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19th-century color version of William Hogarth's 1733 etching. Well-dressed gentlemen dally with orange sellers while bemused audience members watch a play. Three musicians appear below. For more information see the V&A Museum.

A black male figure in a loincloth raises both arms with clenched fists. A woman, dark but lighter than her male companion, leans forward, wrapping her left arm around his waist, with her right arm forward outstretched. The two figures stand at the…

A black male figure in a loincloth raises both arms with clenched fists. A woman, dark but lighter than her male companion, leans forward, wrapping her left arm around his waist, with her right arm forward outstretched. The two figures stand at the…

Online educational resource designed to accompany and supplement the virtual reconstructed Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (1674) in Second Life. Read more here

Set design for Cornell University's production of The Rover.

Cast list and first page from the first printed edition of The Rover (1677).

Grading scale for the 1757-1758 theater season. Comedians ranked in terms of Genius, Judgment, Vis Comica (comic power or talent) and Variety.

Grading scale for the 1757-1758 theater season. Tragedians ranked in terms of Genius, Judgment, Expression, Action and Voice.

In a production of Macbeth, three witches are seen performing half above and half below the stage. This image gives both an on-stage and off-stage view. To the left of the witches, backstage commotion including props and actors are seen. From the…

Scale reconstruction of Drury Lane Theatre.