Gallery

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Four Hundred Years of Shakespeare!

Exhibit Poster

The Quartos

Plate from Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences (Compositors at Work)
Plate from the Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences (Quarto format)
The tempest, or, The enchanted island...; [title page]

The Folios

Mr. William Shakespear's comedies, histories, and tragedies... (1685); [dedication page]
Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories, and tragedies... (1632) ; p. 132
Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories, and tragedies... (1632) ;

Hamlet and the Wolverine Press

Three students setting the type to replicate the G gathering of Q2 (Hamlet: 1604).
Imposition of page G4r, based on Q2

Shakespeare & The Restoration

The tempest, or, The enchanted island...; p.1
The history of King Lear... ; [title page]

Illustrating Shakespeare

The works of Mr. William Shakespear... (1709); [Hamlet plate]
The works of Mr. William Shakespear... (1709); [The Tempest plate]
The works of Mr. William Shakespear... (1714); [Richard III plate]
The works of Mr. William Shakespear... (1714); [Titus Andronicus plate]
"The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act 3. Sc. 9"
"Romeo & Juliet. Act 5. Sc. 4."

Editing Shakespeare

The works of Shakespear... (1723); "A Midsummer Night's Dream Act 1 Scene 1"
The plays of William Shakespeare... (1765); "The Life of King Henry V, Act 1 Scene 1"
The plays of William Shakspeare... (1786); "Winter's Tale Act 1 Scene 1"

Building Worlds

[Sketched set design for Cymbeline]
[Set design for Cymbeline in watercolor]
[Photograph of marionettes of Titania and Bottom the Weaver]
[Scrapbook 18, p. --]

Embodying Characters

"Plate 16: Costumes in Shakespeare's Play of The Winter's Tale"
"Plate 17: Costumes in Shakespeare's Play of The Winter's Tale"
[Costume design for Othello]
[Stage design for Othello in pencil and watercolor]
[Ensemble costume sketch for Richard II, Act I Scene I]
Richard the Second; [program cover]
"Richard II... (Mr. Walker)" [Costume sketch]

New interpretations

"What wretched husband / believes false speech / and feels just in killing his loyal wife"
"How can love / die this easily / was it ever even truly love"
The Tragedie of King Lear; [p. 11]
The Tragedie of King Lear; [p. 133]

Accessing Shakespeare Resources in Special Collections

Mirlyn item record: Shakespeare Collection
Mirlyn advanced search: Shakpeare Collection