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

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

Scale reconstruction of Drury Lane Theatre.

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

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…

Formal portrait of Charles II seated on the throne in full regalia. For more information, see The Royal Collection

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

Portrait of Garrick and his wife standing beside the temple, built to celebrate the genius of William Shakespeare, located on the riverside at Hampton.

Oil painting of a 1763 performance of a climactic scene of John Vanbrugh's comedy The Provok'd Wife. Sir John Brute (David Garrick) wearingelaborate female attire--a pink bonnet and yellow embroidered hooped skirt--defies seven night watchmen who…

Actor Will Kemp, wearing bells on his ankles, performs a Morris Dance. Behind him, a man plays a pipe and drum.