Comedies Collection (#7)

Hamlet by Wiliam Shakespeare by The Follies
Promotional postcard of Hamlet as performed by The Follies The image of Hamlet smoking is a parody of the poster of the H. B. Irving production, as was the whole production

The Girl Who Didn t by Arthur Wimperis
Promotional postcard for The Girl Who Didnt by Arthur Wimperis; music E. Eysler. First produced as The Laughing Husband (see below), New Theatre, 2nd October /1913

The Girl in the Taxi by F Fenn and A Wimperis
Promotional postcard for The Girl in the Taxi adapted by Frederick Fenn Date: 1915

The Girl from Utah by James P Tanner
Promotional postcard of The Girl From Utah by James T. Tanner; music Paul Rubens. Artist: E. P. Kinsella. First produced at the Adelphi Theatre, 18th October 1913

The Girl from Kays by Owen Hall; music Ivan Caryll and Cecil Cook. First produced at the Apollo Theatre, London 15th November 1902

The Girl Friend adapted by R P Weston & B Lee
Promotional postcard of The Girl Friend adapted by R. P. Weston & Bert Lee from the Broadway original and from Kittys Kisses; lyrics Lorenz Hart; music Richard Rodgers

Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford by G M Cohan
Promotional postcard of Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford by George M. Cohan from stories by George Randolph Chester. First produced in England at the Pleasure Gardens, Folkestone

Decima Moore - English actress and singer (soprano)
Lilian Decima Moore (1871 - 1964), English actress and singer (soprano), known for her performances with the D Oyly Carte Opera Company and in musical comedies

George Grossmith Jr. - British actor and theatre producer
George Grossmith, Jr. (18741935) - British actor, theatre producer and manager, director, playwright and songwriter, best remembered for his work in and with Edwardian musical comedies. Date: 1926

Portrait of Miss Jose Collins, an English actress and singer who worked in musical comedies and early cinema

Diodata Saluzzo-Roero
DIODATA SALUZZO-ROERO prolific Italian writer who authored comedies and tragedies, and novellas, as well as a great quantity of verse. Date: 1774 - 1840

Title Page Comedies Terence Publii Terentii Comoediae
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Come away, come away, death, 1890 (colour litho)
KW428124 Come away, come away, death, 1890 (colour litho) by Gilbert, John (1817-97); Private Collection; (add.info.: Feste, the jester, sings in Twelfth Night, Act II, Scene IV)

Arthur Wing Pinero (1855-1934), English dramatist, at home, 1903. After a series of comedies, in 1893 with The Second Mrs Tanqueray, Pinero began a series of realistic tragedies. From The Tatler

Sydney Grundy (1848-1914) English dramatist and barrister. Author of numerous plays, mainly comedies and farces. From The Cabinet Portrait Gallery (London, 1890-1894)

TERENCE, Publius Terentius Afer (190-154 BC). Cover of an edition of his comedies printed in Paris

SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616). English poet
" SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616). English poet and playwright. Title page from an edition of " Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies" by William Shakespeare

Plautus (254-184 BC). Latin comedy poet. Comedies
" Plautus (254-184 BC). Latin comedy poet. " Comedies". Edition of 1518. SPAIN. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia)."

Plautus (254-184 BC). Latin comedy poet. Illustration of the work Amphitryo, in an edition of Plautus Comedies

Half title of an edition that compiles twelve

VEGA CARPIO, F鬩x Lope de (1562-1635). Cover
" VEGA CARPIO, F鬩 x Lope de (1562-1635). Cover of " Las comedias del famoso poeta Lope de Vega" (The comedies by famous poet Lope de Vega). Edition printed in Zaragoza in 1604

SHAKESPEARE: FOLIO, 1623. Comedies, Histories and Tragedies, by William Shakespeare. First folio edition, published at London, England, 1623, by Iaggard and Blount

Evie Greene. Actress. English actress and singer who played in Edwardian musical comedies in London and on Broadway. Unattributed photograpic portrait circa 1905

Shakespeare illustrated title page
An illustrated title page, showing vignette scenes from the Comedies, with Shakespeare himself above and below in youth and old age

Chester Conklin / Flashes
CHESTER CONKLIN American silent film actor who appeared in Keystone and Sennett comedies

Shakespeare / G bach / Scene
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Playwright and poet. Portrait and scenes from his plays

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