Title: Eve Best and Charles Edwards as Beatrice and Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing at Shakespeare’s Globe | London Theatre and West End Shows from West End Theatre.com (Click to view)
Description: Eve Best and Charles Edwards as Beatrice and Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing at Shakespeare’s Globe | London Theatre and West End Shows from West End Theatre.com
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Title: Much Ado About Nothing, Act V, Scene IV / Shakespeare Gallery (small series) (Click to view)
Description: Beatrice unmaskes before Benedick in their hour of marriage; after Wheatley; proof state. 1802 British engraving etching British XVIIIc Unmounted Roy Prints & Drawings
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Title: Much Ado About Nothing, Act V, Scene IV / Shakespeare Gallery (small series) (Click to view)
Description: Beatrice unmaskes before Benedick in their hour of marriage; after Wheatley, etched state. 1802 British etching British XVIIIc Unmounted Roy Prints & Drawings
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Title: Mrs. Abington in the character of Beatrice. (Click to view)
Description: Inscription Content: Lettered above with 'Act 5. Much Ado About Nothing. Scene last', below with title, artist's name, lines: 'Bene. – which is Beatrice? / Beat. I answer to that name, what is your will?.', and publication line: 'Publishd for Bells edition of Shakespeare Jan 19. 1776.' Frontispiece from Bell's Shakespeare; portrait of the actress in the character from 'Much Ado about Nothing'; whole-length, standing, with mask held in front of her in right hand, a fan in her left, in panniered dress and hat with plumes. 1776 British engraving etching Burney I Prints & Drawings
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Title: Miss Farren in the character of Beatrice (Click to view)
Description: Inscription Content: Lettered with title, followed by "Much ado about Nothing", and line from the play, "No, Uncle, Ill none; Adam's Sons are my Brethern, and truly I hold it a sin to match in my kindred / Act 2d / Scene I". Portrait of the actress Elizabeth Farren, Countess of Derby; in character as Beatrice, in Shakespeare's 'Much ado about Nothing'; whole length, standing, holding mask, looking to the left. British engraving Burney III Prints & Drawings
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Title: Much Ado About Nothing (Click to view)
Description: Inscription Content: Lettered in a plaque above the image 'Shakspeare'; in a plaque below 'Much Ado About Nothing.'; below the image 'P.J. Loutherbourg invt. / Collyer sculpt. / Printed for J. Bell, British Library, Strand, London; Novr. 16th. 1784.'. Illustration from Bell's British Theatre; Hero swooning to right, into the arms of Beatrice and Benedick, gesturing weakly towards her father Leonato, who storms forward angrily, while the friar moves to restrain him; in a roundel with theatrical emblems and a plaque above, another plaque below; state before quotation. 1784 British engraving etching British XVIIIc Unmounted Roy Prints & Drawings
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Title: photograph (Click to view)
Description: Beatrice eavesdropping on Hero and Ursula; she stands in the left foreground of a garden and hides behind a arbour; on the right, Hero and Ursula, aware of Beatrice's presence, glance at the young woman; a scene from Shakespeare's 'Much Ado about Nothing', after Schmitz German photographic process German Masters Portfolio Prints & Drawings
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Title: Much Ado About Nothing (Click to view)
Description: Illustration from Bell's British Theatre; Hero swooning to right, into the arms of Beatrice and Benedick, gesturing weakly towards her father Leonato, who storms forward angrily, while the friar moves to restrain him; in a roundel with theatrical emblems and a plaque above, another plaque below; unfinished proof before letters. 1784 British engraving etching British XVIIIc Unmounted Roy Prints & Drawings
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Title: Twelve characters from Shakespeare / Beatrice (Click to view)
Description: Inscription Content: Lettered above image with title and below with two lines from the play "Is it possible disdain should die whilst she hath such…" (Much ado about nothing Act I, Scene 2d) and publication line: "Published March 15, 1776 by J. Mortimer, Norfolk Street, Strand" The character from Shakespeare's 'Much Ado about Nothing', head and shoulders to left in an oval, seen from back with head turned in profile to left and slightly raised, her hair styled with pearls and band, lace collar to dress, her eyes cast into shadow; thin border at edge of plate. 1776 British etching British Masters Portfolio Prints & Drawings
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Title: Much Ado About Nothing (Click to view)
Description: Interior of a church where Leonato bewails the seeming death of his daughter Hero, who swoons on the right, with Beatrice, Benedick and the Friar gathered around her in consternation, while Claudio walks away to left with Don Pedro, deserting her at the altar in the belief that she has betrayed him; in a frame; after Ryley; illustration to 'Much Ado About Nothing' in Lowndes' edition of Shakespeare's plays; before letters. 1785 British engraving etching British XVIIIc Unmounted Imp Prints & Drawings
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