Reading of a cut version of Othello for the British Empire Shakespeare Society. Ellen Terry as Desdemona.
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The British Empire Shakespeare Society.
President:
SIR HENRY IRVING.
Vice-Presidents:
THE LORD BISHOP OF RIPON.
MR. GEORGE ALEXANDER.
MR. FORBES ROBERTSON.
MR. LEWIS WALLER.
READING OF ...
"OTHELLO"
AT THE
Bishopsgate lnstitute,
TUESDAY, JANUARY 12TH, 1904.
AT 8 P.M .
LORD STRATHCONA & MOUNT ROYAL, G.C.M.G., etc.,
IN THE CHAIR.
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Dramatis Personae
Duke of Venice - The Rev. R. S. DE COURCY LAFFAN
Brabantio (Senator) ... Mr. GEORGE FITZGERALD
(By kind permission of Miss Ellen Terry.)
Other Senators - Mr. CHAPMAN HUSTON
Gratiano (Brother to Brabantio) ... Mr. CECIL FRENCH
Lodovico (Kinsman to Braba11tio) - Mr. RALPH CAMERON
Othello (a noble Moor in the Service of the Venetian State) - Mr. HUBERT CARTER
(By kind permission of Miss Ellen Terry.)
lago - Mr. ACTON BOND
Cassio (his Lieutenant) - Mr. HARCOURT WILLIAMS
(By kind permission of Miss Ellen Terry.)
Roderigo (a Venetian gentleman) - Mr. F. H. DARCH
(By kind permission of Miss Ellen Terry.)
Montano (Othello's predecessor in the Goventment of Cyprus) ... Mr. HARRY IRVINE
(By kind permission of Mr. Tree.)
Messenger/1st Gentleman - Mr. M. STERLING MACKINLAY
2nd Gentleman - Mr. PERCY CRAWFORD
3rd Gentlemen - Mr. JAMES GELDERD
4th Gentleman - Mr. CHAPMAN HUSTON
Emilia (wife to Iago) - Miss HUTTIN BRITTON
AND
Desdemona (daitghter to Brabantio and wife to Othello) ...Miss ELLEN TERRY
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The Stage directions will be read by Miss SYBIL RUSKIN.
Miss ALICE RUST at the Piano.
Scene.-The first act in Venice; during the rest of the play, at a sea-port in Cyprus.
Historical Period-May, 1570.
The play has been cut as suggested in the Henry Irving edition.
All particulars with regard to the BRITISH EMPIRE SHAKESPEARE SOCIETY, may be had from
The Hon. Sec., 17, Southwell Gardens, S.W.
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Objects.
1. To promote greater familiarity with Shakespeare's
works among all classes throughout the British Empire.
2. To help the rising generation not only to study
Shakespeare's works, but to love them.
8. To form Shakespeare Clubs and Reading Societies (or
help those already existing) in London, in the provinces, and in
the Colonies.
4. To encourage the study of Shakespeare by prizes given
yearly for the best reading, recitation, acted scene from his
plays, or essay on Shakespeare by Members or Associates of
the Society.
1. Membership of the Society is open both to adults and
children.
2. The annual subscription for Members is 5/-; entrance
fee, 5/-.
8. Associates entrance fee, 2/6 ; annual subscription, 1/-.
4. Children under 16, annual subscription 9d.
5. A donation of £5 shall constitute life membership;
£2 2s., membership for eight years.
6. In the event of 15, or in some cases, 12 members of
any educational institution wishing to join the Society, special
arrangements will be made.
Miss MORRITT, Hon Sec.,
17, Southwell Gardens, S.W .
Did you know?
Ellen Terry was on tour in Australia and New Zealand when the First World War broke out.
