Othello.
I think that thou are just and think thou art not
I’ll have some proof. My fame, that was as fresh
As Dian’s visage, cannot be grimed and black
As mine own face!
I’ll not believe it. Would I were satisfied!
Funny Folks.
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“Othello Travestie, an operatic Burlesque Burletta,” by Maurice G. Dowling, Esq., was first produced at the Liver Theatre, Liverpool, March, 1834, and was afterwards performed at the Strand Theatre, London.
This now reads as a very dull and stupid burlesque, in which the only approach at fun is obtained from causing Othello to speak, and act, like a negro melodist. The songs introduced are mostly founded on the Ethiopian melodies then popular, and there are no passages, of any merit, parodying the original tragedy.