William Shakespeare's Othello

<p>William Shakespeare's <em>Othello</em> (1601-2) has delighted and disturbed theatre audiences for the past four centuries and remains one of the most frequently performed and widely studied of his plays. This volume is a broad-ranging guide to <em>Othello</em> providing an introduction to:<br>*the contexts of the play through a concise accessible overview a chronology and reprinted documents from the period<br>*the range of critical responses to the play through a brief critical history and reprinted critical texts accompanied by explanatory headnotes<br>*the play in performance through a selection of clearly introduced readings on this topic along with illustrations.<br>The sourcebook then examines key passages of the play in detail. Each passage is reprinted in full along with a headnote and annotations offering crucial guidance to Shakespeare's language and the critical issues which surround the text. Throughout the volume cross-references link together the contextual materials critical responses and the play's text.<br>If you are beginning to study <em>Othello</em> this sourcebook is the one guide you cannot afford to be without.</p>