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Rymer, A Short View of Tragedy

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NOTE: I inadvertently deleted the photos I took of the book during our in-class meeting at the library, thinking they were of another text that I…

Theatre miscellany collection, 1802-1938: Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Othello with Edwin Forrest, November 22, 1836

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This is a poster advertising a performance of Othello in November 1836, nearly 232 years to the day after the first recorded performance of the play…

Histrio-Mastix : the players scourge, or, actors tragaedie : divided into two parts...

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These extracts, taken from the same text, provide a viewpoint into an interesting mentality at the time Othello was published. The author of the book…