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Location: Liverpool
County: Lancashire
Type: Dramatic
Venue: Theatre Royal, Williamson Square
Date: 25 May 1846-25 May 1846
Date notes: Monday
Event Program
Title
Performed Person / Troupe
Notes
Type
Othello
Ira Aldridge/ Aldridge, Ira
Casting:
Othello - Aldridge
Play, Tragedy
Robinson Crusoe
Ira Aldridge/ Aldridge, Ira
Casting:
Man Friday - Aldridge
Melo-Drama, Play
Bibliographic Sources
Liverpool Record Office & Local History Library, Central Library, Liverpool Playbill (Theatre Royal) - May 21, 1846
Info in Record:
Performance Type:
Dramatic
Performers Listed: “the African Roscius”
Days & Times: “Monday next, May 25” (1846)
Venue Name: “Theatre Royal, Williamson Square”
Program Info: “Shakspere’s [sic] Tragedy of Othello” (Othello – African Roscius), “Pocock’s Melo-Drama of Robinson Crusoe”
Other:
benefit,
description/review (brief),
performance time,
ticket info,
other (surrounding events at venue, venue policies – e.g. “No Bonnets allowed in the Dress Circle,” etc.)
Liverpool Record Office & Local History Library, Central Library, Liverpool Playbill (Theatre Royal) - May 27, 1846
Info in Record:
Performance Type:
Dramatic
Performers Listed: “the African Roscius,”
Days & Times: “every evening during the week”
Venue Name: “Theatre Royal, Williamson Square”
Program Info: “favourite characters.” Mentions that the African Roscius has “created a sensation” as “Othello, Rolla, and Man Friday,” so these may have been performed already (on Monday/Tuesday)
Other:
performance time,
ticket info,
other (surrounding events at venue, venue policies – e.g. “No Bonnets allowed in the Dress Circle,” etc.)
Liverpool Record Office & Local History Library, Central Library, Liverpool Playbill (Theatre Royal) - May 27, 1846
Info in Record:
Performance Type:
Dramatic
Performers Listed: “the African Roscius,”
Days & Times: “every evening during the week”
Venue Name: “Theatre Royal, Williamson Square”
Program Info: “favourite characters.” Mentions that the African Roscius has “created a sensation” as “Othello, Rolla, and Man Friday,” so these may have been performed already (on Monday/Tuesday)
Other:
performance time,
ticket info,
other (surrounding events at venue, venue policies – e.g. “No Bonnets allowed in the Dress Circle,” etc.)
Liverpool Record Office & Local History Library, Central Library, Liverpool Playbill (Theatre Royal) - May 27, 1846
Info in Record:
Performance Type:
Dramatic
Performers Listed: “the African Roscius,”
Days & Times: “every evening during the week”
Venue Name: “Theatre Royal, Williamson Square”
Program Info: “favourite characters.” Mentions that the African Roscius has “created a sensation” as “Othello, Rolla, and Man Friday,” so these may have been performed already (on Monday/Tuesday)
Other:
performance time,
ticket info,
other (surrounding events at venue, venue policies – e.g. “No Bonnets allowed in the Dress Circle,” etc.)
Liverpool Record Office & Local History Library, Central Library, Liverpool Playbill (Theatre Royal) - May 21, 1846
Info in Record:
Performance Type:
Dramatic
Performers Listed: “the African Roscius”
Days & Times: “Monday next, May 25” (1846)
Venue Name: “Theatre Royal, Williamson Square”
Program Info: “Shakspere’s [sic] Tragedy of Othello” (Othello – African Roscius), “Pocock’s Melo-Drama of Robinson Crusoe”
Other:
benefit,
description/review (brief),
performance time,
ticket info,
other (surrounding events at venue, venue policies – e.g. “No Bonnets allowed in the Dress Circle,” etc.)