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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Playbill announcing the only time that Edmund Kean appeared on stage with his son Charles |
| Document Type | Ephemera |
| Reference | Bill box G2 C85 1832-3 |
| Case Study | Oth20 |
| Actor-Manager/Director | Kean, Charles John; Kean, Edmund |
| Theatre | Covent Garden |
| Place of Production | London |
| Country of Production | Great Britain |
| Date of Production | 25 Mar 1833 |
| Description | Playbill announcing the only time that Edmund Kean appeared on stage with his son Charles. They played Othello and Iago respectively, but Edmund collapsed on stage and died not long after. |
| Genre | Tragedy |
| Theme(s) | Love and Marriage; War, Empire and Colonialism |
| Roles | Charles Kean - Iago; Edmund Kean - Othello |
| Content Keywords | love, race, jealousy, betrayal, deceit, infidelity, crime, death, justice, soldier |
| Context Keywords | actor, programme, character |
| 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 Promptbooks, A Descriptive Catalogue' by Charles H. Shattuck. |