Othello

Event Information

Venue(s):
Booth's Theatre

Proprietor / Lessee:
Junius Brutus, Jr. Booth

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
3 March 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

24 Nov 1873, Evening
25 Nov 1873, Evening
26 Nov 1873, Evening

Program Details

Booth as Othello on Monday and Tuesday; as Iago on Wednesday. Wheelock as Iago on Monday and Tuesday; as Othello on Wednesday.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Othello, [play]
Text Author: Shakespeare
Participants:  Edwin Thomas Booth (role: Othello; Iago);  Joseph Wheelock (role: Othello; Iago)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 23 November 1873, 7.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 23 November 1873, 4.
3)
Announcement: New York Post, 24 November 1873, 2.
4)
Review: New York Sun, 25 November 1873, 1.

No mention of music.

5)
Review: New York Post, 25 November 1873, 2.

No mention of music.

6)
Review: New-York Times, 25 November 1873, 5.

No mention of music.

7)
Review: New York Herald, 25 November 1873, 7.

No mention of music. “…produced last night for the first time this season, with Mr. Edwin Booth in the title part. Mr. Booth plays the same part this evening, and then appears as Iago for two nights, alternating with Mr. Joseph Wheelock…”

8)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 26 November 1873, 4.

No mention of music.

9)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 27 November 1873, 7.

No mention of music.