Ralph Cleaver - 1904 amateur performance of W.S. Gilbert's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern at the Garrick Theatre, London - Image 2 - Original

"special matinee by amateurs at [the] garrick theatre july 30 (this is the publication date, 19th is probably the correct date), in aid [of] bushey heath hospital, of rosencrantz and guildenstern by w. S. Gilbert. Drawing, opaque and ink, 7 1/4 x 10 1/2 in. Captions denote actors depicted and the roles they played: top corners: left, edward rose as polonius; right, francis burnand as the first player central image: paul rubens as guildenstern, capt. Robert marshall as hamlet, and an uncredited figure seen from behind, presumably rosencrantz. Bottom row, left to right: madeleine lucette ryley as ophelia, col. Newnham davis as a courtier, clo graves as the second player this image is the original for the one published in the illustrated sporting and dramatic news for town and country for july 30, 1904. Date: 1904 (published July 30).