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MOOR OR LESS?Othello Under Surveillance, Calcutta, 1848

Sudipto Chatterjee

The London Lyceum

Late 18th Century Calcutta

The Old Playhouse

The first British

theatre in the city

Late 18th Century Calcutta

The Chowringhee Theatre

The Chowringhee Theatre, Interior

Black Faced “Native” in a late 19th

century production

Physiognomy and the Facial Line. Calcutta Journal, 1821.

On Thursday Evening, August 10th, 1848, will be

acted Shakespeare’s Tragedy of

‘Othello’ The Moor of Venice...

By a Native Gentleman

On Thursday Evening, August 10th, 1848, will be

acted Shakespeare’s Tragedy of

‘Othello’ The Moor of Venice...

By a Native Gentleman

Ira Aldridge as Othello

Ira Aldridge as Othello

Ira Aldridge as Aaron

On Thursday Evening, August 10th, 1848, will be

acted Shakespeare’s Tragedy of

‘Othello’ The Moor of Venice...

By a Native Gentleman

The First National Theatre, 1873

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Othello’s Voice:

Utpal Dutt

Desdemona’s Voice: Jennifer Kendall

Slide 17

Site of the second National Theatre, 1874

The Minerva Theatre, where the first National once stood

Inside the Minerva, 1996

The Balcony

The 2nd Floor Foyer

…to where?

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