Dramatist Collection (#4)

William Shakespeare, English playwright (b/w photo)
8655870 William Shakespeare, English playwright (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: William Shakespeare (1564-1616), English playwright

Scene from King Lear (litho)
8655663 Scene from King Lear (litho) by Green, Henry Hawes Craven (1837-1910); Private Collection; (add.info.: Scene from Shakespeare's King Lear (Act III, Scene 3)

King Lear (litho)
8655657 King Lear (litho) by Partridge, Bernard John (1861-1945) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: English actor Henry Irving in the title role in King Lear)

Cordelia (litho)
8655656 Cordelia (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: English actress Ellen Terry as Cordelia in King Lear)

Shakespeare at the Court of Queen Elizabeth I, Stained Glass Window (engraving)
8661523 Shakespeare at the Court of Queen Elizabeth I, Stained Glass Window (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Shakespeare at the Court of Queen Elizabeth)

Shakespeare Memorial Statue, Stratford-upon-Avon by Lord Ronald Gower (b/w photo)
8673382 Shakespeare Memorial Statue, Stratford-upon-Avon by Lord Ronald Gower (b/w photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Shakespeare Memorial Statue)

Pietro Cossa, Italian dramatist (engraving)
8626260 Pietro Cossa, Italian dramatist (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pietro Cossa (1830-1881), Italian dramatist

The Bowling Terrace, Bramshill, Hants (b/w photo)
8624892 The Bowling Terrace, Bramshill, Hants (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Bowling Terrace, Bramshill, Hants)

Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice: Portia (colour litho)
8674062 Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice: Portia (colour litho) by Linton, James Dromgole (1840-1916); Private Collection; (add.info.: Portia)

Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice: Shylock leaving the Ducal Palace (colour litho)
8674014 Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice: Shylock leaving the Ducal Palace (colour litho) by Linton, James Dromgole (1840-1916); Private Collection; (add.info)

Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice: Bassanio and Gratiano (colour litho)
8674003 Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice: Bassanio and Gratiano (colour litho) by Linton, James Dromgole (1840-1916); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bassanio and Gratiano)

Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice: The Prince of Arragon, Portia and Nerissa (colour litho)
8674002 Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice: The Prince of Arragon, Portia and Nerissa (colour litho) by Linton, James Dromgole (1840-1916); Private Collection; (add.info)

Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice: Jessica (colour litho)
8674000 Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice: Jessica (colour litho) by Linton, James Dromgole (1840-1916); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jessica)

Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice: Lorenzo and Jessica (colour litho)
8673997 Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice: Lorenzo and Jessica (colour litho) by Linton, James Dromgole (1840-1916); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lorenzo and Jessica)

Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice: Shylock (colour litho)
8673994 Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice: Shylock (colour litho) by Linton, James Dromgole (1840-1916); Private Collection; (add.info.: Shylock)

Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice: Shylock, Bassanio and Antonio (colour litho)
8673993 Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice: Shylock, Bassanio and Antonio (colour litho) by Linton, James Dromgole (1840-1916); Private Collection; (add.info.: Shylock, Bassanio and Antonio)

Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice: Gratiano (colour litho)
8673992 Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice: Gratiano (colour litho) by Linton, James Dromgole (1840-1916); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gratiano)

Shakespearian Series: Stratford-upon-Avon, The Grower Monument (colour litho)
8669423 Shakespearian Series: Stratford-upon-Avon, The Grower Monument (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Stratford-upon-Avon, The Grower Monument)

John Baldwin Buckstone, English actor and playwright (engraving)
8676952 John Baldwin Buckstone, English actor and playwright (engraving) by Pound, Daniel John. (fl.1860); Private Collection; (add.info.: John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879)

Tom Taylor, English playwright (engraving)
8676345 Tom Taylor, English playwright (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tom Taylor (1817-1880), English playwright

