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Half-length portrat of Fenton dressed as Polly Peachum. For more information, see NPGPaired with a portrait of Thomas Walker as Macheath.

Half-length portrait of Mrs. Sarah Siddons, famous tragic actress. For further information, see the National Gallery.

Half-length portrait of Mrs. Sarah Siddons For further information, see the University Library at Urbana-Champaign.

Engraving of Charlotte Charke (daughter of Colley Cibber) reading pages of a novel to two gentlemen by a fireplace. Behind them is an old woman pointing at Charke, who is surrounded by a bird, monkey, and cat. A dog lies at her feet.For further…

Portrait of Charlotte Charke, actress famous for her breeches roles onstage and cross-dressing offstage.

Engraving of Charlotte Charke in man's suit and wig with her left hand in her pocket, standing on in front of two paintings, under a bust. She is presumably on set for a play.

Oil painting of a final climactic scene of John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera. Macheath stands chained between Lucy Lockit and Polly Peachum who are both pleading with their fathers for his death sentence to be revoked. The live audience is…

Scale reconstruction of Drury Lane Theatre.

Imaginative reconstruction of Drury Lane Theatre based on Sir Christopher Wren's images of the longitudinal section of a playhouse.

Angellica threatens Willmore with a pistol in the Rover (Act V, Scene i).