Actors Ellen Terry, Henry Irving, and Victorian Shakespeare

Posted February 27, 2026

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Colleen Kennedy

027450_masthead8 — Richard Jack. Miss Ellen Terry & Mr. Henry Irving as Beatrice & Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing, Benedick: “I love you with all my heart …”, [Act IV, Scene 2]. Colored lithograph, 1887. ART File T329 no.51a. Folger Shakespeare Library.

Colleen Kennedy

is the Senior Communications Manager at the Folger Shakespeare Library. — View all posts by Colleen Kennedy

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