Gala premiere of Othello : Mosfilm production in colour : screen play and production by Yutkevitch : Monday, 1st July, 1957 in aid of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and the Opera School.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

F.W. Woolworth and Co., publisher.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Royal Festival Hall (London, England), host institution.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Miscellaneous Print Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Otello (Motion picture : 1955), depicted.

Otello (Motion picture : 1955).

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Othello--Film adaptations.

Shakespeare, William.

Bondarchuk, Sergeĭ, 1920-1994 depicted.

Bondarchuk, Sergeĭ.

Skobt︠s︡eva, Irina, 1927-2020 depicted.

Skobt︠s︡eva, Irina.

Popov, Andreĭ Alekseevich, 1918- depicted.

Popov, Andreĭ Alekseevich.

Soshalʹskiĭ, Vladimir, 1929-2007 depicted.

Soshalʹskiĭ, Vladimir.

Yutkevich, Sergeĭ--Caricatures and cartoons.

Yutkevich, Sergeĭ.

Othello (Fictitious character from Shakespeare) depicted.

Othello.

Desdemona (Fictitious character) depicted.

Desdemona (Fictitious character).

Iago (Fictitious character) depicted.

Iago (Fictitious character).

Cassio (Fictitious character) depicted.

Cassio (Fictitious character).

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (Great Britain).

Blackface--Pictorial works--Specimens.

Blackface.

Opera School (London, England).

Bondarchuk, Sergeĭ, 1920-1994.

Othello (Fictitious character from Shakespeare).

Genre:

Souvenir programs.

Caricatures and cartoons.

Physical Description:

10, 18, 9 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm

Other Title:

At head of title: Royal Festival Hall, in the presence of H.E. the Soviet Ambassador and Madame Malik.

Place of Publication:

[London] : [F.W. Woolworth and Co. Limited], 1957.

Summary:

Souvenir program for a presentation of Sergei Yutkevich's 1956 film adaptation of Othello at the Royal Festival Hall (London) as part of a benefit for the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and the Opera School. Contains information about the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and the Opera School, advertisements, and an 18-page insert of color photographs from the film and actors (including a reproduction of a caricature of Yutkevich drawn by Henri Matisse).

Participant:

Cast includes: Sergeĭ Bondarchuk (in blackface) as Othello, Irina Skobt︠s︡eva as Desdemona, Andrei Popov as Iago, Vladimir Soshalsky as Cassio.

Notes:

"With the compliments of F.W. Woolworth and Co. Limited"--page [10]

"In July 1957, the Royal Festival Hall hosted a multi-night benefit for the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and The Opera School (later the Royal Academy Opera at the Royal Academy of Music), with screenings of Sergei Yutkevich's Othello. The film had won Best Director at Cannes the year before and, in the years following, would be screened in more than 70 foreign countries including Great Britain, Spain, Mexico, and Japan, and earned high praise from prominent figures in the industry such as Laurence Olivier. The stars-Sergei Bondarchuk (1920-1994), Andrei Popov (1918-1983), and Irina Skobtseva (b.1927)-attended the Royal Festival Hall premiere on 1 July, along with the Soviet Ambassador. Press coverage of the event was largely glowing ('The dialogue is in English, but the acting speaks for itself. Sergei Bondarchuk is a mighty Othello', Daily Herald, 28 June 1957), with a number of journalists gushing about the film's colour technology ('Anyone who has seen the Russian film of "Othello" at the Royal Festival Hall will have seen what to my mind is the finest colour system in the world at present-Sovcolour', West London Observer, 13 Sept. 1957)."--Vendor's description.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2020 from Simon Beattie.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Kislak Center copy imperfect: only includes handbill and 18-page pictorial programme.

Related Work:

Promotional material for film adaptation of: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Othello.

OCLC:

1048896435