of 3 apparitions, which predicts that none of woman born threaten his position Date: 1798

FRENCH THEATREGOERS
La Loge: a colourful group of French theatregoers lounge in a box to watch the play Date: 1850

EDWIN AS AUTOLYCUS
The actor Edwin in the role of Autolycus - a snapper-up of unconsidered trifles Date: first produced 1610/11

PERDITA AND FLORIZEL
Perdita and Florizel Date: first produced 1610/11

12TH NIGHT / MALVOLIO
Malvolio, tricked by his companions with a false billet-doux from Olivia, postures in what he fancies is the finery she favours... Date: first performed 1601/2

12TH NIGHT / BELCH ETC
Sir Toby Belch and Sir Andrew Aguecheek - and Maria the housekeeper. Date: first performed 1601/2

BUST OF THOR
Thor, second in comand amoung the Aesir (Norse gods) after Odin. Thor is the god of thunder & ruler of the sky

THEATREGOING THEN, NOW
Party in a box - in the 18th century and in the 19th... Date: circa 1830

PEEP FROM BEHIND CURTAIN
A Peep behind the curtain at Drury Lane Showing a caricature associated with Sheridan. Date: 18th century

TAMING OF THE SHREW / SLY
Act I Scene I Christopher Sly and the hostess

Way of the World, Congreve
The Way of the World by William Congreve. Mrs Pitt as Lady Wishfort. Act III. Scene I. Come fill fill... Date: 1776

THE WAY OF THE WORLD
by William Congreve - Mr Betterton

CALLIRRHOE
She is the daughter of a river god, and the beloved of Alcmaeon

JOY ON EARTH IS TEMPOARY
An illustration of the verse This changing world no lasting joys can give... The figure of Time rocks the earth displacing representations of Wealth and Love

RACINE / MITHRIDATE
MITHRIDATE Mithridate and his sons Pharnaces and Xiphares Date: 1673

RACINE / IPHIGENIE
IPHIGENIE EN AULIDE Clytemnestre is reluctant for her daughter Iphigenie to be sacrificed Date: 1674

RACINE / ATHALIE
ATHALIE Athalie and Joas Date: 1691

RACINE / BAJAZET
BAJAZET Roxane confronts Bajazet with the letter Date: 1672

RACINE / PLAIDEURS
LES PLAIDEURS Dandin and Lintime Date: 1668

RACINE / ESTHER
ESTHER Ahasuerus and Esther Date: 1689

CLASSICAL MYTH / HELLEN
The son of Deucalion : his name was taken by the people of Greece, and their country named HELLAS

HORSE RACE ON STAGE
How a horse race was simulated on stage, at the Theatre des Varietes, Paris Date: 1891

LEAVING A THEATRE
FIN DE SPECTACLE Gentlemen in the stalls put on their coats and hats Date: circa 1890

FRENCH CLAQUE
The claque - a group of hired applauders - clapping vociferously in the gallery of a French theatre in support of an actor/actress who needs the publicity Date: circa 1890

APHRODITE / ?FPB ENGRAVING
As the Woman of the Sea she is depicted with her emblem, a Dolphin (the king of the fishes), which is ridden by Cupid (in Roman myth her son by Mercury)

APHRODITE
As the Woman of the Sea she is depicted with her emblem, a Dolphin (the king of the fishes), which is ridden by Cupid (in Roman myth her son by Mercury)

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