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'''''Othello [[Travesty|Travestie]]''''' is described as "an operatic [[burlesque]] [[burletta]]", written  by  Maurice G. Dowling.
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== The original text ==
 
 
 
 
 
The burlesque, based on Shakespeare's ''[[Othello]]'',  was first performed at the Liver Theatre, Liverpool in March 1834, and later at the Strand Theatre London. Published in London  by  Thomas Hailes Lacy, 1834.
 
 
 
==South African productions==
 
 
 
1842: Performed by the [[Garrison Players]] in the [[Garrison Theatre]], Cape Town,  on 13 May, as an afterpiece to ''[[The Irish Attorney]]'' (Bernard). The performers included [[Mr Wellesley]] ("The Moor"), Mr [[D. M'Donald]] ("Desdemona") and [[Mr Priestly]] ("Iago"). Repeated on the 19th May apparently.
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
 
 
Dowling, M. M. G. (1834). ''Othello travestie: an operatic burlesque burletta''. London: T.H. Lacy. (Facsimile version of the text of the original text, Hathi Trust[http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044086860160;view=1up;seq=7]).
 
 
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855''. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 393-5.
 
 
 
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