Similarities, Differences, and Judgements

Please let me know what you think of me.

Artifact #10

Drury Lane. The place where I performed in plays such as As You Like It and Provoked Wife.


George Shepherd. Theatre Royal Drury Lane. 1812. Etching. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England. Web. 6 Apr 2012. <http://www.andreas-praefcke.de/carthalia/uk/uk_london_drurylane.htm>.

Artifact #9

William Shakespeare. An amazing man who wrote many plays that i have acted in.

John Taylor. William Shakespeare. 1856. oil on canvas. National Portrait Gallery, London, England. Web. 6 Apr 2012. <http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw11574/William-Shakespeare?LinkID=mp04051&search=sas&sText=william shakespeare&OConly=true&role=sit&rNo=0>.

Artifact #8

My hometown. London, England.


Jason Hawkes. The River Thames, featuring Tower Bridge. 2012. Photograph. Jasonhawkes.com, London,Enlgand. Web. 6 Apr 2012. <http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/08/london_from_above_at_night.html>.

Artifact #7

Theatre Royal, Drury Lane is where i performed early in my career.

Isaac Taylor. Dury Lane Theatre. 1804. engraving. Centre for Performance History, London, England. Web. 6 Apr 2012. <http://www.cph.rcm.ac.uk/Virtual Exhibitions/Music in English Theatre/Pages/Caption5.htm>.

Artifact #6

David Garrick, my mentor and the man who was behind my more popular roles early in my career.

Joshua Reynolds. David-Garrick. 1767. oil on canvas. The Royal Collection, London, England. http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/joshua-reynolds/david-garrick

Artifact #5

A rather handsome portrait of myself.

Philip Dawe, and William Darling. Edward Shuter. 1773. Portrait. National Portrait Gallery, London, England. Web. 6 Apr 2012. <http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portraitLarge/mw38516/Edward-Shuter>.