The Drama of One Hundred Years Ago.
This was the way they announced Othello in Newport 120 years ago : Kings Arms Tavern—Newport, Rhode Island. On Monday, June 10th, at the Public Room of the above Inn will be delivered a serias of MORAL DIALOGUES in five parts, Depicting the evil effects of jealousy and other bad passions, and proving that happiness can only spring from the pursuit of virtue. Mr Douglas—Will represent a noble and magnanimous Mot called ‘ Othello,’ who loves a young lady named • Desdemona,’ and, after he has married her, harbours (as in too many cases) the dreadful passion of jealousy. Oh, jealousy, our being’s bane. Mark the small cause and the most dreadful pain. Mr Allyn—Will depict the character of a
specious villain, in the regiment of Othello, who is so base as to hate his commander on mere suspicion, and impose on his best friend. Of such characters, it is to bo feared, there are thousands in the world, and the one in question may present to us a salutary warning. The man that wrongs his master and his friend, What can he come to but a shameful end ? Etc., etc.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 879, 4 January 1889, Page 4
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