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  2. Othello - Wikipedia

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    And the text is heavily cut: Othello's first words are his speech to the Senators from Act 1 Scene 3. [251] [252] The film was critically panned on its 1955 release (headlines included "Mr Welles Murders Shakespeare in the Dark" and "The Boor of Venice") but was acclaimed as a classic upon its re-release in a restored version in 1992. [253]

  3. List of translations of works by William Shakespeare - Wikipedia

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    E-kataloog ESTER With: Sonette; Othello French Le songe d'une nuit d'été: Jean-Louis Supervielle, Jules Supervielle: Paris: 1959 13439423 1231955560 Le songe d'une nuit d'été: Nicolas Briançon Paris: 2011 9782749812014 759590560 Much Ado About Nothing: Mauritian French Creole Enn Ta Senn Dan Vid: Dev Virahsawmy: Port Louis: 1995 ...

  4. Macbeth (Verdi) - Wikipedia

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    Macbeth (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmakbet; makˈbɛt]) [1] is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi, with an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and additions by Andrea Maffei, based on William Shakespeare's play of the same name. Written for the Teatro della Pergola in Florence, Macbeth was Verdi's tenth opera and premiered on 14 March ...

  5. Iago's manipulativeness and character - Wikipedia

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    [1] [note 1] Its first outing is at the close of Act I, when Othello places Desdemona under the ensign's care, saying "Honest Iago, / My Desdemona I leave to thee". [2] Its repetition, argues J. W. Abernethy, emphasizes the quality that Iago can be least said to possess, and as such "constitutes a strain of irony running throughout the play". [1]

  6. Roderigo - Wikipedia

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    After breaking off from Iago, who hid in the earlier scene from Brabantio's sight, he joins Brabantio and his men in their journey to Sagittary in Act One, Scene Two, in hopes of finding Othello and Desdemona. In Act Two, Roderigo joins Iago in his journey to Cyprus, where the Venetians are expecting a Turk invasion, in hopes of being able to ...

  7. Beast with two backs - Wikipedia

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    In English, the expression dates back to at least William Shakespeare's Othello (Act 1, Scene 1, ll. 126–127, c. 1601–1603): [1] I am one, sir, that comes to tell you your daughter and the Moor are now making the beast with two backs.

  8. Desdemona - Wikipedia

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    Desdemona (/ ˌ d ɛ z d ə ˈ m oʊ n ə /) is a character in William Shakespeare's play Othello (c. 1601–1604). Shakespeare's Desdemona is a Venetian beauty who enrages and disappoints her father, a Venetian senator, when she elopes with Othello, a Moorish Venetian military prodigy.

  9. BBC Television Shakespeare - Wikipedia

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    The second season had been set to cover power (King Richard the Second, The First Part of King Henry the Fourth, The Tragedy of Richard III, The Taming of the Shrew, Macbeth and Julius Caesar), with the third looking at revenge (The Merchant of Venice, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, The Winter's Tale, The Tempest and Othello). [54]