MOOR OR LESS? Othello Under Surveillance, Calcutta, 1848 Sudipto Chatterjee.
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MOOR OR LESS?Othello Under Surveillance, Calcutta, 1848
Sudipto Chatterjee
The London Lyceum
Late 18th Century Calcutta
The Old Playhouse
The first British
theatre in the city
Late 18th Century Calcutta
The Chowringhee Theatre
The Chowringhee Theatre, Interior
Black Faced “Native” in a late 19th
century production
Physiognomy and the Facial Line. Calcutta Journal, 1821.
On Thursday Evening, August 10th, 1848, will be
acted Shakespeare’s Tragedy of
‘Othello’ The Moor of Venice...
By a Native Gentleman
On Thursday Evening, August 10th, 1848, will be
acted Shakespeare’s Tragedy of
‘Othello’ The Moor of Venice...
By a Native Gentleman
Ira Aldridge as Othello
Ira Aldridge as Othello
Ira Aldridge as Aaron
On Thursday Evening, August 10th, 1848, will be
acted Shakespeare’s Tragedy of
‘Othello’ The Moor of Venice...
By a Native Gentleman
The First National Theatre, 1873
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Othello’s Voice:
Utpal Dutt
Desdemona’s Voice: Jennifer Kendall
Slide 17
Site of the second National Theatre, 1874
The Minerva Theatre, where the first National once stood
Inside the Minerva, 1996
The Balcony
The 2nd Floor Foyer
…to where?
