The stage and its stars past and present : a gallery of dramatic illustration and critical biographies of distinguished English and American actors from the time of Shakespeare till to-day, Volume 1

The stage and its stars past and present : a gallery of dramatic illustration and critical biographies of distinguished English and American actors from the time of Shakespeare till to-day, Volume 1

Author: Paul, Howard, 1835-1905; Gebbie, George

Year: 1890

Vol. 1 (from captions): Edwin Forrest as Spartacus in "The Gladiator" -- Hamlet -- Edwin Booth as Hamlet -- Sarah Bernhardt as Mrs. Clarkson (in the French version of "The Stranger") -- Henry Irving as Shylock -- Miss Ellen Terry as Marguerite in Goethe's "Tragedy of Faust" -- Tommaso Salvini as Othello -- Joseph Jefferson as Bob Acres in "The Rivals" -- Wm. J. Florence as Sir Lucius O'Trigger in Sheridan's play of "The Rivals" -- Mary Anderson and Mrs. Sterling as Juliet and the nurse -- Robson and Crane as the two dromios in "The Comedy of Errors" -- Nat. C. Goodwin as Modus in "The Hunchback" -- Lotta as the marchioness in "Old Curiosity Shop" -- Grace Church at night, Broadway New York -- Richard Mansfield as Gloster and Beatrice Cameron as Lady Anne -- Richard III -- Miss Margaret Mather as Juliana in "The Honeymoon" -- James Lewis and Mrs. G.H. Gilbert as Professor and Mrs. Zantippi Babbit in "A Night Off" -- Stars of the stage , early English actors.