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A colorful view of the stage, orchestra, and box seats at Covent Garden. Audience members interact with each other and the performers, a man and woman, standing on the stage. Caption reads "Covent Garden Theatre."

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

A jig (musical interlude, accompanied by dancing, which closed many theatrical performances) written by Shakespearean actor Will Kemp, played on the classical guitar.

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

A theatrical trailer for the National Theatre Live's 2012 production of She Stoops to Conquer.

Orchestra view of a performance of Macbeth at Covent Garden, showing the witches, Macbeth, and Banquo on stage.

Macbeth and Banquo, mounted on horseback, encounter the three witches.

Playbill for May 1779 performance of Cymbeline starring Samuel Reddish as Posthumus. Playbill is printed in alternating lines of red and black ink.

Samuel Reddish in the character of Postumus, in chains. Dejected soldiers stand at his left. In the background, a battle-ground with tents is seen.

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