Dramatist Collection (page 19)

Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas, 1894 (b/w photo)
3025295 Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas, 1894 (b/w photo); Private Collection; (add.info.: Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854 - 1900) was an Irish writer and poet

Henry IV of England, 19th century (engraving)
3783001 Henry IV of England, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Henry IV of England. King of England and Lord of Ireland (1399-1413), possibly 3 April 1366 - 20 March 1413

Victor Hugo, c.1870 (photo)
GIA4726471 Victor Hugo, c.1870 (photo) by Carjat, Etienne (1828-1906); Private Collection; (add.info.: by Etienne Carjat (1828-1906) Coloured photograph.); © Giancarlo Costa

Le Torrent des rebelles - illustration from Han d Islande
909649 Le Torrent des rebelles - illustration from Han d Islande, 19th Century (b/w engraving) by Rochegrosse, Georges Marie (1859-1938); Private Collection; (add.info)

L Arc de Triomphe as a ruin, 19th Century (b / w engraving)
909595 L Arc de Triomphe as a ruin, 19th Century (b/w engraving) by Riou, Edouard (1833-1900); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hugo imagines the Arch of Triumph as a ruin at the end of time)

J. Thomson, (c1700-1748), 1830. Creator: Unknown
J. Thomson, (c1700-1748), 1830. James Thomson (c1700-1748) Scottish poet and playwright who worked as a tutor in London, one of sixteen Scottish poets

Sir. R. Steele, (1672-1729), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Sir. R. Steele, (1672-1729), 1830. Sir Richard Steele (1672-1729) Irish writer, playwright, and politician, educated at Charterhouse, Christ Church and Merton Colleges, Oxford

Shakspeare, (1564-1616), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Shakspeare, (1564-1616), 1830. William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English poet, playwright, actor and dramatist. He married Anne Hathaway aged 18 and joined the Lord Chamberlains Men after 1585

R. B. Sheridan, (1751-1816), 1830. Creator: Unknown
R. B. Sheridan, (1751-1816), 1830. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) Irish satirist, playwright, poet, and long-term owner of the London Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, educated at Harrow School

Moliere, (1622-1673), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Moliere, (1622-1673), 1830. Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (1622-1673) known as Moliere. French playwright, actor and poet, regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language

Machiavel, (1469-1527), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Machiavel, (1469-1527), 1830. Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527) Italian diplomat, politician, historian, philosopher, writer, playwright and poet of the Renaissance

Serafin y Joaquin Alvarez Quintero, (1871-1938) (1873-1944). Spanish writers

Victor Hugo dans un discours en trois points.. 1849. Creator: Honore Daumier
Victor Hugo dans un discours en trois points.. 1849. Victor Hugo demonstrates the emptiness of military glory in three points. Series: Souveniers du Congres de la Paix, no

Un Léger Manuscrit, 1845. Creator: Honore Daumier
Un Leger Manuscrit, 1845. - Je crois que Mr. le Directeur va etre satisfait de la lecture de mon melodrame...je regrette meme de ne l'avoir fait qu'en six actes!...'. A Weak Manuscript

Le Bas-bleu déclamant sa pièce, 1844. Creator: Honore Daumier
Le Bas-bleu declamant sa piece, 1844. Acte sixieme, premier tableau...le theatre represente un tigre endormi dans le desert...Rosalba s'avance en se trainant avec peine et en trainant avec plus

Dis donc...mon mari...j'ai bien envie d'appeler mon drame.. 1844. Creator: Honore Daumier
Dis donc...mon mari...j'ai bien envie d'appeler mon drame.. 1844. Dis donc...mon mari...j'ai bien envie d'appeler mon drame Arthur et d'intituler mon enfant Oscar

Frances (Hodgson) Burnett, 1849-1924, between 1890 and 1910. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Frances (Hodgson) Burnett, 1849-1924, between 1890 and 1910. Half-length portrait of author, seated, facing right

Alice (Pike) Barney, 1857-1931, between c1890 and c1910. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Alice (Pike) Barney, 1857-1931, between c1890 and c1910. Half length portrait, facing right

Natalie Clifford Barney, between c1890 and c1910. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Natalie Clifford Barney, between c1890 and c1910. Three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing right. Daughter of Alice Pike Barney

Miss Barney, between c1890 and c1910. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Miss Barney, between c1890 and c1910. Half-length portrait, standing, facing right, wearing diamond printed dress with large sleeves, feathered hat

Neith Boyce Hapgood, full-length portrait, seated, left profile, wearing... between 1890 and 1910
Neith Boyce Hapgood, full-length portrait, seated, left profile, wearing ornamental [oriental?] costume and holding up roses, between 1890 and 1910

Neith Boyce Hapgood, full-length portrait, seated facing front, wearing... between 1890 and 1910
Neith Boyce Hapgood, full-length portrait, seated facing front, wearing ornamental [oriental?] costume and holding roses, between 1890 and 1910

Neith Boyce Hapgood, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing shawl... between 1890 and 1910
Neith Boyce Hapgood, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing shawl over head and shoulders, between 1890 and 1910

Statue Of Victor Hugo, Candie Park, St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Elizabeth Inchbald, English novelist, actress, dramatist
Elizabeth Inchbald (nee Simpson, 1753-1821), English novelist, actress and dramatist Date: circa 1796

Eugene Scribe, French author
Eugene Scribe (1791-1861), French author, dramatist and opera librettist. Date: circa 1850s

