Take notice: —
Wednesday: Othello — Ira Aldridge.
Tickets should be booked in good time.
(The top of the morning!)
R. W.
Source: Richard Wagner to Mathilde Wesendonck, trans. William Ashton Ellis (Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905), No. 20
Wagner's Letters
Richard Wagner to Mathilde Wesendonck
Undated · Zurich
Overview
Wagner alerts Mathilde that the celebrated African-American tragedian Ira Aldridge will play Othello on Wednesday, and advises booking tickets in good time.