Play Theatre Collection

A Midsummer Night's Dream, c.1900 (illustration)
2005530 A Midsummer Night's Dream, c.1900 (illustration) by Printz, Christian August (1819-67); Private Collection; (add.info.: Literature)

A Midsummer Nights Dream
3765548 A Midsummer Nights Dream by Rackham, Arthur (1867-1939); (add.info.: A Midsummer Nights Dream. Illustration by Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) to the play by William Shakespeare

Sheet Music for Garden of my Dreams Ziegfeld Follies, 1918 (colour litho)
1724990 Sheet Music for Garden of my Dreams Ziegfeld Follies, 1918 (colour litho) by American School, (20th century); (add.info.: Ziegfeld Sheet Music Ziegfeld Follies of 1918 (Garden of my dreams))

Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing, Act IV, Scene 2 (litho)
7155634 Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing, Act IV, Scene 2 (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Much Ado About Nothing, Act IV, Scene 2)

The Merchant of Venice, 1892 (oil on canvas)
7063447 The Merchant of Venice, 1892 (oil on canvas) by Muschamp, Francis Sydney (1851-1929); 61x91.5 cm; Private Collection

Titania and the Clown (chromolitho)
3626447 Titania and the Clown (chromolitho) by Brundage, Frances (1854-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Titania and the Clown. A Midsummer Nights Dream)

Perdita, The Winters Tale (chromolitho)
729898 Perdita, The Winters Tale (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Perdita, The Winters Tale. From a Shakespeare card game)

Tachibanaya Chusha (The actor Ichikawa Yaozo III as Hachiman Taro Minamoto no Yoshiie)
5859696 Tachibanaya Chusha (The actor Ichikawa Yaozo III as Hachiman Taro Minamoto no Yoshiie), 1794 (colour woodblock print; aiban) by Sharaku

King Lear, c.1860 (oil on board adhered to canvas)
XOS5884760 King Lear, c.1860 (oil on board adhered to canvas) by Brown, Ford Madox (1821-93); 30.5x36.8 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: Painting by Ford Madox Brown)

The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V in a "Shibaraku" Role, Probably as Kato Hyoeisa Shigemitsu
5859817 The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V in a "Shibaraku" Role, Probably as Kato Hyoeisa Shigemitsu, in the Third Scene of the Play Masakado Kammuri no Hatsuyuki

The Actors Nakamura Takesaburo I as Kewaizaka no Shosho and Ichikawa Danjuro II as Soga no Goro dressed as a komuso in
5859739 The Actors Nakamura Takesaburo I as Kewaizaka no Shosho and Ichikawa Danjuro II as Soga no Goro dressed as a komuso in the play "Bando Ichi Kotobuki Soga

Kinokuniya Tosshi (The actor Sawamura Sojuro III as Kujaku Saburo Narihira), 1794 (colour woodblock print; aiban)
5859700 Kinokuniya Tosshi (The actor Sawamura Sojuro III as Kujaku Saburo Narihira), 1794 (colour woodblock print; aiban) by Sharaku

Act Two: The House of Kakogawa Honzo from the play Chushingura (Treasury of Loyal Retainers)
5859853 Act Two: The House of Kakogawa Honzo from the play Chushingura (Treasury of Loyal Retainers), c.1779-80 (colour woodblock print; chuban) by Shunsho

The Actor Yamashina Shirojuro as Nagoya Sanzaemon (Yamashina Shirojuro no Nagoya Sanzaemon)
5859698 The Actor Yamashina Shirojuro as Nagoya Sanzaemon (Yamashina Shirojuro no Nagoya Sanzaemon) (colour woodblock print; hosoban, nishiki-e) by Sharaku

Yamatoya Tojaku (The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Otoma, Daughter of Ohina from Inamuragasaki in Kamakura)
5859699 Yamatoya Tojaku (The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV as Otoma, Daughter of Ohina from Inamuragasaki in Kamakura) (Yondai-me Iwai Hanshiro no Kamakura Inamuragasaki no Ohina musume Otoma)

Naritaya Sansho (The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VI as Arakawa Taro Takesada), 1794 (colour woodblock print; aiban)
5859697 Naritaya Sansho (The actor Ichikawa Danjuro VI as Arakawa Taro Takesada), 1794 (colour woodblock print; aiban) by Sharaku, Toshusai (fl.1794-95); 32.1 x 22.4 cm; The Art Institute of Chicago

