EditorialFrom left, Marcel Spears, Nikki Crawford and Billy Eugene Jones in “Fat Ham” at the Public Theater in New York, May 11, 2022. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialLars Eidinger, center, as Hamlet in Thomas Ostermeier’s production at BAM’s Harvey Theater in New York, Oct. 26, 2022. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialIn an image provided by the Library of Congress shows, Ira Aldridge, a pioneering Black Shakespearean actor (shown here in “Titus Andronicus”), who got his start at the African Theater. (Library of Congress via The New York Times)
EditorialOne of the leading Shakespearean actors of his day, Maurice Evans becomes Falstaff for “Henry IV, Part 1” at the St. James Theater in New York in January 1939.
EditorialArtist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 18521911, M.A., 1897, Study for an unidentified Shakespearean?play, Pen and ink, Wove, 20.1 ? 25.5 cm (7 15/16 ? 10 1/16?in.), Made in United States, American, 19th?century, Works on Paper - Drawings and?Watercolors.
EditorialArtist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 18521911, M.A., 1897, Study of back of a seated man in XV century costume, for a Shakespearean?scene., Pen and ink, Composition board, 28.7 ? 14.3 cm (11 5/16 ? 5 5/8?in.), Made in United States, American, 19th?cen...
EditorialArtist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 18521911, M.A., 1897, Unidentified illustration- Study for Shakespearean scene, possibly early study for Mariana in Measure for?Measure, Crayon, Wove, 15.1 ? 22.9 cm (5 15/16 ? 9?in.), Made in United States, Americ...
EditorialShakespearean Scene (?): A Pilgrim, Joseph Farington, (landscape), 17471821, British, Robert Smirke, (figures), 17521845, British, 1796, Pen and brown ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, pasted on ...
EditorialMr Aldridge of the Theatre Royal Covent Garden, [commonly known as the African Roscius.] in the character of Othello. Ira Frederick Aldridge (July 24, 1807 – August 7, 1867) was an African-American and later British stage actor and playwright. He bec...
Editorial'She Never Told Her Love', 1857, Albumen silver print from glass negative, 18 x 23.2cm (7 1/16 x 9 1/8in.), Photographs, Henry Peach Robinson (British, Ludlow, Shropshire 1830?1901 Tunbridge Wells, Kent), Consumed by the passion of unrequited love, a y...
EditorialRichard II (Twelve Characters from Shakespeare), May 20, 1775, Etching, Sheet: 15 3/4 x 12 11/16 in. (40 x 32.2 cm), Prints, Mortimer admired Salvator Rosa, absorbed aspects of his dramatic style, and sought British equivalents for his poetic subjects....
EditorialShylock (Twelve Characters from Shakespeare), March 15, 1776, Etching, sheet: 15 3/4 x 12 3/8 in. (40 x 31.5 cm), Prints, John Hamilton Mortimer (British, Eastbourne 1740?1779 London), Mortimer admired Salvator Rosa, absorbed aspects of his dramatic st...
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