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Full-length portrait of Smith in the role of Imoinda. Unlike other adaptations of Oroonoko at the time (including the Hawkesworth version in which Smith is performing), Smith plays in blackface. With arms outstretched and draped with a white scarf,…

Full-length portrait of Sarah Siddons in her signature role, Lady Macbeth. Siddons wears a long sleeve white gown with matching headdress and shawl. To her left, stand the Doctor and the Nurse. On her right, beside a red curtain is a lit candle.

Photograph of Ruth Gordon as Margery Pinchwife from The Country Wife at the Old Vic Theatre.

The final scene of the RSC Production of King Lear at the Lincoln Center Festival.

Richard and Richmond duel; Richard dies. This scene also utilizes the famous line, “My horse! My horse! My kingdom for a horse!”

Porcelain figurine of limping Richard III

Pen and ink drawing by Henry Fuseli of Richard III reclining as spirits surround him.

A BBC interpretation of Benedict Cumberbatch as Richard III as he speaks of his desire for the throne.

The Old Vic Theatre Company in their first American radio appearance performing Richard III, starring Laurence Olivier in the title role.
"Richard III (1946) - Radio drama starring Laurence Olivier and Ralph Richardson"