Othello

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Robeson and Hagen in Othello

Hear about the three language devices used in Shakespeare's Othello - words as power, words as characters, and words as a conversation with the audience

Learn about the characters of Othello as discussed by the cast and crew of a Folger Shakespeare Library production

Playbill for a performance of Othello (and other works) at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London.

Othello, as portrayed by Laurence Fishburne (centre), with Irène Jacob (left) as Desdemona and Kenneth Branagh (right) as Iago, 1995

Paul Robeson (right), in the title role of Othello, with Peggy Ashcroft as Desdemona

“Ira Frederick Aldridge as Othello,” painting by Henry Perronet Briggs, c. 1830; in the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.

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Robeson and Hagen in Othello

Playbill for a performance of Othello (and other works) at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London.

Othello, as portrayed by Laurence Fishburne (centre), with Irène Jacob (left) as Desdemona and Kenneth Branagh (right) as Iago, 1995

Paul Robeson (right), in the title role of Othello, with Peggy Ashcroft as Desdemona

“Ira Frederick Aldridge as Othello,” painting by Henry Perronet Briggs, c. 1830; in the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.

Hear about the three language devices used in Shakespeare's Othello - words as power, words as characters, and words as a conversation with the audience

Learn about the characters of Othello as discussed by the cast and crew of a Folger Shakespeare Library production

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