Shakespeare's Staging
The Victorians and Edwardians 1837 to 1914 (Modern Performances: 1837-1998)
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Shakespeare's Memorial Theatre, built in 1879 by the river at Stratford-on-Avon, was destroyed by fire in 1926.Furness Collection.
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      Salvini as Othello

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Zesmer, David M.,  Guide to Shakespeare, New York: Barnes and Noble, 1976.

 

The Taming of the Shrew: Ada Rehan (1859-1916) as Katherina at the Gaiety Theatre 1888.  Rehan as Katherine does not look like a victim. Courtesy of the Hampden-Booth Library, New York.

 
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