Othello

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Scott McMillin has added a new section on key events in scholarship and theater since the 1980s (including international, political, feminist and postcolonial analysis) to this updated edition of Shakespeare's Othello. The influence of historicism and cultural materialism are also taken into account, and a complete description of performances of the play on stage, film and television considers the issue of the interracial casting of main characters. First Edition Hb (1984): 0-521-22339-3 First Edition Pb (1984): 0-521-29454-1 Cover Title Page Copyright CONTENTS List of Illustrations 1a Map of Venice (1617). From Fynes Moryson, Description of Venice (1617) 1b Map of Cyprus (1590). From T. Porcacchi, L'isole piu famose (1590) 2a A Venetian officer (1609) 2b The Duke (Doge) of Venice (1609). From Giacomo Franco, Habiti d'huomeni et donne Venetia (1609) 3a Abd el-Ouahed ben Messaoud ben Mohammed Anoun, Moorish Ambassador to Queen Elizabeth in 1600–1 3b Frontispiece to Othello in Nicholas Rowe's edition of Shakespeare's works, 1709 4 A possible staging of Act 1, Scene 3. 5 A possible staging of Act 5, Scene 1. 6 Possible ways of staging Act 5, Scene 2. 7 Some 'Negro' Othellos a Edmund Kean (1814, 1832–3) b Paul Robeson (1930) c Frederick Valk (1942) d Laurence Olivier (1964) 8 Some 'Arab' Othellos a Spranger Barry (c. 1775) b Tommaso Salvini (1875) c Johnston Forbes-Robertson (1901) d Godfrey Tearle (1948–9) 9 Iagos and Desdemonas a Edmund Kean (1814) b Jose Ferrer (1943) c Sarah Siddons (1785) d Ellen Terry (1881) 10 Imogen Stubbs as Desdemona and Willard White as Othello in the Trevor Nunn RSC production, The Other Place, 1989 11 Patrick Stewart as Othello and Patrice Johnson as Desdemona in The Shakespeare Theatre's 1997 production, directed by Jude Kelly Acknowledgements Abbreviations and Conventions 1. Shakespeare's plays 2. Editions 3. Other works, periodicals, general references Introduction Date Sources Othello's race The plot and its inconsistencies The play and its critics The language of the play Stage history Criticism and productions of Othello since 1984 by Scott McMillin Political Othellos New Historicism, Feminism, Cultural Materialism Critical responses and the issue of casting Recent film and television Other persuasions Texts: the Quarto Note on the Text List of Characters OTHELLO Act 1 1 2 3 Act 2 1 2 3 Act 3 1 2 3 4 Act 4 1 2 3 Act 5 1 2 Supplementary notes 1.1 1.3 2.1 2.3 3.3 4.3 5.2 Textual analysis The 1622 quarto The 1623 Folio Substantive variants Editorial procedure Later seventeenth-century editions Reading list