Antony and Cleopatra written by William Shakespeare and produced at the Drury Lane Theatre, London, in 1873, starring Ellen Wallis, James Anderson

A scene from Antony and Cleopatra written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) and produced at the Drury Lane Theatre, London, in 1873, starring Ellen Wallis, James Anderson (Scottish stage actor and dramatist, 1811 - 1895).

King Lear written by William Shakespeare (1564-1616), and performed in 1872, starring Charles Hay Cameron.

    A scene from King Lear written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564-1616), and performed in 1872, starring Charles Hay Cameron.

   King Lear: The white-bearded man wearing a crown in the center is played by Charles Hay Cameron, the photographer's husband.

King Lear and his daughters (From left are Lorina Liddell, Edith Liddell, Charles Hay Cameron, and Alice Liddell). Photographed by Julia Margaret Cameron, 1872.

While the sisters on either side skillfully whisper words into the king's ear, the youngest daughter Cordelia, who holds true love (the woman in white on the right), stands sorrowfully.

Kabale und Liebe (a drama in five acts by Friedrich Schiller with incidental music by Reiner Bredemeyer), performed at the Kammerspiele (Deutsches Theater), Berlin, on January 21, 1972.

Scenes from Kabale und Liebe (a drama in five acts by Friedrich Schiller with incidental music by Reiner Bredemeyer), performed at the Kammerspiele (Deutsches Theater), Berlin, on January 21, 1972.

Directors: K. Erforth, A. Stillmark; Set designer: J. Finke. 
With D. Körner as President of Walter, A. Lang as Ferdinand, K. Piontek as Wurm, C. Schorn as Lady Milford, F. Düren as Miller, W. Schmitt as Luise.

Anatema directed by the Russian director Konstantin Sergeievich Stanislavski at the Moscow Art Theater from August 9, 1871 to September 12, 1919.

Scenes from Anatema (or Anathema) written by Russian playwright Leonid Andreyev (1871 - 1919) and produced under the direction of the Russian director Konstantin Sergeievich Stanislavski (1863 - 1938) at the Moscow Art Theater from August 9, 1871 to September 12, 1919.

Russian actor Kasanov (or Kachanov)

Julius Caesar written by William Shakespeare and produced at the Winter Garden Theatre, on Broadway, on November 25, 1864, for one night only, by three famous Booth Brothers:

   A scene from Julius Caesar written by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564 -1616) and produced at the opulent Winter Garden Theatre, on Broadway and West 3rd Street, on November 25, 1864, for one night only, by three famous actors.

   The Booth Brothers: Edwin Booth as Brutus, John Wilkes Booth as Cassius, and Junius Brutus Booth as Mark Antony. The Booth brothers, who had never performed together, hoped to raise funds for a Shakespeare statue in the new Central Park.

Ages Ago is a musical entertainment with a libretto by W. S. Gilbert and music by Frederic Clay that premiered on 22 November 1869 at the Royal Gallery of Illustration.

Ages Ago, sometimes stylised as Ages Ago! or Ages Ago!!, is a musical entertainment with a libretto by W. S. Gilbert and music by Frederic Clay that premiered on 22 November 1869 at the Royal Gallery of Illustration. 

Poster advertising Ages Ago, 1869

Song from Ages Ago

A scene from Ages Ago, The Illustrated London News, 15 January 1870

A sketch of the scenery by Matvey Andreevich Shishkov for The Death of Ivan the Terrible (a historical tragedy) written by Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy (1817 - 1875).

   A sketch of the scenery by the Russian theater artist Matvey Andreevich Shishkov ( 1832−1897) for The Death of Ivan the Terrible (a historical tragedy) written by the Russian playwright  Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy (1817 - 1875).

   The Death of Ivan the Terrible was first performed at the Alexandrinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg in 1867. It was not a success, due to the lead role having been given to a comic actor.
   The world-famous Moscow Art Theatre began its second season with a production of the play, which opened on 29 September 1899. It was directed by the seminal theatre practitioner Constantin Stanislavski, who also played the lead role initially. When Stanislavski fell ill after the first few performances, he was replaced by Vsevolod Meyerhold.

   Matvey Andreevich Shishkov was a Russian theater artist. He studied at the Stroganov School and with the theater decorator H. Shenyang in Moscow. From 1852 he worked under the guidance of A. A. Roller in St. Petersburg. Academician of the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts (1869), Professor (1884). Sh. strove to introduce historical everyday authenticity into Russian theatrical and decorative art, which, however, often turned into excessive naturalism and props. Shishkov's best works are the scenery for the performances "The Death of Ivan the Terrible" by A. K. Tolstoy (1867, Alexandria Theater, together with V. G. Schwartz and G. G. Gagarin), "Blacksmith Vakula" by Tchaikovsky (1877, Mariinsky Theater, together with M. I. Bocharov).