Productions from 1900 onwards

This slideshow presents images of celebrated Shakespeare performers between World War I and World War II, and images from foreign and non-English-speaking productions from 1900 to the present.

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The Taming of the Shrew, Laurence Olivier as Katherina, 1922
The Taming of the Shrew, Gaiety Theatre, 1888
All's Well That Ends Well, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, 2007
As You Like It, Nora Lancaster as Rosalind, 1909
As You Like It, Theatre Guild, 1950
As You Like It, Stratford Festival, 1978
As You Like It, Riverside Theatre, 1978
The Comedy of Errors, Adapted as The Boys from Syracuse, Broadway, 1938
The Comedy of Errors, Atlanta Shakespeare Company, 2002
The Comedy of Errors, Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival, 1970
Coriolanus, Shakespeare and Company, 2000
Hamlet, Adelphi Theatre, 1905
Hamlet, Lily Brayton as Ophelia, 1905
Hamlet, Fashions of Gertrude and Ophelia, 1905
Hamlet, Harry Brodribb Irving as Hamlet, 1905
Hamlet, Edward Gordon Craig as Hamlet, 1897
Hamlet, Moscow Art Theatre, 1911
Hamlet, Moscow Art Theatre, 1911
Hamlet, Moscow Art Theatre, 1911
Hamlet, J. Hoffman's Set Design, 1926
Hamlet, Jo Mielziner's Set Design, 1936
Hamlet, Sam H. Harris Theatre, 1922
Hamlet, John Gielgud as Hamlet, 20th Century
Hamlet, Empire Theatre, 1936
Hamlet, Chicago Civic Shakespeare Society, 1931
Laurence Olivier as Hamlet
Hamlet, Old Vic, 1937
Hamlet, Old Vic, 1937
Leslie Howard as Hamlet, New York, 1939
Hamlet, Maurice Evans as Hamlet, 1947
Hamlet, Horst Caspar as Hamlet, 1945
Hamlet, Deutschen Theater, 1945
Hamlet, Deutschen Theater, 1945
Hamlet: Richard Burton as Hamlet
Hamlet, Richard Burton as Hamlet, Old Vic, 1953
Hamlet: Orita/Isozaki, Tokyo Globe, September 1991
Hamlet: Orita/Isozaki, Tokyo Globe, September 1991
Hamlet, Tokyo Globe, 1991
Hamlet, Rio de Janerio, 2001
Henry IV, Part 1, David Gwillim as Henry, Prince of Wales, BBC, 1979
Henry IV, Ralph Richardson as Falstaff, Old Vic, 1945
Henry IV, Part 1, Maurice Evans as Falstaff, 1939
Henry IV, Part 1, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, 2005
Henry V, Renée Asherson as Katherine, Princess of France, Two Cities Films, 1944
Henry VIII, Illinois Shakespeare Festival, 2005
King John, William Barclay as King John, Shakespeare and Company, 2001
Julius Caesar, Lyric Theatre, 1912
Julius Caesar, Mercury Theatre, 1937
Julius Caesar, Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival, 1970
Julius Caesar, California Shakespeare Theatre, 2003
Julius Caesar, California Shakespeare Theatre, 2003
King Lear, Robert Bruce Mantell as King Lear, 1908
King Lear, Set Design by Norman Bel Geddes, 1919
King Lear, Dobrica Milutinovi as King Lear, 1924
King Lear, Louis Calhern as King Lear, 1956
Love's Labour's Lost, Riverside Shakespeare Company, 1981 (Poster)
Love's Labour's Lost, Współczesny Theatre, 2003
Love's Labour's Lost, Współczesny Theatre, 2003
Macbeth, Set Design by Robert Edmond Jones, 1921
Macbeth, I.iv: Orson Welles, Negro Theatre Project of NYC
Macbeth, Negro Theatre Unit of New York City, 1936
Macbeth, Negro Theatre Unit of New York City, 1936
Macbeth: WPA Federal Theatre Project in New York: Negro Theatre, ca. 1935
Macbeth, Negro Theatre Unit of New York City, 1936
Macbeth, Negro Theatre Unit of New York City, 1936
Macbeth, Judith Anderson as Lady Macbeth, 1942
Macbeth, Janet Suzman as Lady Macbeth, 1975
Macbeth, Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan, 2004
Macbeth, Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan, 2004
Macbeth, California Shakespeare Theatre, 2002
Macbeth, California Shakespeare Theatre, 2002
Macbeth, California Shakespeare Theatre, 2002
Measure for Measure, Stratford Festival, 1975
The Merchant of Venice: Laurence Olivier as Shylock
The Merchant of Venice, Laurence Olivier as Shylock, National Theatre Company, 1974
