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

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…

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

Scale reconstruction of Drury Lane Theatre.

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

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

Full-length portrait of actress (thought to be Sarah Siddons) in the role of Lady Macbeth. Looking upward, she clenches her outstretched right arm, while clenching a letter to her bosom with her left hand.

Image of kneeling half-clothed slave in chains set in relief against a white background. Over the top-half of the medallion there is the famous inscription: "Am I not a man and a brother?" For further information see The British Museum.

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.