SOUND RECORDINGS
The following are a selection of audio recordings featuring actors from Shakespeare & the Players. Many of these were recorded on gramophones.
Ben Greet. Hamlet (1912), Act 3, Scene 2. (Source: Library of Congress)
Ben Greet. Macbeth (1912), Act 2, Scene 1. (Source: Library of Congress)
Ben Greet. Much Ado About Nothing (1912), Act 2, Scene 3. (Source: Library of Congress)
Ben Greet. As You Like It (1912), Act 2, Scene 1. (Source: Library of Congress)
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree. Richard II, Act 3, Scene 3. (Source: British Library)
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree. Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1. (Source: British Library)
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree. Henry IV Part, Act 5, Scene 1. (Source: British Library)
VIDEO CLIPS
The following are a selection of video clips featuring actors from Shakespeare & the Players in scenes from the plays. The period of time encapsulates the beginning of the silent film era.
Sir Frank Benson as Richard in Richard III (1911), featuring Lady Constance Benson as Lady Anne. (Source: BFI)
Sir Beerbohm Tree as King John in King John (1899). (Source: BFI)
James Young as Sir Andrew Aguecheek in Twelfth Night (1910). (Source: BFI)
Sarah Bernhardt in Hamlet (1899). (credit: Duellist1956)