Othello

Event Information

Venue(s):
Booth's Theatre

Manager / Director:
Maurice Grau

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
15 May 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

12 Jun 1874, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Othello, [play]
Text Author: Shakespeare
Participants:  Tommaso Salvini

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 01 June 1874, 7.
2)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 13 June 1874, 7.

No mention of music; cast listing. 

3)
Review: New-York Times, 13 June 1874, 4.

Brief; no mention of music. 

4)
Review: New York Post, 13 June 1874, 2.

Brief; no mention of music. 

5)
Review: New York Herald, 13 June 1874, 10.

No mention of music. 

6)
: Strong, George Templeton. New-York Historical Society. The Diaries of George Templeton Strong, 1863-1869: Musical Excerpts from the MSs, transcribed by Mary Simonson. ed. by Christopher Bruhn., 13 June 1874.

"With dear Lucy [Derby, Strong's niece] & Louis [Strong's youngest son] last night to Booth’s Theatre to see Salvini’s Othello. He is excellently well supported, & his is a wonderful piece of acting…House was jammed & enthusiastic."