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The play 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.
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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==
 
==South African productions==

Revision as of 05:49, 25 September 2016

Othello Travestie is described as "an operatic burlesque burletta", written by Maurice G. Dowling.


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[1]).

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp. 393-5.

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