The scrapbook collection acquired by H. R. Forrest of Manchester
in 1890 is remarkable and forms part of the Shakespeare Library
which can be found in Arts, Languages and Literature, Floor 3,
Central Library See also New !King Lear | New !The Merchant of
Venice Hamlet | Macbeth | Othello | Romeo and Juliet | A
Midsummer Night's Dream Introduction to William Shakespeare He
took illustrated editions of Kenny Meadows, Knight, Staunton and
Cassell and added to them illustrations by Boydell, Fuseli,
Howard, Smirke,Chodwiecki, Retzch and Ruhl, together with every
other illustration he could procure, including portraits of
Shakespeare and his contemporaries and of Shakespearean actors.
The collection fills 76 folio volumes. On the left is a poster
for the Princes Theatre, Manchester, 1864 On the right is a
Drury Lane Playbill, 1771 Act 1 Scene 1 A ship at sea A
tempestuous noise of thunder and lightning. Enter a SHIPMASTER,
a BOATSWAIN and MARINERS Boatswain Here, master. What cheer?
Master Good; speak to th'mariner