Dramatic Action Ilustrated, or Hamlet's advice to players

Date1811

Publisher Thomas Tegg

Engraver Charles Williams

OriginEngland, London

MediumHand-colored line engraving and etching.

DimensionsPlate: 9 1/4" X 12 1/2"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1930-464

DescriptionEach panel reads from left to right: "196/ THROUGH (Thrust your hands forward)/ THE WIDE" (Spread out your Arms.)/ CIRCLE" (Describe a circle with your fingers / OFTEN (Hold up both your Hands)/ REVOLVING (Describe a circle backward with your hand)/ YEARS." (Lay hold of your Ears.)/ Thos Tegg 111 Cheapside - price of color'd / DRAMATIC ACTION ILLUSTRATED, or HAMLETS advice to Players, suit the Action to the Word, and the Word to the Action. DEdicated to the celebrated Amateur of Fashion."Label TextA character is shown in several little drawings illustrating the following acting techniques.ProvenanceBefore 1930, Robert Fridenberg (New York, NY); 1930-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).