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A colorful view of the stage, orchestra, and box seats at Covent Garden. Audience members interact with each other and the performers, a man and woman, standing on the stage. Caption reads "Covent Garden Theatre."

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Longitudinal section of a playhouse, probably Drury Lane showing interior details.

A jig (musical interlude, accompanied by dancing, which closed many theatrical performances) written by Shakespearean actor Will Kemp, played on the classical guitar.

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Interior of Covent Garden Theater, empty, showing the orchestra, the box seats to stage right, and the stage with the curtain drawn.

A theatrical trailer for the National Theatre Live's 2012 production of She Stoops to Conquer.

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Orchestra view of a performance of Macbeth at Covent Garden, showing the witches, Macbeth, and Banquo on stage.

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Macbeth and Banquo, mounted on horseback, encounter the three witches.

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Playbill for May 1779 performance of Cymbeline starring Samuel Reddish as Posthumus. Playbill is printed in alternating lines of red and black ink.

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Samuel Reddish in the character of Postumus, in chains. Dejected soldiers stand at his left. In the background, a battle-ground with tents is seen.

salisbury_court.pdf
Glynne Wickham's description of Salisbury Court, a late seventeenth-century playhouse.
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