1. MOOR OR LESS? Othello Under Surveillance, Calcutta, 1848 Sudipto Chatterjee

2. The London Lyceum

3. Late 18th Century Calcutta

4. The Old Playhouse The first British theatre in the city Late 18th Century Calcutta

5. The Chowringhee Theatre

6. The Chowringhee Theatre, Interior

7. Black Faced “Native” in a late 19th century production

8. Physiognomy and the Facial Line. Calcutta Journal, 1821.

9. On Thursday Evening, August 10th, 1848, will be acted Shakespeare’s Tragedy of ‘Othello’ The Moor of Venice... By a Native Gentleman

10. On Thursday Evening, August 10th, 1848, will be acted Shakespeare’s Tragedy of ‘Othello’ The Moor of Venice... By a Native Gentleman

11. Ira Aldridge as Othello

13. Ira Aldridge as Aaron

14. On Thursday Evening, August 10th, 1848, will be acted Shakespeare’s Tragedy of ‘Othello’ The Moor of Venice... By a Native Gentleman

15. The First National Theatre, 1873

17. Othello’s Voice: Utpal Dutt Desdemona’s Voice: Jennifer Kendall

18. Slide 17 Site of the second National Theatre, 1874

19. The Minerva Theatre, where the first National once stood

20. Inside the Minerva, 1996

21. The Balcony

22. The 2nd Floor Foyer

23. …to where?