Theatre Historian Prints

Mrs Pinchwife- Probably Intended for an Edition of Wycherley's Country Wife

Upstart Crow

"Just be yourself."

Benedict Cumberbatch

'Is there another doctor in the house? He wants a second opinion.'

"Aristophanes explains comedy"

Pirate

Women's Bonnets Block the Audience View

'Hamlet'

Honoré de Balzac

"Canadian Mt. ‘Rush’more"

1599: Shakespeare's Agent knew what the public wanted

"Welcome to Off-Off-Off Broadway."

"They've remained remarkably faithful to the text."

Anthropologists discover the earliest known depiction of Jazz Hands.

"Have you read any of Shakespeare's plays?"

"Out damn Spot

"When I grow up, I want to become president and eventually the subject of a groundbreaking, critically-acclaimed Broadway musical."

Taking a peek at the audience

"Toi Toi Toi!"

Sir Joseph Porter, KCB, First Lord of the Admiralty HMS Pinafore

"It's a play on words."

'I was an egg in the Easter play.'

"Bravo!"

"What does it mean? Heck, I don't know! It's mystifying!"

Silly wig.

Captain Corcoran, Commander of H.M.S. Pinafore

"...You talking to me? Well, I'm the only one here... You talking to me?!" "Narcissus De Niro"

Applause

Mikado

'I asked Will if he wrote it. He said he wasn't sure.'

'I've got two tickets to Handel's Messiah -- What time do you get off work?'

"Yuppies! There goes the hood!"

A man taking a bow

'Every new year Gym membership goes up - for the Panto season.'