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Phelps, 16 Feb. 1844 -16 Feb. 1844, Lancashire

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Event Type

Dramatic

Event Details

Troupe: Phelps
Troupe: General Tom Thumb
Venue Type: Theatre
Location: Liverpool
County: Lancashire
Type: Dramatic
Venue: Royal Liver Theatre

Date

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Date notes
Friday


Casting

Event Program

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Title Performed Person / Troupe Notes Type
Othello Phelps Phelps
Casting:
  • Othello – Mr. Phelps
  • Cassio – Mr. F. Vining
  • Duke of Venice – Mr. Barry
  • Brabantio – Mr. A. Younge
  • Gratiano – Mr. Gordon
  • Ludovico – Mr. Frazer
  • Montano – Mr. Davis
  • Roderigo – Mr. H. Bedford
  • Iago – Mr. Chamberlain
  • Leonardo – Mr. Bennett
  • Julio – Mr. Edmonds
  • Desdemona – Mrs. Gordon
  • Emilia – Miss Treble
    		• Play, Tragedy
    Lucy Long Thumb General TomThumb American, Song
    Yankee Doodle Thumb General TomThumb American, Song
    African alarmed at the Thunder, The Thumb General TomThumb One of Thumb's “classical representations from The Ancient Statues”
    Slave sharpening his knife whilst overhearing the Conspirators, The Thumb General TomThumb One of Thumb's “classical representations from The Ancient Statues”

    Bibliographic Sources

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    • British Library, BL Mic. C. 13137 Playbills 245: February 16, 1844 (Liver):
      Info in Record:
      • Performance Type: Dramatic
      • Performers Listed: Othello: Mr. Phelps (Othello), for remainder of cast see attached document scan; “General Tom Thumb” (“the American Dwarf”)
      • Days & Times: “Friday, February 16, 1844”
      • Venue Name: “Theatre-Royal, Church-Street, Liverpool, (Late Royal Liver Theatre)”
      • Other Acts on Bill: “Mr. Halford…will sing ‘The Bay of Biscay’” (3rd), “the New Farce of My Wife’s Lodgings; Or, Landed from China” (doesn’t seem to be race related – other than the title, 4th), “a Melo-Drama, founded on fact, called Pitcairn Island; Or, The Mutineers of the Bounty” (6th).
      • Program Info: “Shakspere’s [sic] Tragedy of Othello, Or, the Moor of Venice” (1st on bill), Tom Thumb: several acts not clearly connected to race/minstrelsy, plus: “snatches of American Songs, including Yankee Doodle, Miss Lucy Long, &c.” (2nd), “classical representations from The Ancient Statues” including “The African alarmed at the Thunder” and “The Slave sharpening his knife whilst overhearing the Conspirators” (5th).
      • Other: benefit, performance time, ticket info