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Actress Sarah Siddons is pictured holding a tragic mask and a dagger beside a monument to Shakespeare. Resting at the top right of the monument is a comic mask. For further description see NPG.

Well-dressed gentlemen dally with orange sellers while bemused audience members watch a play. Three musicians appear below.See fuller description from the Northwestern Library.

David Garrick in the character of Richard III, holding a dagger in his left hand with his right hand outstretched. In the foreground is a suit of armor; in the background in the tent are a crucifix and a crown. Outside the tent, men huddle around a…

Ballad printed c. 1687 about Anglo-Irish relations in the reign of James II. Digitized, transcribed, and recorded by the English Broadside Ballad Archive.

Video clip from film adaptation of The Beggar's Opera.For full cast and crew information see IMDB.

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List of characters and players for the first run of The Country Wife in 1675 at Drury Lane Theater.

Portrait of Thomas Killigrew with a dog and a writing desk. A portrait of Charles I hangs above the desk; as a sign of mourning, black ribbon is tied on the author's wrist as well as the royal portrait.

John Dryden, dramatist and newly appointed poet laureate. The decorative border includes quotes from Roman poets, laurel branches, and the motto "Par omnibus Vnus" (one to equal them all). See a fuller description from the Historical Portraits Image…

This full-length portrait of Dryden emphasizes his sources in the volumes ( Montaigne, Horace, Virgil, Homer) on the table at his left hand. A dog looks up at Dryden from the foreground; an eagle is depicted on the ledge. A distant view of Parnassus…