Desdemona

<p><b>'This is a remarkable challenging and bravely original work.' <i>The Guardian</i></b> <p/>Ripped from the world by her husband's paranoia Desdemona turns in death towards the memory of Barbary the North African maid who raised her: together they explore the contours of death race war love and motherhood in a moving elegy. <p/>Audacious with ambition <i>Desdemona</i> is Toni Morrison's intimate reimagining of the fourth act of Shakespeare's <i>Othello</i> mixing monologue with Rokia Traore's lyrical songs to re-examine the Bard's presentation of race and female suffering. <p/>Part-play part-concert part-quest into the afterlife <i>Desdemona is</i> published in Methuen Drama's Modern Classics series featuring a new introduction by Joyce Green MacDonald.</p>