<p>"Special matinee by amateurs at [the] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrick_Theatre" class="extiw" title="en:Garrick Theatre">Garrick Theatre</a> July 19, in aid [of] Bushey Heath Hospital, of <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosencrantz_and_Guildenstern_(play)" class="extiw" title="en:Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (play)">Rosencrantz and Guildenstern</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W.S._Gilbert" class="extiw" title="en:W.S. Gilbert">W.S. Gilbert</a>.  Drawing, opaque and ink ; 11 x 7 in. </i>
</p><p>Actors and their roles are designated in ink on image. From left to right: 
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<ul><li><b>Top images:</b> Second player, Miss <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clotilde_Graves" class="extiw" title="en:Clotilde Graves">Clo Graves</a>.  First player, Sir <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Burnand" class="extiw" title="en:Francis Burnand">Francis Burnand</a>. Polonius, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Rose" class="extiw" title="en:Edward Rose">Edward Rose</a>. Guildenstern, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Rubens_(composer)" class="extiw" title="en:Paul Rubens (composer)">Paul Rubens</a></li>
<li><b>The large central image:</b> Left two people uncredited.  The Queen, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Elizabeth_Blood" class="extiw" title="en:Gertrude Elizabeth Blood">Lady Colin Campbell</a>. King Claudius, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W.S._Gilbert" class="extiw" title="en:W.S. Gilbert">W.S. Gilbert</a>. Rosencrantz, Leo Trevor. Ophelia, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeleine_Lucette_Ryley" class="extiw" title="en:Madeleine Lucette Ryley">Madeleine Lucette Ryley</a></li>
<li><b>Bottom insets:</b> Courtiers, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Newnham-Davis_(journalist)" class="extiw" title="en:Nathaniel Newnham-Davis (journalist)">Col. Newnham Davis</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Sutro" class="extiw" title="en:Alfred Sutro">Alfred Sutro</a>. Hamlet, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Marshall_(dramatist)" class="extiw" title="en:Robert Marshall (dramatist)">Capt. Robert Marshall</a>. Third player, Mr. Knott</li></ul><p>This image is the original artwork for the engraving published in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Illustrated_London_News" class="extiw" title="en:The Illustrated London News">The Illustrated London News</a></i> for  23 July 1904. 
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<b>Restoration notes</b>: Stuck to obvious scratches, dust, and fingerprint damage. The damage to the robe of the man on the far left of the central scene (almost certainly Polonius) is probably the most extensive restoration, as edges attract fingers, and some of the paint had rubbed off.
<bdi><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21544845" class="extiw" title="d:Q21544845"><span title="British artist and soldier">Ralph Cleaver</span></a>
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1904
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