Fran Levstik, Slovenian playwright (b/w photo)
8664224 Fran Levstik, Slovenian playwright (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fran Levstik (1831-1887), Slovenian playwright

Shakespearian Series: The Globe Theatre, Southwark, Interior (colour litho)
8668816 Shakespearian Series: The Globe Theatre, Southwark, Interior (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Globe Theatre, Southwark, Interior)

Shakespearian Series: Stratford-upon-Avon, The Guild Chapel (colour litho)
8668796 Shakespearian Series: Stratford-upon-Avon, The Guild Chapel (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Stratford-upon-Avon, The Guild Chapel)

Shakespearian Series: Holy Trinity Church, Stratford, The Chancel (colour litho)
8668793 Shakespearian Series: Holy Trinity Church, Stratford, The Chancel (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Holy Trinity Church, Stratford)

Illustration for The Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare, 19th century (engraving)
3772206 Illustration for The Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare, 19th century (engraving) by Gilbert, John (1817-97); (add.info)

Scene from the tragedie "Bajazet" representing Roxane et Bajazet
ELD4962922 Scene from the tragedie "Bajazet" representing Roxane et Bajazet (Roxane wants to dethrone Amurat by wedding Bajazet)

Representation of Alexandre le Grand facing his love to the Indian princess Cleophile
ELD4962856 Representation of Alexandre le Grand facing his love to the Indian princess Cleophile. By Staal 19th century (engraving from "Alexandre le Grand" by Jean Racine (1639-1699)

Amphitryon, 1896 (engraving)
ELD4833199 Amphitryon, 1896 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: Amphitryon. Engraving from " Works" by Jean-Baptiste Poquelin dit Moliere (Jean Baptiste Poquelin, 1622-1673)

The Affected Young Ladies, 1896 (engraving)
ELD4833763 The Affected Young Ladies, 1896 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Affected Young Ladies, Engraving from "Works" by Jean-Baptiste Poquelin dit Moliere)

The Love-Tiff, 1896 (engraving)
ELD4833350 The Love-Tiff, 1896 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Love-Tiff, Engraving from "Works" by Jean-Baptiste Poquelin dit Moliere (Jean Baptiste Poquelin, 1622-1673)

The Doctor in Spite of Himself: Sganarelle, Lucas & Valere, 1896 (engraving)
ELD4833207 The Doctor in Spite of Himself: Sganarelle, Lucas & Valere, 1896 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: "The Doctor in Spite of Himself", Sganarelle)

Henriette Rosine Bernard aka Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) in the role of Tisbe in Victor Hugo's play
PCT4257881 Henriette Rosine Bernard aka Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) in the role of Tisbe in Victor Hugo's play "Angelo". (photo); © Patrice Cartier. All rights reserved 2023

Henriette Rosine Bernard aka Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) as "Hamlet" (Shakespeare), 1899. (b/w photo)
PCT4257579 Henriette Rosine Bernard aka Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) as "Hamlet" (Shakespeare), 1899. (b/w photo); (add.info.: Theatre des Nations); © Patrice Cartier

Chip of the novel " Ninety twenty thirteen" by Victor Hugo (1802-1885) 1872 Litterary House by Victor Hugo
JEB4888405 Chip of the novel " Ninety twenty thirteen" by Victor Hugo (1802-1885) 1872 Litterary House by Victor Hugo

Little Cosette and her doll Catherine at the Thenardier's house, 19th century (engraving)
PCT4276043 Little Cosette and her doll Catherine at the Thenardier's house, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Little Cosette and her doll Catherine at the Thenardier's house)

Frontispice illustrated by Wheat from Victor Hugo's book "The Children" (the book of the mothers)
PCT4287884 Frontispice illustrated by Wheat from Victor Hugo's book "The Children" (the book of the mothers)

Cosette and Jean Valjean, 19th century (engraving)
PCT4276093 Cosette and Jean Valjean, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Cosette and Jean Valjean. The former forcat watches over the girl's sleep)

