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Interior of Covent Garden Theater, empty, showing the orchestra, the box seats to stage right, and the stage with the curtain drawn.

An unknown conspirator meets with Queen Elizabeth's physician (Lopez) to plan to poison her. "What will you give?" In the stark background stands the Tower of London and the gallows, the destined end of traitors. Engraving from Carlton'sA Thankful…

title page for Man of Mode in 1676, the year it was first performed at Duke's Theatre.

Map showing location of theaters and relevant sites.

Full-length engraved portrait. Mark Lemon costumed as Falstaff holds a tankard in his right hand and wears a dagger, a sword, and a purse.

Attributed three-quarter length portrait of actress, Mary Betterton holding a shell beside a fountain with three stone cherubs.

Half-length standing portrait of Michael Mohun in shirt sleeves and holding a sword.Late-18th-century engraving, based on an earlier portrait by an unknown artist. For more information see: ODNB

Staging of a gathering of numerous fairies, dressed in either white or gold, holding staves of flowers. Set in front of a parthenon-like structure. The stage is framed by a large red curtain and ornate pillars.

Engraving image of Anne Merry portraying Cordelia on the heath.

This design by Morris Kestelman (1905-1998) was for an interior scene in the Old Vic Theatre Company's production of Richard III at the New Theatre, London, in September 1944.