Plays Collection (page 9)

Illustration by Kenny Meadows to Cymbeline, by William Shakespeare. Cast list, with dead deer and two spears. Date: 1840

Illustration by Kenny Meadows to Timon of Athens, by William Shakespeare. Introductory Remarks, with a hand showering coins and jewels, to represent Timon's excessive generosity. Date: 1840

Fantastic Adventures - Death plays a game
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, December 1941, featuring the story Death plays a game by David V. Reed. A alien is holding a futuristic gun which is directed at a blue suited terrified looking man

Amelie Rives Troubetzkoy, American writer
Amelie Louise Rives Troubetzkoy (1863-1945), American novelist, poet and playwright, best known for two novels: The Quick or The Dead? (1888) and World's End (1914). Date: 1914

Epstein portrait bust of George Bernard Shaw
A portrait bust of George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish writer and dramatist, by Jacob Epstein (this is the second portrait bust made by this sculptor). Date: 20th century

George Bernard Shaw, Irish writer and dramatist
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish writer and dramatist. Seen here on the right, in old age. Date: circa 1940s

Fay Weldon, English author, essayist and playwright
Fay Weldon (b 1931), English author, essayist and playwright, whose work has a strong feminist element. Date: circa 1980s

Brendan Behan, Irish writer and republican
Brendan Behan (Brendan Francis Behan, 1923-1964), Irish poet, short story writer, novelist and playwright who wrote in both Irish and English. He was also an Irish republican and IRA volunteer

Graham Greene, English writer, in old age
Graham Greene (Henry Graham Greene, 1904-1991), English author, playwright and literary critic, best known for his novels focusing around Roman Catholicism and morality: Brighton Rock

Samuel Beckett, Irish playwright, novelist and poet
Samuel Beckett (1906-1989), Irish avant-garde playwright, novelist and poet. Photographed in the year he won the Nobel Prize in Literature. Date: 1969

Pageants or dramatic mysteries anciently performed at Coventry Date: 16th century

ROMEO JULIET DEATH SCENE
Miss Phyllis Neilson-Terry is Juliet, Mr Vernon Steel is Romeo, in the dramatic climax to this sad tale of star- crossed lovers. Date: 16 December 1910

Maeterlinck Bluebird Theatre Plays Oiseau Bleu
maeterlinck, bluebird, theatre, plays, oiseau, bleu, 1908, land, memory, children, meet, dead, grandparents, finding, quiet, happy, well, old, age, history, historical, 10172529

SPANISH WAR POSTER 2
Industry plays its part in the war.. poster issued by the PSO. Date: circa 1937

MOUNET SULLY HAMLET
The eminent French actor MOUNET-SULLY in the role of Hamlet : holding Yorick's skull, he muses on life and death... Date: circa 1900

LEAR/DEATH OF CORDELIA
Final scene: Lear with his dead daughter Cordelia. Date: Nineteenth century

TITUS ANDRONICUS, Shakespeare
Act II, Scene II Scene from the play: the death of Bassianus Date: 1793

A customer plays an automatic bridge-playing slot machine Date: circa 1937

ROMEO & JULIET/DEATH
Act V, Scene III Final scene: Romeo finds Juliet & believes her to be dead Date: Nineteenth century

Shakespeare: Measure for Measure
Act III, Scene I the despondent Claudio with his virtous sister, Isabella C: "Ay, but to die, & go we know not where" Date: 1880

Henry VI, Part I, by Shakespeare
Act II, Scene V The death of Mortimer in the Tower; "Mourn not, except thou sorrow for my good" Date: Late eighteenth century

Noel Coward acts in his own play with Ann Trevor. Dressed for dinner, they peer anxiously out of a window. Date: 1923

PLAY/COWARD/CAVALCADE
A scene from Noel Coward's play. This scene is set at an English seaside town and the sophisticated set includes a beach. Date: 1931

PLAY/CHATEAUBRIAND/ATALA
A scene from the unfinished romantic idyll on American Indian themes, written by Viscount Francois Auguste Rene de Chateaubriand. Date: 1801

A fiddler plays for the dancers by the maypole on the village green Date: early 19th century

RACINE/BRITANNICUS
BRITANNICUS Agrippina reproaches Nero for the death of Britannicus Date: 1669

