Othello

Event Information

Venue(s):
Niblo's Garden

Proprietor / Lessee:
William Wheatley

Conductor(s):
Harvey Bradley Dodworth

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
23 May 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

21 Sep 1863, Evening
22 Sep 1863, Evening
23 Sep 1863, Evening
24 Sep 1863, Evening
25 Sep 1863, Evening
26 Sep 1863, Evening

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
Conductor: Dodworth, Harvey Bradley
Text Author: Shakespeare
Participants:  Edwin Forrest

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 21 September 1863.

2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 21 September 1863, 4.

     Forrest plays Othello for the last time at Niblo’s tonight. 

3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 21 September 1863, 7.

4)
Review: New York Herald, 22 September 1863, 7.

     “Aside from Mr. Forrest, there are many things at this theatre to praise. . . . [T]he company is very strong. . . . For enterprise, energy and liberality Manager Wheatley is behind no manager in the city.”

5)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 26 September 1863, 190.