Two scenes of The Taming of the Shrew written by William Shakespeare and produced by Royal Shakespeare Company, 6th May 1911, at Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.

Two scenes of the play The Taming of the Shrew written by William Shakespeare and produced by Royal Shakespeare Company, 6th May 1911 (press night), at Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.

Cast & Crew

Baptista Alfred Brydone

Bianca Ethel McDowall

Biondello James Berry

Cook George Manship

Curtis Elinor Aickin

Gremio H O Nicholson

Grumio Henry Caine

Hortensio Alfred Wild

Katherina Constance Benson

Lucentio Murray Carrington

Nathaniel Rupert L Conrick

Pedant W W Caithness

Petruchio F R Benson

Sugar Sop Cecil Dighton

Tailor John Maclean

Tranio J Moffat Johnston

Vincentio John Howell

Walter Reginald Coplestone

Widow Violet Farebrother

Crew

Director F R Benson

Playwright William Shakespeare

A scene from Hamlet written by William Shakespeare and produced in July 1899

A scene from Hamlet written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) and produced at Stratford-upon-Avon?, in 1899, featuring Sir Frank Benson as Hamlet, Matheson Lang as Osric Frances, Dillon as Gertrude
On an afternoon in July 1899, Frank Benson took the radical step of introducing a complete First Folio text of Hamlet for Stratford audiences.

The following is one of a number of cards with an actor or actress photographed against the ivy-covered wall outside the Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford. Sir Frank played Hamlet at Stratford seventeen times between 1886 and 1916. 

A scene from The Hope produced at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, in 1911

A scene from The Hope produced at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, in 1911

Sada Yaccos "japanische Duse" mit ihrer Familie & Loie Fuller in Berlin c.1901

Sada Yaccos "japanische Duse" mit ihrer Familie & Loie Fuller in Berlin c.1901

'The Headmaster' at the Playhouse Theatre in 1914

'The Headmaster' at the Playhouse Theatre in 1914

The Love Habit produced at the Royalty Theatre, London, in 1923

Some scenes from The Love Habit produced at the Royalty Theatre, London, in 1923

'The Little Cafe' at the Playhouse Theatre in 1913

'The Little Cafe' at the Playhouse Theatre in 1913