In Character: Shakespeare's 'Othello'
Portraits of actors and actresses portraying characters from Shakespeare's 'Othello'.
Edwin Booth as Othello
by Bernard Partridge
early 1880s
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William Charles Macready as Othello
published by John Tallis & Company, after H. Tracey
circa 1820-1850
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'Othello'
by William Say, after Henri Jean-Baptiste Victoire Fradelle
circa 1825-1834
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Edmund Kean as Othello
by and published by John William Gear
early 19th century
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Charles Kemble as Othello
by Richard James Lane, printed by Jérémie Graf, published by Colnaghi and Puckle, after Alfred Edward Chalon
published June 1840
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Othello (Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux; William Draper Best, 1st Baron Wynford (represented by his crutch))
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
published 31 May 1834
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Tommaso Salvini ('Men of the Day. No. 104.')
by Carlo Pellegrini
published in Vanity Fair 22 May 1875
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Charles Kemble as Cassio in 'Othello'
by Richard James Lane, printed by Jérémie Graf, published by John Mitchell, after Alfred Edward Chalon
published 1 December 1838
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Charles Kemble as Cassio in 'Othello'
by Richard James Lane, printed by Jérémie Graf, published by Colnaghi and Puckle, after Alfred Edward Chalon
published May 1840
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Ellen Terry as Desdemona in 'Othello'
by Southwell Brothers
1863
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Lily Brayton as Desdemona in 'Othello'
by Rita Martin, published by J. Beagles & Co
1911
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Lily Brayton as Desdemona in 'Othello'
by Rita Martin, published by J. Beagles & Co
1911
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Lily Brayton as Desdemona in 'Othello'
by Rita Martin, published by The Philco Publishing Co
circa 1907
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Gertrude Elliott as Desdemona in 'Othello'
by Lizzie Caswall Smith
circa 1913
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Charles Kemble as Iago in 'Othello'
by Richard James Lane, printed by Jérémie Graf, published by Colnaghi and Puckle, after Alfred Edward Chalon
published May 1840
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