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O'Thello : autograph manuscript of parts of act 1, scene 4, and act 2, scene the last, 1833.

BIB_ID
108528
Accession number
MA 109.27
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1833.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 18.9 x 18.4 cm
Notes
Composed for presentation in his family in 1833.
Part of a collection of miscellaneous letters and documents of Charles Dickens. Items are cataloged individually; see related records for full description.
Two other libraries hold portions of this manuscript: The Rosenbach Museum & Library of Philadelphia holds part of act 1, scene 2; and the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University holds an additional portion of the manuscript. The Rosenbach page includes a signed attestation by John Dickens, dated 6 June 1842.
Summary
Two pages of a burlesque of Shakespeare's Othello based around the Irish Melodies of the poet Thomas Moore.