Deception, intrigue, malice, and murder; Othello is Shakespeare’s great play of jealousy and one of his finest and most popular tragedies. Our senior specialist, Adam Douglas, shares an exciting volume of pamphlets which includes a copy of Othello printed in 1655 during the middle of the English Civil War.
While this edition of Othello was printed in 1655, it includes a cast list from a later production, from around 1691-2. This production starred some of the leading actors of its time and contained drama both on and off the stage including a murder which took place on 10 December 1692. This is a real-life tale of salacious intrigue and slaughter worthy of Shakespeare’s own plays.
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