19th century Yorkshire playbill for performances of "Othello" and "The Invincibles" in York on 30th April 1829.
Abstract
Digitised copy of a 19th century playbill for performances of "Othello" by William Shakespeare and "The Invincibles" at York Theatre Royal on Thursday 30th April, 1829.This playbill was digitised as part of the York Playbills project, commencing in 2009. Within the City of York there are a number of collections of playbills which were published to accompany productions at theatres which were part of the 'York Circuit'. This initially included the York, Hull, Leeds, Wakefield, Doncaster and Pontefract Theatres. 19th century playbills from the Yorkshire Theatres are deposited with York City Archive, although there are gaps in the collection from the latter part of the century.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Theater
Performance
and Music History
Theatre and Performance Studies
Shakespeare
Adaptation
and Literary Criticism
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Research at York St John (York St John University)
- Publication date
- 26 February 2026
- Language
- EN