Othello

Othello - Paperback

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Othello - Paperback

Othello - Paperback

by William Shakespeare
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by William Shakespeare (Author), Mfoniso Udofia (Translator)

A contemporary translation that emphasizes the racial malice at the heart of Shakespeare's play.

In her update of Shakespeare's Othello, Mfoniso Udofia engages with the racial malice at the heart of the play. Udofia's take on this complicated story emphasizes the rhythm and lyrical patterns of Othello's speech. Opening up the text to modern ears, Udofia presents us with a code-switched Othello.

This translation of Othello was written as part of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's Play On! project, which commissioned new translations of thirty-nine Shakespeare plays. These translations present the work of "The Bard" in language accessible to modern audiences while never losing the beauty of Shakespeare's verse. Enlisting the talents of a diverse group of contemporary playwrights, screenwriters, and dramaturges from diverse backgrounds, this project reenvisions Shakespeare for the twenty-first century. These volumes make these works available for the first time in print--a new First Folio for a new era.

Author Biography

Mfoniso Udofia is the award-winning writer of the plays Sojourners, runboyrun, Her Portmanteau, and In Old Age. She is a member of the New Dramatists class of 2023. She has also worked as a television writer on 13 Reasons Why, Little America, and Pachinko.

Number of Pages: 146
Dimensions: 0.4 x 7.7 x 4.9 IN
Publication Date: February 14, 2023
ISBN9780866988254
Author William Shakespeare
PublisherArizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance S
GenreDrama
FormatPaperback
PublishedFebruary 2023
LanguageENG- English
Pages146
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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William Shakespeare was born in April 1564 in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon, on England's Avon River. When he was eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway. The couple had three children--an older daughter Susanna and twins, Judith and Hamnet. Hamnet, Shakespeare's only son, died in childhood. The bulk of Shakespeare's working life was spent in the theater world of London, where he established himself professionally by the early 1590s. He enjoyed success not only as a playwright and poet, but also as an actor and shareholder in an acting company. Although some think that sometime between 1610 and 1613 Shakespeare retired from the theater and returned home to Stratford, where he died in 1616, others believe that he may have continued to work in London until close to his death.

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