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The Root of the Matter

Artist: Thomas Nast (American, 1840–1902)

Beatrice: "Kill Claudio," illustration for Act IV, Scene i, Much Ado About Nothing

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Benedick: "What, my dear Lady Disdain! are you yet living?", illustration for Act I, Scene i, Much Ado About Nothing

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Don Pedro: "Will you have me, lady?", illustration for Act II, Scene i, Much Ado About Nothing

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Don John: "Only to despite them, I will endeavor anything," illustration for Act II, Scene ii, Much Ado About Nothing

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Balthazar sings: "Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more; Men were deceivers ever," illustration for Act II, Scene iii, Much Ado About Nothing

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Beatrice: "Against my will, I am sent to bid you come in to dinner," illustration for Act II, Scene iii, Much Ado About Nothing

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Ursula: "She's lim'd, I warrant you!; we have caught her, madam." Hero: "If it prove so, then loving goes by haps: Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.", illustration for Act III, Scene i, Much Ado About Nothing

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Dogberry: "Dost thou not suspect my place? Dost thou not suspect my years? -O that he were here to write me down an ass!", illustration for Act IV, Scene ii, Much Ado About Nothing

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Claudio (reads from a scroll): "Done to death by slanderous tongues. Was the Hero that here lies," illustration for Act V, Scene iii, Much Ado About Nothing

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Oliver: "Wilt thou lay hands on me, villain?", illustration for Act I, Scene i, As You Like It

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Rosalind: "He calls us back!: My pride fell with my fortunes," illustration for Act I, Scene ii, As You Like It

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Duke Frederick: "Mistress, despatch you with your safest haste," illustration for Act I, Scene iii, As You Like It

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Orlando and Adam, illustration for Act II, Scene iv, As You Like It

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

"In the forest of Arden," illustration for Act II, Scene iv, As You Like It

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Jacques, illustration for Act II, Scene v, As You Like It

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Jaques: "'It is ten o'clock: Thus we may see,' quoth he, 'how the world wags.'", illustration for Act II, Scene vii, As You Like It

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Rosalind: "Give me your hand, Orlando," illustration for Act IV, Scene i, As You Like It

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Audrey, illustration for Act V, Scene i, As You Like It

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Touchstone: "You do love this maid?", illustration for Act V, Scene i, As You Like It

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Antipholus of Syracuse: "Go bear it to the Centaur," illustration for Act I, Scene ii, Comedy of Errors

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Dromio of Ephesus: "What mean you, sir?", illustration for Act I, Scene ii, Comedy of Errors

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Dromio of Ephesus: "Why, mistress, sure my master is horn-mad," illustration for Act II, Scene i, Comedy of Errors

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Adriana: "Ay, ay, Antipholus, look strange and frown," illustration for Act II, Scene ii, Comedy of Errors

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

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The Root of the Matter

Beatrice: "Kill Claudio," illustration for Act IV, Scene i, Much Ado About Nothing

Benedick: "What, my dear Lady Disdain! are you yet living?", illustration for Act I, Scene i, Much Ado About Nothing

Don Pedro: "Will you have me, lady?", illustration for Act II, Scene i, Much Ado About Nothing

Don John: "Only to despite them, I will endeavor anything," illustration for Act II, Scene ii, Much Ado About Nothing

Balthazar sings: "Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more; Men were deceivers ever," illustration for Act II, Scene iii, Much Ado About Nothing

Beatrice: "Against my will, I am sent to bid you come in to dinner," illustration for Act II, Scene iii, Much Ado About Nothing

Ursula: "She's lim'd, I warrant you!; we have caught her, madam." Hero: "If it prove so, then loving goes by haps: Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.", illustration for Act III, Scene i, Much Ado About Nothing

Dogberry: "Dost thou not suspect my place? Dost thou not suspect my years? -O that he were here to write me down an ass!", illustration for Act IV, Scene ii, Much Ado About Nothing

Claudio (reads from a scroll): "Done to death by slanderous tongues. Was the Hero that here lies," illustration for Act V, Scene iii, Much Ado About Nothing

Oliver: "Wilt thou lay hands on me, villain?", illustration for Act I, Scene i, As You Like It

Rosalind: "He calls us back!: My pride fell with my fortunes," illustration for Act I, Scene ii, As You Like It

Duke Frederick: "Mistress, despatch you with your safest haste," illustration for Act I, Scene iii, As You Like It

Orlando and Adam, illustration for Act II, Scene iv, As You Like It

"In the forest of Arden," illustration for Act II, Scene iv, As You Like It

Jacques, illustration for Act II, Scene v, As You Like It

Jaques: "'It is ten o'clock: Thus we may see,' quoth he, 'how the world wags.'", illustration for Act II, Scene vii, As You Like It

Rosalind: "Give me your hand, Orlando," illustration for Act IV, Scene i, As You Like It

Audrey, illustration for Act V, Scene i, As You Like It

Touchstone: "You do love this maid?", illustration for Act V, Scene i, As You Like It

Antipholus of Syracuse: "Go bear it to the Centaur," illustration for Act I, Scene ii, Comedy of Errors

Dromio of Ephesus: "What mean you, sir?", illustration for Act I, Scene ii, Comedy of Errors

Dromio of Ephesus: "Why, mistress, sure my master is horn-mad," illustration for Act II, Scene i, Comedy of Errors

Adriana: "Ay, ay, Antipholus, look strange and frown," illustration for Act II, Scene ii, Comedy of Errors

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