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Thomas Weston as Scrub in "The Beaux' Stratagem"

Cave Underhill as Obadiah in "The Committee"

Elizabeth Ann Sheridan (nee Linley) as St. Cecilia

Thomas Sheridan speaking the prologue to "Cato"

Thomas Sheridan as Cato in "Cato"

Sarah Siddons (nee Kemble) as Belvidera in "Venice Preserved"

Sarah Siddons (nee Kemble) as Isabella and Henry Siddons as her child in a scene from "Isabella"

Joshua Silsbee as Jonathan Ploughboy in "The Forest Rose"

John Henderson as Don John in "The Chances"

Harriet Siddons (nee Murray) as Lady Elizabeth Gray and William Henry West Betty as Warwick in a scene from "The Earl of Warwick"

Fanny Stirling as Arabella Beaumont in "Venus in Arms"

Richard John Smith (O. Smith) as Schampt in "The Woodman's Hut"

Samuel Foote as Buck in a scene from "The Englishman Returned from Paris"

Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson as Claudio in "Much Ado About Nothing"

John Palmer as Face in "The Alchemist"

Adelaide Neilson as Pauline in "The Lady of Lyons"

Henry Placide as the King of Clubs in "High, Low, Jack and the Game"

Ann Brunton Merry as Calista in "The Fair Pentitent"

Rosoman Mountain (Wilkinson) as Fidelia in "The Foundling"

Charles Mathews as the Hon. Tom Shuffleton in "John Bull"

Charles Connor as Doctor O'Toole

William Charles Macready as Rob Roy Macgregor in "Rob Roy Macgregor"

George Frederick Cooke as Sir Archy Macsarcasm in "Love a la Mode"

William Charles Macready as Bajazet in "Tamerlane"

William Charles Macready as Hamlet in a scene from "Hamlet"

William Charles Macready as William Tell in a scene from "William Tell"

Charlotte Mardyn as Amelia in "Lovers' Vows"

Thomas Collins as Sharp in "The Lying Valet"

Eliza Mansel (Mansell) as Leonora in "The Mistake"

Robert William Elliston as Rochester in "Rochester"

Thomas Simpson Cooke as Cohenberg

Charles F. Coghlan as Charles Surface in "The School for Scandal"

Frances Abington (nee Barton) as Phillis in "Conscious Lovers"

James Aickin as Horatio in "The Fair Penitent"

Frances Abington (nee Barton) as Estifania in "Rule a Wife and Have a Wife"

Edmund Kean as Ludovica Sforza in a scene from "The Duke of Milan"

Edmund Kean as Macbeth in "Macbeth"

Edmund Kean as Richard III in "Richard III"

George B. Davidge as Gipsy Jack in "Gipsy Jack"

Edmund Kean as Bajazet in "Tamerlane"