The actors Segawa Tomisaburo II (R) as Yadorigi, wife of Ogishi Kurando, and Nakamura Manyo (L)
5859695 The actors Segawa Tomisaburo II (R) as Yadorigi, wife of Ogishi Kurando, and Nakamura Manyo (L) as the servant Wakakusa, 1794 (colour woodblock print; oban) by Sharaku

The actor Ichikawa Yaozo III as Tanabe Bunzo, 1794 (colour woodblock print; oban)
5859701 The actor Ichikawa Yaozo III as Tanabe Bunzo, 1794 (colour woodblock print; oban) by Sharaku, Toshusai (fl.1794-95); 37.9 x 25 cm; The Art Institute of Chicago, IL

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Etienne Marin Melingue, in the play " Schamyl " 1850 (Lithograph)
7259223 Etienne Marin Melingue, in the play " Schamyl " 1850 (Lithograph) by Lorsay, Eustache (1822-1871); Private Collection; (add.info.: 1807-1875, Etienne Marin Melingue, french actor)

Charles Perey, in the play " The 3 kids ". 1853 (engraving)
7259222 Charles Perey, in the play " The 3 kids ". 1853 (engraving) by Lorsay, Eustache (1822-1871); Private Collection; (add.info.: 1820-1896, the french actor Charles Perey)

Elsa play in the started in Richard Wagner opera " Lohengrin " 1850 (engraving)
7259248 Elsa play in the started in Richard Wagner opera " Lohengrin " 1850 (engraving) by Mesples, Eugene (1849-1924); Private Collection; (add.info)

Costume for the play " The Gossip ". 1889 (engraving)
7259236 Costume for the play " The Gossip ". 1889 (engraving) by Mesples, Eugene (1849-1924); Private Collection; (add.info)

Shakespeare: Macbeth, Act I, Scene 5 (litho)
7155632 Shakespeare: Macbeth, Act I, Scene 5 (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Macbeth, Act I, Scene 5)

Nonomiya, 1909 (colour woodcut)
7412143 Nonomiya, 1909 (colour woodcut) by Sekka, Kamisaka (1866-1942); 30.2--64.2 cm; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; (add.info)

Midsummer Night's Dream (Sommernachtstraum), 1918 (litho)
1071218 Midsummer Night's Dream (Sommernachtstraum), 1918 (litho) by Klossowski, Erich (1875-1949); 24.765x22.225x cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas

Ophelia, 1918 (litho)
1071207 Ophelia, 1918 (litho) by Freese, Hans (1850-1950) ; 25.4001x24.765x cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA; (add.info)

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Falstaff, 1918 (litho)
1071221 Falstaff, 1918 (litho) by Konig, Leo von (1871-1944) ; 35.5601x29.2101x cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA; (add.info)

Musashibo Benkei Brings the Captured Tosabo Shoshun to Yoshitsune in the Play Horikawa Youchi no Zu Uki-e Nimaitsuzuki
5859875 Musashibo Benkei Brings the Captured Tosabo Shoshun to Yoshitsune in the Play Horikawa Youchi no Zu Uki-e Nimaitsuzuki, c.1782 (colour woodblock print; oban) by Shunsho

Aoi no Ue, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)", 1898 (colour woodblock print)
5859870 Aoi no Ue, from the series "Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue)", 1898 (colour woodblock print) by Kogyo, Tsukioka (1869-1927); 25.2 x 37.4 cm; The Art Institute of Chicago

O God of battles! Steel my soldiers hearts Act IV, Sc I from Henry V by William Shakespeare (colour litho)
3779874 O God of battles! Steel my soldiers hearts Act IV, Sc I from Henry V by William Shakespeare (colour litho) by English School; Lebrecht History

King Henry V meeting the King and Queen of France, Act V from Henry V by William Shakespeare (engraving)
3775284 King Henry V meeting the King and Queen of France, Act V from Henry V by William Shakespeare (engraving) by English School; (add.info.: Works of William Shakespeare, Charles Knight Ed)

Shakespeare: The Tempest (colour litho)
7155651 Shakespeare: The Tempest (colour litho) by Jackson, Albert Edward (1873-1952); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Tempest)