The Merchant of Venice, Peter Hall Company, 1989
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hans Wasserman as Bottom, 1909
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Warner Bros., 1935
A Midsummer Night's Dream, New Shakespeare Company, 1970
A Midsummer Night's Dream: California Shakespeare Theatre, 2002
A Midsummer Night's Dream, California Shakespeare Theatre, 2002
A Midsummer Night's Dream, American Repertory Theatre, 2004
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Teremok Puppet Theatre, 2007
Much Ado About Nothing, Knickerbocker Theatre, 1904
Much Ado About Nothing, Stratford Festival, 1980
Much Ado About Nothing, California Shakespeare Theater, 2003
Much Ado About Nothing, California Shakespeare Company, 2003
Much Ado About Nothing, California Shakespeare Company, 2003
Othello, Walter Hampden as Othello, 20th Century
Othello, Harcourt Williams as Othello, 20th Century
Othello, Margaret Webster Production, 1945
Othello, Theatre Guild, 1943-1944
Othello, Laurence Olivier as Othello, National Theatre of Great Britain, 1965
Othello, Giuseppe Verdi's Otello, The Wrocław Opera, 2008
Pericles, Stratford Festival, 1973
Pericles, California Shakespeare Theatre, 2008
Pericles, California Shakespeare Theatre, 2008
Richard II, BBC, 1978
Richard III, London Films, 1955
Richard III, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1963
Henry VI, Part 2, Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival, 1964
Richard III, Peggy Ashcroft as Queen Margaret, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1963
Richard III, Gerda Lundequist as the Duchess of York, Royal Dramatic Theatre, 1947
Romeo and Juliet, Knickerbocker Theatre, 1904
Romeo and Juliet, Jane Cowl as Juliet, 1923
Romeo and Juliet, American Elizabethan Revival, New York, 1930
Romeo and Juliet, Guthrie McClintic Company, 1934
Romeo and Juliet, Phoenix Theatre, 1998
The Taming of the Shrew, Frank Benson as Petruchio, 1916
The Taming of the Shrew: Open-air Theatre, City Park, Schöneberg, Berlin
The Taming of the Shrew, Open-air Theatre, Schöneberg, Berlin, 1946
The Taming of the Shrew, Open-air Theatre, Schöneberg, Berlin, 1946
The Taming of the Shrew, Wolker Theatre in Prague, 1978
The Tempest, Berkeley Shakespeare Program, 1993
The Tempest, Berkeley Shakespeare Program, 1993
The Tempest, Shakespeare and Company, 2001
Timon of Athens, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1965
Titus Andronicus, The Old Globe, 2006
Troilus and Cressida, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1976
Twelfth Night, Granville Barker Company, 1912
Twelfth Night, Granville Barker Company, 1912
Twelfth Night, Granville Barker Company, 1912
Twelfth Night, Granville Barker Company, 1912
Twelfth Night, Granville Barker Company, 1912
Twelfth Night, Granville Barker Company, 1912
Twelfth Night, Set Design by Vladimir Favorsky, 1933
Twelfth Night, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1980
Twelfth Night, Shakespeare and Company, 2000
The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Berkeley Shakespeare Program, 1986
The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Berkeley Shakespeare Program, 1986
The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Berkeley Shakespeare Program, 1986
The Winter's Tale, The Old Globe, 2005
The Two Noble Kinsmen, Berkeley Shakespeare Program, 1978
The Two Noble Kinsmen, Berkeley Shakespeare Company, 1978
The Two Noble Kinsmen, Tim Carrol Company, 2000
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, View of the Empty Globe
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, 1997
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, E7 View from Audience Right Lower Gallery, 1997
Henry V, Restored Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, 1997
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, Celebration of the Official Opening, 1997
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