Othello

by Potter, Lois

• ISBN13: 9780719027260
• ISBN10: 0719027268
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-06-27
• Publisher: MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS

Summary

Lois Potter tracesOthello's acting tradition as it affected the playing of Othello, Desdemona, characters originally played by a white actor and a boy, respectively, and Iago. She examines the stage and screen versions of the play, including a full study of Paul Robeson's 1943 avatar of the character, that reflect or challenge current views about race and gender.

Author Biography

Lois Potter is Ned B. Allen Professor of English at the University of Delaware.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	p. vi
Series editors' preface	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. x
Introduction	p. 1
Othello before Robeson
Othello's play	p. 24
Desdemona's play	p. 48
Iago's play	p. 68
Interval: alternative Othellos in the modern age	p. 86
Robeson and after
Othello becomes contemporary: Ira Aldridge and Paul Robeson	p. 106
The Robeson legacy I: white Othellos on film, stage and television	p. 135
The Robeson legacy II: casting Othello, 1960-97	p. 157
Othello at the end of the century: sex and soldiers	p. 185
Appendix	p. 219
Bibliography	p. 223
Index	p. 235
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