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Hamlet title page (Henley Shakespeare)
Selected illuminated title pages from The Edinburgh Folio Shakespeare. Edited by William E. Henley. Edinburgh, 1901-1904.

Sarah Siddons as Lady Macbeth
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 Lady Macbeth.

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).

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.

David Garrick as Hamlet
Small engraving of David Garrick in the role of Hamlet

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

Martin Harvey as King Richard III
Colorful print of a knight galloping on horseback with a wild boar running alongside

Costume sketch for Richard III by Leslie Hurry: "Final costume"
Three watercolor costume designs for Shakespeare's character, Richard III

Paperdoll of Hamlet featuring child actor William Henry West Betty, also known as Young Albert, the Roscius
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.

Vortigern and Rowena, Ireland's forged Shakespeare play, showing weak role of the Fool
Eighteenth century forgeries by William Henry Ireland and attributed by him to William Shakespeare. Each play has it's own title page.

Ophelia, from Richard Armour's Twisted Tales from Shakespeare, pages 34-35
Richard Armour rewrites Shakespeare in prose riddled with puns and bad jokes.

Viola (disguised as Cesario) duels with Sir Andrew Aguecheek (Twelfth Night)
Illustrations depict characters and scenes from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, or, What You Will.

Cover of "To Be or Not to Be: A Chooseable-Path Adventure"
A "choose-your-own-path" adventure based on Shakespeare's Hamlet. Readers can choose to be Hamlet, Ophelia, or even King Hamlet.
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