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

Story of Vortigern used by W. H. Ireland as the basis of his Shakespeare forgery (Holinshed's Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland, vol. 1, page 76)
Also known as Holinshed's Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland, this detailed history of Britain was published in multiple volumes. The Chronicles were a frequent source for Shakespeare's plays. The pages shown, from volume 1, include an…

Titania, Queen of the Fairies
Illustrations depict characters and scenes from Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream.

Cleopatra
Illustrations depict charcters and scenes for Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra.

Rosalind (As You Like It)
These illustrations depict the character of Rosalind as imagined by several different artists.

Prospero's workshop, illustration by Edmund Dulac
Illustrated by Edmund Dulac. This version of The Tempest contains text from the Oxford Shakespeare, which strives to present a text that is as close as possible to how the play would have first been performed.

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

Cover of the pamphlet celebrating 100th consecutive night of Booth performing Hamlet at the Winter Garden Theatre, New York.
Pamphlet with text of Hamlet, celebrating 100th consecutive night of Booth performing Hamlet at the Winter Garden Theatre, New York. Includes essay on Hamlet by Gervinus and an overview of actors who have protrayed Hamlet.

Hamlet
Illustrations depict characters and scenes from Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Anne Boleyn
Illustrations depict characters and scenes from Shakespeare's Henry VIII.

Inigo Jones sketches of four characters
19th century biography of architect and artist Inigo Jones. Includes five court masques.

Kemble's promptbook notations for the final lines of Measure for Measure
The scanned text from Kemble's promptbook for Shakespeare's Measure for Measure includes his stage directions for the final scene as well as his revised final lines.

Lear's Fool
The works of WIlliam Shakespeare in 8 volumes, edited by Henry Irving and Frank A. Marshall; illustrated by Gordon Browne

Cordelia
Illustrations depict the characters and scenes from Shakespeare's King Lear.
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