Forcat Jean Valjean evades from the ship Orion, letting himself fall into the sea in the harbor of Toulon
PCT4276082 Forcat Jean Valjean evades from the ship Orion, letting himself fall into the sea in the harbor of Toulon, 19th century (engraving); (add.info)

William Shakespeare's birthplace (1564-1616) in Stratford on Avon. Engraving late 19th century
PCT4267529 William Shakespeare's birthplace (1564-1616) in Stratford on Avon. Engraving late 19th century. In the middle

Costume of a medieval princess (from Victorian staging of Shakespeare's As You Like It)
FLO4655625 Costume of a medieval princess (from Victorian staging of Shakespeare's As You Like It, Love's Labour's Lost)

Mabel Terry-Lewis as Bianca in The Taming of the Shrew
3586136 Mabel Terry-Lewis as Bianca in The Taming of the Shrew'; (add.info.: Photograph of Mabel Terry-Lewis (1872-1957) an English actress, and member of the Terry-Gielgud dynasty of actors

Desdemone (young wife of the Venetian general Othello known as The Moor) in the opera Othello
DUV4199205 Desdemone (young wife of the Venetian general Othello known as The Moor) in the opera Othello (Othello or The Moor of Venice) by Giuseppe Verdi (1887)

Pierre CORNEILLE - 1606-1684, French playwright and poet 1867
JAB4120327 Pierre CORNEILLE - 1606-1684, French playwright and poet 1867; (add.info.: Pierre CORNEILLE - 1606-1684, French playwright and poet 1867); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis

Victor Marie Hugo, 1802-1885, after a 19th century print
3252973 Victor Marie Hugo, 1802-1885, after a 19th century print; (add.info.: Victor Marie Hugo, 1802-1885. French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. After a 19th century print.)

Theophile Gautier
3118493 Theophile Gautier; (add.info.: Portrait of Theophile Gautier (1811-1872) a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and literary critic

Nikolai Gogol
3118779 Nikolai Gogol; (add.info.: Portrait of Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852) a Russian dramatist, novelist and short story writer of Ukrainian ethnicity

Alfred de Musset, 19th century (engraving)
3118699 Alfred de Musset, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Portrait of Alfred de Musset (1810-1857) a French dramatist, poet, and novelist. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Joseph Chenier
3078465 Joseph Chenier; (add.info.: Portrait of Joseph Chenier (1764-1811) a French poet, dramatist and politician of French and Greek origin. Dated 18th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

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"Dramatist: Masters of the Theatrical Craft" From the lyrical verses penned by W. B. Yeats, a Nobel laureate in Literature, to the captivating performances of William Gillette as Sherlock Holmes, dramatists have left an indelible mark on our cultural landscape. Step into the enchanting world of Shakespeare at the grand exhibition held at Earls Court in London, where his timeless works come alive through intricate costumes and elaborate sets. Witness a scene from Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, beautifully captured in an engraving depicting Javert, the relentless detective. Arnold Bennett's ingenious storytelling transports us to different realms with every word written while a Shakespeare quotation on a greetings card reminds us of his enduring influence on literature and life itself. Samuel Beckett challenges conventional narratives with his thought-provoking plays that delve deep into existential questions. Meanwhile, Henrik Ibsen takes us back home to Oslo where he masterfully explores societal norms and personal struggles. Leo Tolstoy's Russian novels transport readers across vast landscapes filled with complex characters and profound insights into human nature. And who can forget William Shakespeare himself? His words continue to resonate through time, reminding us of love, tragedy, and everything in between. Jules Verne's visionary tales ignite our imagination as we embark on thrilling adventures alongside extraordinary characters. Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke's contributions to literature during her time are celebrated for their elegance and sophistication. Dramatists embody creativity unleashed upon stages big and small; they captivate hearts with their stories woven intricately through dialogue and action. Their artistry transcends boundaries - geographical or temporal - leaving an everlasting impact on generations past, present, and future.