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High quality, free PDF version of William Shakespeare's Richard III, made available through Folger Digital Texts and Folger Shakespeare Library.

PBS' site about the background sources of King Lear, referring to the relevant portion of Geoffrey of Monmouth's history of Lear.

Painting of the actress and dancer Hester Santlow Booth (c1680-1773) costumed in her famous role as a female Harlequin. See more information at V&A

Othello and Desdemona depicted as monkeys. Othello holds a crooked candlestick above his head with his left hand, while carrying a dagger in his right. He wears a bright red vest with tassle accompanied by striped pants. Meanwhile, Desdemona lies…

Illustration of Southerne's adaptation of Behn's Oroonoko: or the Royal Slave. Oroonoko stands with his right arm outstretched pointing down to draw Imoinda's attention to the dead Aboan on the ground. Imoinda bends slightly to look while touching…

Oroonoko stands with a knife clenched in his right hand, leaning back and looking at his wife Imoinda over his left shoulder. His left arm and hers cross, as she leans toward him. Oroonoko's muscles on his arms and legs are tense. Both are wearing…

Half-length portrait of Nell Gywn.

Posing as Venus with Cupid, Nell Gwyn lounges with her child at her right and a vase on her left against a natural setting. Portrait commissioned by Charles II.

Actress Sarah Siddons is pictured holding a tragic mask and a dagger beside a monument to Shakespeare. Resting at the top right of the monument is a comic mask. For further description see NPG.