In Character: Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'

Portraits of actors and actresses portraying characters from Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'.

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Priscilla Horton as Ariel in 'The Tempest', by Richard James Lane, after Alfred Edward Chalon, 1838, NPG D21957, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Priscilla Horton as Ariel in 'The Tempest', by Richard James Lane, after Alfred Edward Chalon, 1838
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Anna Maria Tree as Ariel in 'The Tempest', by Thomas Woolnoth, published by Simpkin and Marshall, after Thomas Charles Wageman, published 1823, NPG D38649, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Anna Maria Tree as Ariel in 'The Tempest', by Thomas Woolnoth, published by Simpkin and Marshall, after Thomas Charles Wageman, published 1823
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Margaret Leighton as Ariel and Sir Ralph Richardson as Prospero in 'The Tempest', by Central Press, 25 March 1952, NPG x182407, © Getty Images
Margaret Leighton as Ariel and Sir Ralph Richardson as Prospero in 'The Tempest', by Central Press, 25 March 1952
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Basil Gill as Ferdinand in the 'Tempest', by Lizzie Caswall Smith, published by J. Beagles & Co, 1904, NPG Ax45831, © reserved; collection National Portrait Gallery, London
Basil Gill as Ferdinand in the 'Tempest', by Lizzie Caswall Smith, published by J. Beagles & Co, 1904
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Basil Gill as Ferdinand in 'The Tempest', by Lizzie Caswall Smith, 1904, NPG x28242, © reserved; collection National Portrait Gallery, London
Basil Gill as Ferdinand in 'The Tempest', by Lizzie Caswall Smith, 1904
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Group in fancy dress for the Shakespeare Memorial National Theatre Ball, by Langfier Ltd, published by Hudson & Kearns Ltd, 20 June 1911, published 1912, NPG Ax135780, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Group in fancy dress for the Shakespeare Memorial National Theatre Ball, by Langfier Ltd, published by Hudson & Kearns Ltd, 20 June 1911, published 1912
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Dorothy Etta Warrender (née Rawson), Lady Bruntisfield as Ceres, by Yevonde, 1935, NPG x26033, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Dorothy Etta Warrender (née Rawson), Lady Bruntisfield as Ceres, by Yevonde, 1935
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Group in fancy dress for the Shakespeare Memorial National Theatre Ball, by Langfier Ltd, published by Hudson & Kearns Ltd, 20 June 1911, published 1912, NPG Ax135776, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Group in fancy dress for the Shakespeare Memorial National Theatre Ball, by Langfier Ltd, published by Hudson & Kearns Ltd, 20 June 1911, published 1912
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Miranda: The Tempest Act 1 Sc 2, by and published by Francesco Bartolozzi, after Benjamin Meyer, published 1779, NPG D17070, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Miranda: The Tempest Act 1 Sc 2, by and published by Francesco Bartolozzi, after Benjamin Meyer, published 1779