Othello
Othello is one of Shakespeare's most popular plays. Its controversial issues and passionate characters excite audiences around the world. In the United States, the first ever on-stage kiss between a black man and a white woman occurred in a 1943 Broadway production, starring Paul Robeson and Uta Hagen. This version went on to be the longest running Shakespearean play in the country's history.
Topics covered in this section:
- Discord and disorder
- Attitudes to women
- Othello and the Stage
- The Unities and Shakespearean Tragedy
- Magic and Darkness
- Religion and Suicide
See also:
- A modern text of Othello.
- Old-spelling texts of Folio 1, and Quarto 1.
A list of book facsimiles
that contain Othello.
- The essential facts about the play.*
Footnotes
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Summary: facts about King Lear
Written:Written: 1604 .
First mentioned: Performed at Court in 1604, "By the Kings Maiesties plaiers... a play... called The Moor of Veniot; (Revels Accounts).
First published: 1622 (quarto); 1623 (First Folio).Major source: a novella that was part of Giraldi Cinthio's Hecatomithi, published in Venice in 1565.