{"id":1131,"date":"2021-04-13T14:34:10","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T13:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/folio400.com\/?post_type=plays&p=1131"},"modified":"2021-05-26T10:18:50","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T09:18:50","slug":"othello","status":"publish","type":"plays","link":"https:\/\/folio400.com\/plays\/othello\/","title":{"rendered":"Othello"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Sources for the play may include an English translation by Philemon Holland of Pliny the Elder\u2019s History of the World<\/i>, published in 1601, and Richard Knowles\u2019s History of the Turks<\/i>, published after September 1603. The play was performed at Whitehall Palace on 1st November 1604, so it was probably written 1603\u20131604.<\/span><\/p>

The play was first printed as a quarto in 1622, probably typeset from a transcript of Shakespeare\u2019s draft manuscripts. The First Folio version is probably typeset from a transcript of Shakespeare\u2019s final manuscript, or possibly a prompt-book prepared for the acting company sometime after 1606.\u2028<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u2018Have you not sometimes seen a handkerchief,
Spotted with strawberries, in your wife\u2019s hand?\u2019<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Othello<\/em>, III iii<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Brief synopsis of the play<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The talented and successful Moor, Othello, remains an outsider in Venice, subjected to racism and mistrust. Leading the Venetian forces to defend Cyprus from the Turks, Othello\u2019s world falls apart when the vindictive villain Iago, overlooked for promotion, uses a handkerchief \u2013 lost by Othello\u2019s wife Desdemona \u2013 to deceive him into thinking that she is unfaithful. This fast-paced and heart-breaking play demonstrates the destructive power of uncontrolled jealousy to undermine even the purest love.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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