Henry VIII seems quite prominent, but apart from him, which characters appear where in Sir John Gilbert's painting of "The Plays of Shakespeare"?

lanfranco

Well, we seem to have Othello and possibly Lear in the right foreground, Shylock and perhaps Antonio in the center foreground. Bottom seems to be in the far background, with the ass head, and that may be Henry the something (or Richard the something) behind and to Henry VIII's right (viewer's left). The details in this image aren't that easy to make out. I wish I could blow it up, but here it is. Perhaps others can have fun with it. http://shakespeare.emory.edu/illustrated_showimage.cfm?imageid=80 Jun 12 05, 10:03 AM

lanfranco

...and I think that's Falstaff just to the left of the center middleground, and perhaps Prospero, Miranda, and Ariel(?) behind and just to the left of him. And that would probably be Wolsey behind and to the viewer's right of Henry VIII. The baby and old man in the left foreground are probably Perdita and the Shepherd. Jun 12 05, 4:26 PM

gmackematix

The man in black nearest the front must be a hunchbacked Richard III but I don't know who the girl is in green in front of him. I see a guy at the back on the left with a dog so I guess he is Launce from "Two Gentlemen of Verona"? I agree about wanting to enlarge it. I find myself trying to make out people from a pixellated blur on my screen. Jun 12 05, 6:13 PM

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