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15 September 1709

Event Information
Theatre: Queen's Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1709-1710
Volume: 2
Comments: Sir John Perceval to Elizabeth Stockwell, 20 Sept.: We should have languished for want of diversion but for Othello, which drew all the stragglers in town together, and our number was greater than I imagined....Meanwhile I declare that they who cannot be moved at Othello's story so artfully worked up by Shakespeare, and justly played by Betterton, are capable of marrying again before their husbands are cold, of trampling on a lover when dying at their feet, and are fit converse with tigers only (Egmont MS, II, 240)

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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *pLqueen's Othello, Moor of Venice. Othello-Betterton. *cLqueen's $Sir John Perceval= to $Elizabeth Stockwell=, 20 Sept.: We should have languished for want of diversion but for <i>Othello</i>, which drew all the stragglers in town together, and our number was greater than I imagined....Meanwhile I declare that they who cannot be moved at Othello's story so artfully worked up by $Shakespeare=, and justly played by $Betterton=, are capable of marrying again before their husbands are cold, of trampling on a lover when dying at their feet, and are fit converse with tigers only (<i>Egmont MS</i>, II, 240).

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1709 09 15 queen's Othello, Moor of Venice. Othello-Betterton.*c1709 09 15 queen's $Sir John Perceval= to $Elizabeth Stockwell=, 20 Sept.: We should have languished for want of diversion but for <i>Othello</i>, which drew all the stragglers in town together, and our number was greater than I imagined....Meanwhile I declare that they who cannot be moved at Othello's story so artfully worked up by $Shakespeare=, and justly played by $Betterton=, are capable of marrying again before their husbands are cold, of trampling on a lover when dying at their feet, and are fit converse with tigers only (<i>Egmont MS</i>, II, 240).

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 4252 | 17090915 | queen's | $Sir John Perceval= to $Elizabeth Stockwell=, 20 Sept.: We should have languished for want of diversion but for <i>Othello</i>, which drew all the stragglers in town together, and our number was greater than I imagined....Meanwhile I declare that they who cannot be moved at Othello's story so artfully worked up by $Shakespeare=, and justly played by $Betterton=, are capable of marrying again before their husbands are cold, of trampling on a lover when dying at their feet, and are fit converse with tigers only (<i>Egmont MS</i>, II, 240)
    Performance: 5961 | 4252 | p | Othello, Moor Of Venice | Othello-Betterton.
    Cast:
    8269 | 5961 | Othello | Betterton.

Mainpiece

Title: Othello, Moor Of Venice
Comments:
Othello-Betterton.
Cast:

Related Works

Work Title: Othello
Publish Date: 1622
Birth: 1564
Death: 1616

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