A photograph of a 1949 performance of Farquhar's The Beaux' Stratagem at the Pheonix Theatrein London. For more information seeVictoria & Albert Museum.
Oroonoko stands with a knife clenched in his right hand, leaning back and looking at his wife Imoinda over his left shoulder. His left arm and hers cross, as she leans toward him. Oroonoko's muscles on his arms and legs are tense. Both are wearing…