Mohr of Vienna

The Mohr von Wien or actually "Othellerl, the Mohr von Wien or Die Heilte Jeaersucht" is a play by Karl Meisl from the year 1806. The play is a farce in 3 lifts and typical for a pawlatschen stage . The play is a travesty of William Shakespeare's Othello . Meisl used such a literary form to conduct social and political criticism, which was very difficult during the Biedermeier and censorship times, as punishment threatened.

supporting documents

^ Bernth Lindfors: Ira Aldridge: Performing Shakespeare in Europe, 1852-1855. Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora. Volume 59, Boydell & Brewer, University of Rochester Press 2013, p. 311.

[1] Bernth Lindfors: Ira Aldridge: Performing Shakespeare in Europe, 1852-1855. Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora. Volume 59, Boydell & Brewer, University of Rochester Press 2013, p. 311.