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1785
john philip kemble, the cheif othello at the turn of the 18 century(frist played othello in 1785 his last in 1805)
kemble acted in whaat he called a classic rather than romantic manner, a style more suited for brutus than to othello -
1807
Aldrige was born in 1807. as a very young man he determaind to be an actor, but seeing no possiblity, he went to london in 1829 and never returned to the united statse -
1814
Edmund kean the role in 1814 he is said to have used a light brown makeup in place of usual burnt cork. -
1817
Kean was offered by american aactor junius brutus booth, who in england in 1817-18 playeed Iago to keans othello. -
1825
2 weeks after kean had been proved quilty of adultry public opinion turned against him -
1826
in amarica Edwin Booth son of Junis Brutus Booth) acted othello almost anually 1826 to 1871 -
1827
by 1827 Leamn Thomas Rede's "The Road to stage", a book on makeup) couls report that "a tauny twainge is now the color used for the galiant moor. -
1833
Keans last performance was ub 1833 when he collapsed in stage and died a few weeks later -
1881
1881 Hebry Ivrings othello was dark, had been more domenat especially in his generation