Shakespeare's Tragedies: Prof. Giordano ENG 302: Websites

In html. Kindle and epub versions

Audio version of the play.

First in Emma Smith's Approaching Shakespeare lecture series; looking at the central question of race and its significance in the play.

Othello is the one black character in all of Shakespeare's work, yet it wasn't until World War II that a black man took to the stage to play the role on Broadway. Jill Kaufman from WGBH in Boston reports on how Paul Robeson's Othello changed the world of the theater forever in America and how modern actors look at the part today.

New article: “Robeson Would Avoid Kissing Scenes in Othello in America” (The Afro American, May 31, 1930)

Introduction to the play.

Iago and RoderigoAct 1, Scene 3. Kenneth Branaugh

Act 1, Scene 3, Iago speaks about Othello: Kenneth Branaugh.

Kenneth Branaugh

BBC video interview of Ewan McGregor talking about his character Iago, for the Donmar Warehouse Othello production November 2007 - February 2008.

Directed by Oliver Parker

Directed by Trevor Nunn

Directed by Orson Welles

Iago Speech end of act II scene i