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  1. Othello (1890 Audio)

    Phonograph recording of excerpts from Othello spoken by American actor Edwin Thomas Booth (1833-1893).

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  2. King John (1899 Film)

    aka: Scene - ‘King John’ - Now Playing at Her Majesty’s Theatre, A Beerbohm Tree, The Great British Actor

    Director
    William Kennedy-Laurie Dickson

    Four scenes from the Her Majesty’s Theatre production of King John, one of which survives. The descriptions quoted are from the copyright records in The National Archives: THE BATTLEFIELD NEAR ANGIERS -...

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  3. Duel d’Hamlet, Le (1900 Film)

    Director
    Clément-Maurice

    A film of the final scene in Hamlet with Sarah Bernhardt as Hamlet. The film depicts Hamlet’s body being caught by Horatio. The film also included a soundtrack (primarily of sound effects) synchronised...

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  4. Roméo and Juliette (1900 Film)

    Director
    Clément-Maurice

    Emilio Cossira singing a tenor aria from Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette. Ball hazards a guess that the aria was ‘Ah! Lève-toi soleil’. The film experimented with a synchronised sound system outlined by...

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  5. Actor’s Troubles (1903 Film)

    Fiction film. Description in the Selig catalogue reads ‘Oh, how are the mighty fallen. Here is a great Shakespearean actor on his uppers, actually broke; but he retains his valet and the two of them see...

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  6. Duel Scene from ‘Macbeth’ (1905 Video)

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    Theatrical Motion Pictures from the Paper Print Collection

    This scene comprises part of the video compilation ‘Theatrical Motions Pictures from the Paper Print Collection’ of the Library Congress. Shot by cameraman G W Bitzer in New York City on 15 July 1905,...

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  7. Seven Ages, The (1905 Film)

    Director
    Edwin S. Porter

    Fiction short. A depiction of the seven ages of Man in eight tableaux. The titles are: Infancy, Playmates, Schoolmates, Lovers, The Soldier, The Judge, Second Childhood and What Age? (showing an old woman...

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  8. Tempest, The (1905 Film)

    A filmed record (with Beerbohm Tree’s consent) of the opening storm scene from his stage production of The Tempest. Urban’s catalogue describes the scenes thus: ‘This remarkable picture, taken under...

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  9. Miroir de Venise (Une Mésaventure de Shylock), Le (1905 Film)

    aka: Venetian Looking Glass

    Director
    Georges Méliès

    Fiction film, possibly based on The Merchant of Venice.

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  10. Stimmportrait Bernhard Baumeister, Rezitation aus Shakespeare (1906 Audio)

    aka: Serie 2: Stimmportraits

    Series
    Tondokumente aus Dem Phonogrammarchiv der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Gesamtausgabe der Historischen Bestände 1899-1950.
    Producer
    Fritz Hauser

    In this 2-minute phonogramme sample, recorded by Fritz Hauser in 1906, the 80-year old German actor and long-standing star of the Vienna Burgtheater, Bernhard Baumeister, declaims Falstaff’s speech from...

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