William Shakespeare, Mr William Shakespeares comedies, histories and tragedies..., 'First Folio', 1623 - Ben Jonson's commendation, p. A4v, detail.
Shakespeare: ‘Sweet Swan of Avon’.
Ben Jonson's poem in the first collected edition of William Shakespeare's plays included the first reference to Shakespeare as the 'swan of Avon' which ...
William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice,, 1600 [1619] - Portia pleads for mercy, p.H3r.
‘The quality of mercy’ at Shylock’s trial, in Shakespeare's play.
Antonio’s trial when his forfeit bond is due to be answered contains one of Shakespeare’s most famous ...
William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, 1600 [1619] - casket scene
Aragon chooses a casket in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.
Shakespeare explores the idea of obedience in women as Portia has agreed to accept her father’s unusual will which states that ...
William Shakespeare, Mr William Shakespeares comedies, histories and tragedies..., 1623 'First Folio',- Ben Jonson's Poem, p. A4v.
Shakespeare's playwright friend Ben Jonson praises his work.
At the front of the plays in the 'First Folio' Shakespeare's friend and fellow playwright, Ben Jonson, describes William Shakespeare as ...
William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1600 [1619] - Fairies, p.C3r.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: a Shakespeare fairy song.
The songs, including the fairies’ lullaby to Bottom and Titania, were printed along with the main text of the play in the ‘quarto’ ...
William Shakespeare, King Lear, 1608 [1619] - F1r, storm scene
Lear’s madness in the storm scene in Shakespeare's play.
The ‘quarto’ text of King Lear differs in about 300 lines from the text printed in the ‘First Folio’ and scholars ...
William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, 1631 - Act 4 begins with after dinner discussion
Shakespeare’s schoolteacher is parodied.
Much of the comedy in Love’s Labour’s Lost is centred on the school teacher and clergyman who are always quoting the Latin classics, and who ...
William Shakespeare, Mr William Shakespeares comedies, histories and tragedies..., 1623 , 'First Folio', - binding view
A ‘folio’ owned by The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
The tooling on the spine of this copy of the Shakespeare 'First Folio' matches the restraint of the work on the front and back boards ...
William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, 1600 [1619] - Antonio's melancholy, p.A2r.
Antonio: the merchant in Shakespeare's play of Venice.
Antonio, the Venetian merchant of the play’s title, opens the action with a lament for his depression and worry that all his wealth is at ...
William Shakespeare, a Stratford tithe holder, c. 1612. Detail
Entry in a survey of Corporation property identifying William Shakespeare and Thomas Combe as lessees of the tithes of corn, grain and hay growing in the fields of Old Stratford, Bishopton and Welcombe.
A ...
William Shakespeare, Quartos, A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1600 [1619] - Theseus goes hunting, p.F4v.
Duke Theseus’ hounds in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Theseus’s praise of his hounds echoes the words of Ovid's book three: ‘My hounds are bred out of that Spartan ...
William Shakespeare, Quartos, A midsummer night's dreame, 1600 [1619] - title page
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: The ‘quarto’ text titlepage.
The title page of the paper-back pamphlet, or ‘quarto’ version of Shakespeare’s plays often carried an advertising ...
William Shakespeare, Quartos, King Lear, 1608 [1619] - final scene
The end of Shakespeare's King Lear.
The differing texts of King Lear include changes in assignment of speeches to Albany, at the end of the quarto edition, or to Edgar at the end of the Folio text ...
William Shakespeare, Quartos, Love's Labour's Lost, 1631 - title page
A play for the Blackfriars Theatre: Shakespeare's Love’s Labour’s Lost.
The first ‘quarto' of Love’s Labour’s Lost was printed in 1598 and formed the basis for the ‘folio’ ...
William Shakespeare, Quartos, Midsummer Night's Dream, 1600 [1619] - 'Pyramus and Thisbe' play is performed, p.H2v.
The play of 'Pyramus and Thisbe' in A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Shakespeare’s play concludes with Duke Theseus and his wedding guests being very critical as they are entertained by the play ...
William Shakespeare, Quartos, The Merchant of Venice, 1600 [1619] - Title page, imprint detail
A text published without the permission of Shakespeare’s acting company.
Every press had to be licensed by the Archbishop of Canterbury or the Bishop of London and no printing was allowed except ...
William Shakespeare, Quartos, The Merchant of Venice, 1600 [1619] - title page.
A ‘Pavier’ quarto of Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice title page.
This title-page of The Merchant of Venice ‘quarto’ summarises the plot in its descriptive sub-title. The ...
William Shakespeare's Baptism with entry highlighted
The entry for 26th April 1564 in the parish register of Holy Trinity Chuch, Stratford-upon-Avon.
'Gulielmus filius Johannes Shakspere' - William son of John Shakepeare.
Guiliemus is the Latinised ...