Henry IV Part II
Pistol informing Sir John Falstaff of the death of King Henry IV Act V Scene III Date: 1857

PEER GYNT Peer Gynt brought before the King of the Trolls

PEER GYNT The Troll Witch

BEATRICE & BENEDICT
Act V, Scene II Benedict & Beatrice: "I will live in thy heart, die in thy lap, & be buried in thy eyes." Date: 1911

IMOGEN SUPPOSED DEAD
Imogen is supposed dead

Thomas Otway (oil on canvas)
MAN329196 Thomas Otway (oil on canvas) by Blake, William (1757-1827); Manchester Art Gallery, UK; (add.info.: Thomas Otway (1652-1685);); © Manchester Art Gallery

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)

Ferdinand and Miranda (colour litho)
5988779 Ferdinand and Miranda (colour litho) by Dugdale, Thomas Cantrell (1880-1952); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ferdinand and Miranda)

Poster for the Broadway musical An English Daisy, c. 1904 (colour litho)
747119 Poster for the Broadway musical An English Daisy, c.1904 (colour litho) by King, Hamilton (1871-1952); Private Collection; (add.info.: Libretto by Seymour Hicks. Music by Walter Slaughter & A)

The Parasite and the Soldier
3786011 The Parasite and the Soldier by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: The Parasite and the Soldier - represenative characters of Ancient Theatre, from Comedies of Terence)

Bacchis and the Fisherman
3785975 Bacchis and the Fisherman by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: Bacchis and the Fisherman - represenative characters of Ancient Theatre, from Comedies of Terence)

Illustration for Everyman, The Morality Play (engraving)
5197771 Illustration for Everyman, The Morality Play (engraving) by Dudley, Robert Ambrose (1867-1951) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration for Everyman)

Tybalt killed by Romeo, scene from William Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet, Act III, Scene 1
2654795 Tybalt killed by Romeo, scene from William Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet, Act III, Scene 1, from The Works of William Shakespeare, published 1896 (engraving) by Browne

A scene from William Shakespeares play Othello Act V, Scene 2, Desdemona: "Talk you of killing
2654841 A scene from William Shakespeares play Othello Act V, Scene 2, Desdemona: " Talk you of killing?" Othello: " Ay I do", from The Works of William Shakespeare

Richard II (etching)
969211 Richard II (etching) by Meadows, Joseph Kenny (1770-1874) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Richard II, Act V, Scene iv)

Bull charging as matador plays the cape, 19th century (illustration)
528397 Bull charging as matador plays the cape, 19th century (illustration) by Price, lake (1810-1896); Universal History Archive/UIG

Design for backcloth, The Truth about the Russian Dancers, 1920-22 (w / c over graphite on paper)
423947 Design for backcloth, The Truth about the Russian Dancers, 1920-22 (w/c over graphite on paper) by Nash, Paul (1889-1946); 28x21.9 cm; Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge

Herbert Beerbohn Tree as Mephistopheles and Henry Ainley as Faust (colour litho)
3094031 Herbert Beerbohn Tree as Mephistopheles and Henry Ainley as Faust (colour litho) by Buchel, Charles A. (1872-1950); Private Collection; (add.info)

Lyn Harding as Prospero, 1904 (oil on canvas)
3963644 Lyn Harding as Prospero, 1904 (oil on canvas) by Buchel, Charles A. (1872-1950); 49x34.5 cm; Newport Museum and Art Gallery

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Captivating performances that transcend time and genres, from the electrifying energy of a Bruce Springsteen concert to the haunting melodies of an Alice Cooper tour. Shakespeare's enchanting world comes alive as Titania weaves her spell on stage, while even Einstein finds solace in playing his beloved violin. The magic continues with a boy lost in his own imagination, navigating through miniature landscapes with his Marklin toy train. Kylie Minogue ignites the stage with her infectious pop beats, followed by The Rolling Stones who prove that rock 'n' roll never dies. Michael Buble serenades audiences with his smooth vocals, leaving hearts swooning in awe. And amidst it all, Edmundo Ros Club sets the perfect backdrop for dancers to sway to rhythmic Latin tunes and can not just mere entertainment; they are portals into different worlds where emotions run high and dreams come true.