Shakespeare: Macbeth (colour litho)
7155646 Shakespeare: Macbeth (colour litho) by Jackson, Albert Edward (1873-1952); Private Collection; (add.info.: Macbeth. "The witches called the spirits, which were three)

Shakespeare: Timon of Athens (colour litho)
7155643 Shakespeare: Timon of Athens (colour litho) by Jackson, Albert Edward (1873-1952); Private Collection; (add.info.: Timon of Athens)

Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet (colour litho)
7155641 Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet (colour litho) by Jackson, Albert Edward (1873-1952); Private Collection; (add.info.: Romeo and Juliet)

Shakespeare: Othello (colour litho)
7155638 Shakespeare: Othello (colour litho) by Jackson, Albert Edward (1873-1952); Private Collection; (add.info.: Othello)

Shakespeare: Bottom and the Fairy Queen, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act IV, Scene I (colour litho)
7155652 Shakespeare: Bottom and the Fairy Queen, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act IV, Scene I (colour litho) by Jackson

Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice (colour litho)
7155649 Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice (colour litho) by Jackson, Albert Edward (1873-1952); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Merchant of Venice)

Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice (colour litho)
7155647 Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice (colour litho) by Jackson, Albert Edward (1873-1952); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Merchant of Venice)

Shakespeare: Othello (colour litho)
7155639 Shakespeare: Othello (colour litho) by Jackson, Albert Edward (1873-1952); Private Collection; (add.info.: Othello)

Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing (colour litho)
7155648 Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing (colour litho) by Jackson, Albert Edward (1873-1952); Private Collection; (add.info.: Much Ado About Nothing)

Shakespeare: Twelfth Night (colour litho)
7155644 Shakespeare: Twelfth Night (colour litho) by Jackson, Albert Edward (1873-1952); Private Collection; (add.info.: Twelfth Night)

Shakespeare: Timon of Athens (colour litho)
7155642 Shakespeare: Timon of Athens (colour litho) by Jackson, Albert Edward (1873-1952); Private Collection; (add.info.: Timon of Athens)

Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet (colour litho)
7155640 Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet (colour litho) by Jackson, Albert Edward (1873-1952); Private Collection; (add.info.: Romeo and Juliet)

Tomorrow night, through Athens gates have we devised to steal, illustration from The Winter's Tale in Stories
IL239094 Tomorrow night, through Athens gates have we devised to steal, illustration from The Winter's Tale in Stories from Shakespeare

Richard III, 1787 (oil on canvas)
7305702 Richard III, 1787 (oil on canvas) by Abildgaard, Nicolai Abraham (1743-1809); 38x28 cm; Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo, Norway; (add.info)

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Step into a world of enchantment and drama, where the stage comes alive with vibrant colors and captivating stories. From the whimsical melodies of "Garden of my Dreams" in Ziegfeld Follies to the timeless words of Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing, " play theatre takes us on a journey through time. In this mesmerizing collection, we witness Titania and the Clown dancing across a chromolitho canvas, their movements echoing the magic that unfolds before our eyes. The Merchant of Venice comes to life in an oil on canvas masterpiece, transporting us to Venetian streets filled with love and betrayal. Perdita from The Winter's Tale enchants us with her beauty in a chromolitho print, while Nonomiya captivates our senses with its vivid colors in a stunning woodcut. A Midsummer Night's Dream lithograph invites us into an ethereal forest where fairies dance under moonlit skies. Ophelia's haunting presence lingers as we gaze upon her lithographic portrait, capturing both her fragility and inner turmoil. Falstaff bursts onto the scene with his larger-than-life personality, bringing laughter and merriment wherever he goes. Travel back centuries as Musashibo Benkei brings captured Tosabo Shoshun to Yoshitsune in Horikawa Youchi no Zu Uki-e Nimaitsuzuki; every detail meticulously carved onto a color woodblock print. Aoi no Ue transports us further into Japanese culture through its intricate portrayal within Pictures of No Performances (Nogaku Zue). Finally, Henry V rallies his soldiers with fervor as they prepare for battle - their hearts steeled by God himself - all depicted beautifully in a colorful lithograph. Play theatre is not just about entertainment; it is an art form that transcends time and language barriers. It allows us to experience emotions deeply rooted within human nature – love, laughter, tragedy, and triumph.