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Field name | Value |
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Title | Othello |
Document Type | Transcription; Prompt Book |
Reference | Oth 13 |
Case Study | Oth13 |
Associated Names | George Ellis |
Actor-Manager/Director | Kean, Charles; Macready, William Charles |
Annotation Date | 1846 |
Theatre | Drury Lane |
Place of Production | London |
Country of Production | Great Britain |
Date of Production | 23 May 1842 |
Description | Prompt copy of Charles Kean. But marked and corrected as acted at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane by George Ellis, prompter, in November 1846. |
Genre | Tragedy |
Theme(s) | Love and Marriage; War, Empire and Colonialism |
Roles | Mr Macready - Othello; Mr Vandenhoff - Iago; Mr Anderson - Cassio; Mr G Bennett - Duke of Venice; Mr Wade - Brabantio; Mr Tilbury - Gratiano; Mr Waldron - Lodovico; Mr Diddear - Montano; Miss H Faucit - Desdemona; Mrs Warner - Emilia |
Content Keywords | love, race, jealousy, betrayal, deceit, infidelity, crime, death, justice, soldier |
Context Keywords | costume, character, stage, lighting, script, blocking |
Language | English |
Edition | Hinds English Stage, 1838 |
Shattuck Code | OTH 25 |
Play | Othello |
Library | Folger Shakespeare Library |
Note | Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Folger Shakespeare Library's online catalogue and 'The Shakespeare Prompt books, A Descriptive Catalogue' by Charles H. Shattuck. |