*p1787 10 27 dl Othello. Othello-Kemble; Roderigo-R. Palmer; Cassio-Barrymore; Brabantio-Aickin; Lodovico-Packer; Duke-Chaplin; Montano-Benson; Gratiano-Fawcett; Iago-Bensley; AEmilia-Mrs Hopkins; Desdemona-Mrs Siddons.*a1787 10 27 dl The Irish Widow. ^As17870929^.*d1787 10 27 dl End I afterpiece: <i>The Irish Fair</i>, ^as17870929^.*c1787 10 27 dl "In his first scenes [$Kemble=] was judicious, but too studiously so; and though most critically correct in his address to the Senate, evidenced he was more anxious to do justice to the text of his author than the feelings of <i>Othello</i>r. But in the subsequent scenes he made ample recompense, and most successfully combined accuracy of expression with spirit of character...We much approve his dressing Othello in the <i>Moorish habit</i>...[but] is it necessary the <i>Moor</i>r should be as black as a native of <i>Guiney</i>?" (<i>Public Advertiser</i>, 29 Oct.). Receipts: #117 16s. (102.6; 15.5; 0.5).