Scene-image by Olaf Jørgensen of the second act of A Doll’s House (Et dukkehjem) at Christiania Theater, on January 20, 1880, with (from the left) Nora (Johanne Juell), Helmer (Arnoldus Reimers), Mrs. Linden (Thora Hansson (Neelsen)) og Doctor Rank (Hjalmar Hammer)

Scene-image by Olaf Jørgensen of the second act of A Doll’s House (Et dukkehjem) written by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen and produced at the Christiania Theater, on January 20, 1880, with (from the left) Nora (Johanne Juell), Helmer (Arnoldus Reimers), Mrs. Linden (Thora Hansson (Neelsen)) og Doctor Rank (Hjalmar Hammer).

Sir Henry Irving as Hamlet of 1893, written by William Shakespeare

Sir Henry Irving (actor-manager, 1838 -1905) as Hamlet in the 1893 production of Hamlet, written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 -1616).

Ellen Terry and Sir Henry Irving as Ophelia and Hamlet 

All's Well That Ends Well written by William Shakespeare, and produced with Ellen Ternan as Countess Rousillion and Lewis Ball as Lavatch starred, around 1880.

A scene from All's Well That Ends Well written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564-1616), and produced with Ellen Ternan as Countess Rousillion and Lewis Ball as Lavatch starred, around 1880.

Mrs Ternan as the Countess Roussillon and Mr Lewis Ball as Her Clown, Act I Scene 3, in All's Well That Ends Well, engraved by D. Pound from a daguerreotype by Paine of Islington (engraving)

Much Ado About Nothing written by William Shakespeare and produced at the Princess' theatre in 1859, with Charles Kean as Benedick, Ellen Kean as Beatrice

A scene from Much Ado About Nothing written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 -1616) and produced at the Princess' theatre in 1859, with Charles Kean as Benedick, Ellen Kean as Beatrice.

(II.i, the masked ball scene)