Thomas Weston as Scrub in "The Beaux' Stratagem"
Image | 1778 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing to side. With text: "Eh, by this light it is a Guinea!"
Cave Underhill as Obadiah in "The Committee"
Image | 1826 | Portraits of ActorsThree-quarter-length portrait, wearing hat, cloak.
Elizabeth Ann Sheridan (nee Linley) as St. Cecilia
Image | 1837 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, playing organ with two children singing.
Thomas Sheridan speaking the prologue to "Cato"
Image | 1780 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait.
Thomas Sheridan as Cato in "Cato"
Image | 1776 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, holding book, standing in front of table, dagger. With text: "My Bane and Antidote are both before me."
Sarah Siddons (nee Kemble) as Belvidera in "Venice Preserved"
Image | Portraits of Actorsremember twelve."
Sarah Siddons (nee Kemble) as Isabella and Henry Siddons as her child in a scene from "Isabella"
Image | 1783 | Portraits of ActorsScene from the play with Isabella standing in a room with her son lying on floor, writing. With text: "Why must I think, when no thought gives me comfort."
Joshua Silsbee as Jonathan Ploughboy in "The Forest Rose"
Image | Portraits of Actorsfor I sells everything in created nater and darn'd sight more tue."
John Henderson as Don John in "The Chances"
Image | 1777 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, wearing lace collar, coat and breeches with beaded trim. With text: "Not look upon her! I smell an old Dog Trick Don Frederick." Act II.
Harriet Siddons (nee Murray) as Lady Elizabeth Gray and William Henry West Betty as Warwick in a scene from "The Earl of Warwick"
Image | 1816 | Portraits of ActorsScene from the play with Lady Gray kneeling and Warwick with his arm around her. With text: "And when thou art gone who shall defend thy poor Elizabeth."
Fanny Stirling as Arabella Beaumont in "Venus in Arms"
Image | 1838 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing, in officer's uniform, holding up hat to shield face.
Richard John Smith (O. Smith) as Schampt in "The Woodman's Hut"
Image | 1818 | Portraits of ActorsHalf-length portrait, two guns in belt.
Samuel Foote as Buck in a scene from "The Englishman Returned from Paris"
Image | Portraits of ActorsFoote with huge muff and ass ears on hat, poked by other characters with sticks.. Title: "Buck Metamorph'd or Mr. Foote in the character of the Englishman return'd from Paris".
Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson as Claudio in "Much Ado About Nothing"
Image | 1882 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing, right arm on chest, wearing cloth armor. Photo by London Steroscopic Co.
John Palmer as Face in "The Alchemist"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait. Colored print.
Adelaide Neilson as Pauline in "The Lady of Lyons"
Image | Portraits of ActorsPortrait, bust, with curly hair hanging, holding rose.
Henry Placide as the King of Clubs in "High, Low, Jack and the Game"
Image | 1838 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, holding sword, wearing robe and crown. In color.
Ann Brunton Merry as Calista in "The Fair Pentitent"
Image | 1807 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing, wearing veil over hair and necklace with cross pendant. With text: "How didst thou dare to think that I would live a slave to base desires, and brutal pleasures, to be a wretched wanton for thy leisure."
Rosoman Mountain (Wilkinson) as Fidelia in "The Foundling"
Image | 1792 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait.
Charles Mathews as the Hon. Tom Shuffleton in "John Bull"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait. With text: "But the fact is, Baronet, we improve. We have voted many qualities to be virtues now, that they never thought of calling virtues now, that the thought of calling virtues formerly, the rising generation wants a new dictionary."
Charles Connor as Doctor O'Toole
Image | 1826 | Portraits of ActorsHalf-length. Playing violin.
William Charles Macready as Rob Roy Macgregor in "Rob Roy Macgregor"
Image | Portraits of ActorsHalf-length portrait, wearing plaid and a hat with a plume, holding a dagger.
George Frederick Cooke as Sir Archy Macsarcasm in "Love a la Mode"
Image | 1806 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length. Wearing wig, embroidered coat, waistcoat.
William Charles Macready as Bajazet in "Tamerlane"
Image | 1824 | Portraits of ActorsHalf-length portrait, wearing a turban.
William Charles Macready as Hamlet in a scene from "Hamlet"
Image | Portraits of ActorsScene from the play with Polonius and players on stage in elaborate setting. Labeled "Tallis's Dramatic Magazine and General Theatrical & Musical Revue."
William Charles Macready as William Tell in a scene from "William Tell"
Image | Portraits of ActorsMacready standing with two other male figures. With text: "Behold ye are free."
Charlotte Mardyn as Amelia in "Lovers' Vows"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing, wearing long gloves and holding a fan and an eyeglass.
Thomas Collins as Sharp in "The Lying Valet"
Image | 1805 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length. Holding hat. With text: "For Damn it says it for I could not help swearing. I am so well convinced of my Ladys and my Masters Prudence, that I am sure had they a mind to Amuse themselves they would certainly have drawn the window Curtains."? Act I, Scene 2.
Eliza Mansel (Mansell) as Leonora in "The Mistake"
Image | 1795 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, wearing a hat with a very tall plume and holding a locket on a chain. With text: "I have a bauble too. I think you have some claim to"
Robert William Elliston as Rochester in "Rochester"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, standing on a platform, pointing to a phial held in left hand.
Thomas Simpson Cooke as Cohenberg
Image | 1825 | Portraits of ActorsHalf-length. Wearing military uniform with decorations.
Charles F. Coghlan as Charles Surface in "The School for Scandal"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length. Standing in front of a table.
Frances Abington (nee Barton) as Phillis in "Conscious Lovers"
Image | 1776 | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length, standing in interior with male figure in background. With text: "Oh here is my Young Mistress. Go ye Liquorish Fool" Act III, Scene 4
James Aickin as Horatio in "The Fair Penitent"
Image | 1776 | Portraits of Actorsholding sheet of paper. With text: "Hold, let me take a moments' Thought." Act I, Scene 1.
Frances Abington (nee Barton) as Estifania in "Rule a Wife and Have a Wife"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length. Wearing hat with plumes, holding a pistol.
Edmund Kean as Ludovica Sforza in a scene from "The Duke of Milan"
Image | Portraits of ActorsScene with Sforza, dagger in upraised hand, standing over the prostrate body of Marcelia (played by Mrs. Bartley).
Edmund Kean as Macbeth in "Macbeth"
Image | 1824 | Portraits of ActorsHalf-length portrait, wearing armor and holding claymore sword.
Edmund Kean as Richard III in "Richard III"
Image | Portraits of ActorsScene depicting combat with Richmond.
George B. Davidge as Gipsy Jack in "Gipsy Jack"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length. Standing in long coat, boots with spurs.
Edmund Kean as Bajazet in "Tamerlane"
Image | Portraits of ActorsWhole-length portrait, wearing turban with beads, robe with ermine trim

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