Title

'A London Theatre in Shakespeare's Time', c1934. Artist: Unknown.

Caption

'A London Theatre in Shakespeare's Time', c1934. Illustration showing an Elizabethan theatre with the front, middle and rear parts of the stage, the auditorium, galleries and open-air 'pit'. On stage is an actor with a donkey's head, indicating that the play is 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. From The Romance of the Nation, Volume Two, edited by Charles Ray. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd., London, c1934]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1934

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19D43_060

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

24,9Mb (1,2Mb) / 8,9in x 10,9in / 2669 x 3257 (300dpi)

Keywords

city building buildings London England architecture arts country play audience theatre British English stage drama location century architectural Britain open air auditorium thirties literature B&W pit MONOCHROME south bank Southbank black & white black and white B W Southwark 1930s 16th century 20th century sixteenth century history The Print Collector A Midsummer Night's Dream Elizabethan Charles Unknown William William Shakespeare Shakespeare Ray Charles Ray Charles Ray William Shakespeare