TWO PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE' 



♦ King Henry V. I 



The Richard Mansfield Acting Version. 



HIS version of Shakespeare s most popular and frequently acted I 

 History Play was for the first time presented by Mr. Mansfield \ 

 and his company of players at the Garden Theatre, New Tork, 

 on October J, under the direction of Mr. A. M. Palmer. 

 "The book besides giving the text exactly as arranged for this 

 remarkable spectacular production, has an Introduction by . 

 Mr. Mansfield, Notes on the Heraldry of King Henry V. by \ 

 Alfred J. Rodwaye, F.R.H.S., two photogravure illustrations, and 

 various heraldic devices for a cover design in five colors, headbands, tail-pieces { 

 and initial letters, all of which were executed specially for the present volume. 

 The text is carefully annotated after the best Shakespearian criticism, and to 

 facilitate reference all notes are placed not at the back of the book, but at the 

 bottom of the exact page where the elucidation is necessarv. 



French folded cover. Narrow octavo. 50 cents net. 



Hamlet 



Mr. Edward H. Sothfrn's Prompt-Book. 



AM LET is here presented as it has been prepared for his own 



successful production by Mr. E. H. Sothern, who appeared in 



the part for the first time at the Garden Theatre, New York, on 



September //, igoo, under the management of Mr. Daniel 



p\ /■;; Frohman. The publishers have endeavored to make this book 



■', : ;^ll Wy- : in e >en wax worthy of the play and the production. The 



" a ^^^"" r " format is the same as that of the King Henrv J . and it is 



printed on toned deckle edge paper. Sixteen half-tones illustrate 



volume, eight of which show Mr. Sothern and Miss Harned as Hamlet 



and Ophelia, the rest exhibiting whole scenes in the play. The cover design 



is the most elaborate ever attempted on a book of this character, being a 



representation in six colors, on imitation Japan vellum, of the burial of Ophelia, 



and is the work of a distinguished English artist. 



Flexible board cover. Narrow octavo. 50 cents net. 



