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

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Event Details

Troupe: Phelps
Troupe: General Tom Thumb
Venue Type: Theatre
Location: Liverpool
County: Lancashire
Type: Dramatic
Venue: Royal Liver Theatre
Date: 16 February 1844-16 February 1844
Date notes: Friday

Event Program

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 General Tom Thumb/ General Tom Thumb American, Song
    Yankee Doodle General Tom Thumb/ General Tom Thumb American, Song
    African alarmed at the Thunder, The General Tom Thumb/ General Tom Thumb

    One of Thumb's “classical representations from The Ancient Statues”

    Slave sharpening his knife whilst overhearing the Conspirators, The General Tom Thumb/ General Tom Thumb

    One of Thumb's “classical representations from The Ancient Statues”

    Bibliographic Sources

    • 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