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2 May 1881

Othello

Location Royal Lyceum Theatre, London, UK
Plays performed Othello

Programme, facsimile

Date 2 May 1881
Play(s) Othello
Production Date(s) Monday 2 May 1881
Venue Royal Lyceum Theatre
Time of performance 8pm
Stage Manager H. J. Loveday
Scene Designer Hawes Craven, W. Cuthbert and others
Costume Designer Mme Auguste, Mons. Alias and Mrs Read
Music Director Hamilton Clarke
Document ID ET-D31 Original record
Held by The British Library
Notes Edwin Booth as Othello, Henry Irving as Iago and Ellen Terry as Desdemona.

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