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Mr. Garrick in the Character of King Richard
Etching of 18th century Shakespearean actor David Garrick in costume as Shakespeare's Richard III
Sarah Siddons as Isabella (Measure for Measure)
Welsh-born actress Sarah Siddons, nee Kemble, was famous for her portrayals of Shakespeare's tragic women, especially Lady Macbeth. This engraving shows Mrs. Siddons in the role of Isabella (Measure for Measure), engraved for the Lady's Magazine.
Memoirs of the court of King James the First
These pages detail an incident in which King James shows clemency for the accused, just as the Duke does in Measure for Measure.
Twisted Tales From Shakespeare
Richard Armour rewrites Shakespeare in prose riddled with puns and bad jokes.
Mrs. Jarley's Far-famed Collection of Waxworks
A comedic monologue framed as the catalogue of a waxwork shop, in which Mrs. Jarley gives humorous, often sardonic descriptions of historical figures and fictional characters.
The scanned text is Mrs. Jarley's description of Ophelia.
The scanned text is Mrs. Jarley's description of Ophelia.
Shakespeare’s Jubilee: A Masque
Court masque featuring characters from various Shakespearean plays
The Fairy Prince: A Masque
A three-act masque, which includes a dance that the audience most likely participated in, ending with a show of praise for the King.
Inigo Jones: A Life of the Architect
19th century biography of architect and artist Inigo Jones. Includes five court masques.
La Tempesta: opéra en trois actes, précede d’un prologue
Opera based on William Shakespeare's The Tempest. Libretto is a translation into Italian by Giannone, from Halévy's original French.
Romeo and Juliet Travestie, or, The Cup of Cold Poison. A Burlesque in One Act
A one-act burlesque of Romeo and Juliet that acts as a humorous take on Shakespeare’s tragedy.
Lear and Cordelia
This watercolor sketch, showing Lear and Cordelia and two additional figures, is an abandoned preparatory sketch for an oil painting. The artist’s large oil painting of the same name, now in John Soane’s Museum, is composed differently and has more…
Costume Designs for Richard III by Leslie Hurry
Three watercolor costume designs for Shakespeare's character, Richard III
Vortigern, an historical tragedy, in five acts; represented at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. And Henry the Second, an historical drama
Eighteenth century forgeries by William Henry Ireland and attributed by him to William Shakespeare. Each play has it's own title page.
Miscellaneous papers and legal instruments under the hand and seal of William Shakespeare: including the tragedy of King Lear, and a small fragment of Hamlet, from the original mss.; in the possession of Samuel Ireland, of Norfolk street.
In 1795 Samuel Ireland issued this volume of facsimiles of documents, purportedly by William Shakespeare. William Henry Ireland, his son, claimed to have discovered them but, in fact, had forged the documents himself.
The confessions of William-Henry Ireland: containing the particulars of his fabrication of the Shakspeare manuscripts; together with anecdotes and opinions (hitherto unpublished) of many distinguished persons in the literary, political, and theatrical world
William Henry Ireland's detailed account of forging the Shakespeare documents.