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Portrait of Edwin Booth in character as Richard III, Haymarket Theatre. Handwriting below the portrait indicates the performance was in 1863.

Pamphlet containing passages from various plays, as well as puppets with heads based on young William Henry West Betty’s features, with several costume changes.

A celebration of Christmas as depicted in the theater with designs by Inigo Jones, Rex Whistler and Joan Hassall, and others; contains color plates and many black and white illustrations. Includes the text of Ben Jonson's Christmas: His Masque.

Portrait of Clara Fisher, in character as a young Richard III; inscribed “Miss Clara Fisher to Mr. [illegible]. November 1820.”

Small engraving of David Garrick in the role of Hamlet

Nahum Tate's alteration to Shakespeare's King Lear, popular on stage from the late 17th through the early 19th centuries, leaves out the Fool as a character and provides a happy ending.

Engraving by J. Stow from a painting by R. Westall

A “model theatre” of Hamlet, with figures based upon the 1948 film by Laurence Olivier and with original set designs by Roger Furse.

Shakespeare's Richard III as altered by Mr. Colley Cibber.

Shakespeare's second folio (F2), published in 1632

Illustrations depict characters and scenes from Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Illustrations depict characters and scenes from Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus.

Illustrations depict characters and scenes by various artists for Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.