Juan Eugenio Hartzenbusch Martinez - Spanish writer
Juan Eugenio Hartzenbusch Martinez (1806-1880). Spanish writer. Representative of the romantic drama. Portrait. Chromolithography

Sardou, The author of Delia Harding by Phil May
Illustration of Sardou, captioned The author of Delia Harding'. by Phil May. Victorien Sardou (1831-1908), French Dramatist. Philip William May (22 April 1864 ?? 5 August 1903), caricaturist

Leading writers during the reign of King George V
Leading authors and playwrights during the first 25 years of the reign of King George V: Wells, Galsworthy, Bennett, Shaw, Barrie, Buchan, Chesterton

Monument to Victor Hugo, 1890. Sculpture by Auguste Rodin
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917). French sculptor. Monument to Victor Hugo, 1890. Bronze. Garden of Sculptures. Rodin Museum. Paris. France. Date: 2008

Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616). Spanish writer. Author of Don Quixote. Portrait, detail. Illustration by Jose Cebrian. Lithography. Cronica General de Espana

Juan de Fermoselle (1468-1529), called Juan del Encina. Spanish poet, playwiright and composer. Illustration by Llanta. Detail. Lithography. Cronica General de Espana

Manuel Breton de los Herreros by Antonio Gomez Cros
Manuel Breton de los Herreros (1796-1873). Spanish dramatist. Member of the Royal Spanish Academy (1837). Portrait by Antonio Gomez Cros (1809-1863), 1839. Museum of Romanticism. Madrid. Spain

Jose Echegaray y Eizaguirre (1832-1916). Spanish engineer, playwright, politician and mathematician. Leading of the Spanish dramatist of the last quarter of the 19th century

Juan Eugenio Hartzenbusch Martinez (1806-1880). Spanish writer. Representative of the romantic drama. Portrait. Chromolithography

Portraits of William Shakespeare, English dramatist and poet

Editorial Board, Daily Worker newspaper, London
Editorial Board of the Daily Worker newspaper, London: J R Campbell, William Rust, Professor J Bs Haldane, the Dean of Canterbury (Hewlett Johnson), R Page Arnot, Councillor J Owen, Sean O'Casey

George Bernard Shaw in a group photograph
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish writer and dramatist. Seen here in a group photograph, with a large number of people in a garden. He is sitting in the second row, just off-centre to the left

Epstein portrait bust of George Bernard Shaw
A portrait bust of George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish writer and dramatist, by Jacob Epstein (this is the second portrait bust made by this sculptor). Date: 20th century

George Bernard Shaw, Irish writer and dramatist
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish writer and dramatist. Seen here on the right, in old age. Date: circa 1940s

Anthony Shaffer, English playwright and screenwriter
Anthony Joshua Shaffer (1926-2001), English barrister, advertising executive, novelist, playwright and screenwriter, identical twin brother of the writer and dramatist Peter Shaffer

Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Russian writer
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008), Russian novelist, dramatist and historian, awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1970. Date: circa 1940s

Hanif Kureishi, English writer
Hanif Kureishi (b 1954), English playwright, screenwriter and filmmaker, novelist and short story writer. Date: circa 1980s

Jacquetta Hawkes, Bertrand Russell and Stephen King-Hall
Jacquetta Hawkes (1910-1996), British writer and archaeologist, Bertrand Russell (Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, 1872-1970), British philosopher, logician, mathematician

Samuel Beckett, Irish playwright, novelist and poet
Samuel Beckett (1906-1989), Irish avant-garde playwright, novelist and poet. Photographed in the year he won the Nobel Prize in Literature. Date: 1969

Thomas Lovell Beddoes Poet Dramatist Death Jest
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William Schwenck Gilbert (1836 - 1911) English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator. Date: 1904

Le depit amoureux: Illustration by Francois Boucher (1703-1770) engraved by Laurent Cars for the famous edition of
PCT4266020 Le depit amoureux: Illustration by Francois Boucher (1703-1770) engraved by Laurent Cars for the famous edition of Moliere's works in 1734

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"Dramatist: Masters of the Theatrical Craft" From the lyrical verses penned by W. B. Yeats, a Nobel laureate in Literature, to the captivating performances of William Gillette as Sherlock Holmes, dramatists have left an indelible mark on our cultural landscape. Step into the enchanting world of Shakespeare at the grand exhibition held at Earls Court in London, where his timeless works come alive through intricate costumes and elaborate sets. Witness a scene from Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, beautifully captured in an engraving depicting Javert, the relentless detective. Arnold Bennett's ingenious storytelling transports us to different realms with every word written while a Shakespeare quotation on a greetings card reminds us of his enduring influence on literature and life itself. Samuel Beckett challenges conventional narratives with his thought-provoking plays that delve deep into existential questions. Meanwhile, Henrik Ibsen takes us back home to Oslo where he masterfully explores societal norms and personal struggles. Leo Tolstoy's Russian novels transport readers across vast landscapes filled with complex characters and profound insights into human nature. And who can forget William Shakespeare himself? His words continue to resonate through time, reminding us of love, tragedy, and everything in between. Jules Verne's visionary tales ignite our imagination as we embark on thrilling adventures alongside extraordinary characters. Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke's contributions to literature during her time are celebrated for their elegance and sophistication. Dramatists embody creativity unleashed upon stages big and small; they captivate hearts with their stories woven intricately through dialogue and action. Their artistry transcends boundaries - geographical or temporal - leaving an everlasting impact on generations past, present, and future.