Othello
Contributors: Boito, Arrigo, 1842-1918; Hueffer, Francis, 1843-1889; Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Columbia Theatre (Organization : Washington, D.C.); Henry W. Savage's English Grand Opera Company; Columbia Theatre (Organization : Washington, D.C.); Theater Playbills and Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1904
Language: eng
Description: Season of 1903-'04. Columbia Theatre, absolutely fireproof, Luckett & Dwyer, lessees and managers, N. Stein, treasurer. Grand operatic festival. Mr. Henry M. Savage offers a musical festival of grand opera in English by the greatest English singing company in the world. Full grand opera orchestra, all new scenic productions, unrivaled all-American chorus. "Othello," a lyric drama in four acts, founded on Shakespeare's tragedy, by Arrigo Boito (English version restored by Francis Hueffer, the English author and critic). Music by Giuseppe Verdi (First produced at La Scala Thater, Milan, in 1887. First performance in Englsih was at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, October 6, 1903, by Henry W. Savage's English Grand Opera Company.
Notes: Columbia Theatre [Washington, D.C.], week of Monday, February 1, 1904. One week, beginning Monday, February 1st. Monday evening at 8:15.

Title devised by Library staff.

Cast: Mr. Sheehan, Mr. Goff, Mr. Fulton, Mr. Pattou, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Lawrence, Mr. McKinnie, Miss Rennyson, Miss Newman, Mr. Evans.

LC copy imperfect: [14] p. only of program. Shelved under: Othello.

With: Il Trovatore -- Tosca -- Carmen -- Lohengrin -- Bohemian Girl. Issued together.

In: American theater programs of the late 19th and 20th centuries (Library of Congress).