Document ID ET-D588
| Archive Location | ET PROGS ET-D418a-551;561a-589, Lectures 1911-16 (BL) Loan 125/23A/8 |
|---|---|
| Document description | programme |
| Date | Undated |
| Document form | D - Programme |
| General notes | Ellen Terry's Shakespeare Lecture, with some authorial assistance from Christopher St John. |
| Language | English |
Works Cited
| Title | Some of the Heroines from Shakespeare's Plays |
|---|---|
| Subtitle | The Pathetic Women |
| Original author | Ellen Terry |
Document ID ET-D588, Image 1 of 3
MISS ELLEN TERRY
[photograph of Ellen Terry]
RECITAL
PROGRAMME
THREEPENCE.
By arrangement with the
QUINLAN INTERNATIONAL
MUSICAL AGENCY,
318 Regent, Street, London, W.
© Image copyright The National Trust 2025
Document ID ET-D588, Image 2 of 3
Miss ELLEN TERRY
WILL GIVE A
Shakespearean
Recital
With Illustrative Acting,
ON
Some of the Heroines from
Shakespeare's Plays.
THE Recital will be divided into Two Parts (with
an interval of five minutes). In the course of the
First Part Miss TERRY will comment on the following
Heroines of Shakespeare's Plays:-
VIOLA, DESDEMONA, EMIILIA, JULIET.
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In the Second Part the Subjects will be :-
KATHERINE, LADY ANNE, HELENA, JULIA, CONSTANCE,
CORDELIA, CLEOPATRA,
KATHERINE OF ARRAGON, HERMIONE,
IMOGEN, CRESSIDA LADY MACBETH, OPHELIA, PORTIA.
Some of Shakespeare's Heroines.
THE PATHETIC WOMEN.
Part I.
Viola - With Extracts from "Twelfth Night."
Desdemona - with Scene from "Othello."
Emilia - with Scene from "Othello."
Juliet - with ccnes from "Romeo and Juliet." (including the Potion Scene).
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INTERVAL OF FIVE MINUTES.
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Part II.
Katherine - "Taming of the shrew."
Lady Anne - "Richard lll."
Helena - "All's Well That Ends Well."
Julia - "Two Gentlemen of Verona."
Constance - "King John."
Cordelia - with scene from "King Lear."
Cleopatra - with Extracts from "Antony & Cleopatra."
Katherine of Arragon - with Extracts from Henry VIII.
Hermione - with scene from "A Winter's Tale."
Imogen - "Cymbeline."
Cressida - "Troilus and Cressida."
Lady Macbeth - with Extracts from "Macbeth."
Ophelia - with scenes from "Hamlet." (Including the Mad scene).
Portia - - "The Merchant of Venice" (The Mercy Speech.)
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Document ID ET-D588, Image 3 of 3
[photograph] MISS ELLEN TERRY AS "PORTIA"
© Image copyright The National Trust 2025
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Document ID: ET-D588 Archive location: ET PROGS ET-D418a-551;561a-589, Lectures 1911-16 (BL) Loan 125/23A/8
