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Location: Liverpool
County: Lancashire
Type: Dramatic
Venue: Theatre Royal, Williamson Square
Date: 20 January 1843-20 January 1843
Date notes: Friday
Event Program
Title
Performed Person / Troupe
Notes
Type
Othello
W. Hoskins/ Hoskins, W.
Casting:
Othello – Hoskins
Iago – Stuart
Duke of Venice – Thompson
Cassio – Nantz
Brabantio – Cooke
Gratiano – Vivash
Roderigo – Perkins
Ludovico – Barton
Montano – Slaiter
Julio – F. Lloyds
Antonio – Benwell
Luca – McGregor
Marco – Jonas
Paulo – Eaton
Leonardo – J. Lunt
Giovanni – G. Lunt
Martino – C. Lloyds
Desdemona – Seymour
Emilia - Cleaver
Play, Tragedy
Bibliographic Sources
Era (London) January 22, 1843: 6:3.
Info in Record:
Performance Type:
Dramatic
Performers Listed: " Mr. W. Hoskins, from the American theatres" (Othello)
Days & Times: "this evening (Friday)"
Venue Name: Liverpool
Program Info: Othello. Also (other race-related): "The Horrors of Cabul".
Other:
(surrounding events at venue)
Liverpool Record Office & Local History Library, Central Library, Liverpool Playbill (Theatre Royal) - January 20, 1843
Info in Record:
Performance Type:
Dramatic
Performers Listed: “Othello…Mr. W. Hoskins.” For remainder of cast, see attached document scan.
Days & Times: “This Present Friday, Jan. 20, 1843”
Venue Name: “Theatre-Royal, Williamson Square”
Other Acts on Bill: “Previous to the Play, a Shaksperean [sic] Overture, composed by Mr. Aldridge”
Program Info: “Shakspere’s [sic] Tragedy of Othello.” Also, (other race-related): “Comic Pantomime, Called Baron Munchausen; Or, Harlequin & the Wizard of the Green Isle” (features several sequences in China/Hong Kong).
Other:
audience,
performance time,
ticket info,
other (surrounding events at venue)
Liverpool Record Office & Local History Library, Central Library, Liverpool Playbill (Theatre Royal) - January 20, 1843
Info in Record:
Performance Type:
Dramatic
Performers Listed: “Othello…Mr. W. Hoskins.” For remainder of cast, see attached document scan.
Days & Times: “This Present Friday, Jan. 20, 1843”
Venue Name: “Theatre-Royal, Williamson Square”
Other Acts on Bill: “Previous to the Play, a Shaksperean [sic] Overture, composed by Mr. Aldridge”
Program Info: “Shakspere’s [sic] Tragedy of Othello.” Also, (other race-related): “Comic Pantomime, Called Baron Munchausen; Or, Harlequin & the Wizard of the Green Isle” (features several sequences in China/Hong Kong).
Other:
audience,
performance time,
ticket info,
other (surrounding events at venue)
Liverpool Record Office & Local History Library, Central Library, Liverpool Playbill (Theatre Royal) - January 20, 1843
Info in Record:
Performance Type:
Dramatic
Performers Listed: “Othello…Mr. W. Hoskins.” For remainder of cast, see attached document scan.
Days & Times: “This Present Friday, Jan. 20, 1843”
Venue Name: “Theatre-Royal, Williamson Square”
Other Acts on Bill: “Previous to the Play, a Shaksperean [sic] Overture, composed by Mr. Aldridge”
Program Info: “Shakspere’s [sic] Tragedy of Othello.” Also, (other race-related): “Comic Pantomime, Called Baron Munchausen; Or, Harlequin & the Wizard of the Green Isle” (features several sequences in China/Hong Kong).
Other:
audience,
performance time,
ticket info,
other (surrounding events at venue)