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Since Adirondack Retro acquired Darvill's Rare Prints in August of 2022, we have been working tirelessly on our New State-Of-The Art Website. We are excited to announce that it is now up and running and that our massive inventory of Antique Prints and Rare Maps are being transferred over to the new site daily. In addition to the nearly 500,000 prints found on www.DarvillsRarePrints.com, Adirondack Retro offers an eclectic selection of Antique and Vintage Advertisements along with their Limited Edition Giclee Prints. During this transition, customers will still be able to shop and make purchases on www.DarvillsRarePrints.com.

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antique theatre and drama prints

Antique and vintage prints of theatre, stage, plays, actors, etc.
See also our antique and vintage prints concerning music and opera.

The Stage and Its Stars (1889)
[Julia Marlowe as Julia in "The Hunchback"]

The Stage and Its Stars, Past and Present...

Philadelphia, 1889

Music of the Modern World, 1895 opera and theatre stars
[Van Dyke as Lohengrin]

Artists and Authors from
[Sarah Bernhardt as Cleopatra]

Great Men and Famous Women
(edited by Charles F. Horne
[8 Volumes, 68 Parts]
New York, 1894 and 1899)

Artists and Authors
[volumes VII and VIII]

Opera and Theatre stars from the late 19th century
[Chancey Oclott in "A Romance of Athlone."]

Opera and Theatre stars of the late 19th century

unidentified publication, circa 1899

Original copperplate engravings from 1789-1803 Shakespeare plays
[detail from "Macbeth" Act 1, Sc. III]

Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery

American Edition, New York 1852

   
The Complete Works of Shakespeare (1850)
["Antony and Cleopatra" Act 4, Sc. 10]

The Complete Works of Shakespeare...

James Orchard Halliwell
London & New York, 1850

 
The Dramatic Works of William Shakspere [sic] 1848
["King Henry the Sixth" Part 3, Act 1, Sc. 3]
   
The Works of Shakespeare, circa 1860-1870
[Cleopatra and Caesar from "Julius Caesar"]
The Works of Shakspere [sic] [Shakespeare]

Charles Knight, editor
circa 1860-1870
The Library Shakespeare
["As You Like It", Act III, Sc. II]

The Library Shakespeare

Illustrated by Sir John Gilbert, George Cruikshank and Robert Dudley

London, circa 1870s-1880s

   
Opera actors and actresses from circa 1906
["Mademoiselle Dazie"]

Opera Stars from the Metropolitan Opera and other companies

The Burr McIntosh Monthly,
1903-1910

Antique color prints from
["Ctesippus" — Mr. Henry Kemble]

Ulysses

Her Majesty's Theatre
1902

   

Vintage film actor photographs and studio promo photographs of movie stars of the past
[Sarah Bernhardt]

Miscellaneous antique prints of Actors and Actresses

Unidentifed sources, circa 1790s to late 1800s

   

Vintage film actor photographs and studio promo photographs of movie stars of the past
[Joan Crawford]

Vintage film actor photographs and studio promo photographs of movie stars of the past

undated, circa 1930s-1940s

 
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