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  2. Othello - Wikipedia

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    Othello (/ ɒˈθɛloʊ /; full title: The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice) is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare around 1603. Set in Venice and Cyprus, the play depicts the Moorish military commander Othello as he is manipulated by his ensign, Iago, into suspecting his wife Desdemona of infidelity.

  3. Otello - Wikipedia

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    Otello (Italian pronunciation: [oˈtɛllo]) is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on Shakespeare 's play Othello. It was Verdi's penultimate opera, first performed at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, on 5 February 1887. The composer was reluctant to write anything new after the success of Aida in ...

  4. Harlem Duet - Wikipedia

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    Harlem (1860) Harlem Duet is a 1997 dramatic play by Canadian playwright Djanet Sears. Billie, a young graduate student in Harlem, deals with her husband Othello leaving her for a white woman named Mona. [1] The play moves through time to show Billie and Othello's relationship (or an analogue thereof) being torn apart by racial tensions at a ...

  5. Roderigo - Wikipedia

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    Roderigo. Roderigo is a fictional character in Shakespeare 's 1604 play Othello. Roderigo, a wealthy Venetian, is manipulated into funding the antagonist Iago 's machinations in the belief that Iago will aid him in courting Othello 's wife Desdemona. In the later stages of the play, Iago recruits Roderigo in hopes of assassinating Othello's ...

  6. Othello (character) - Wikipedia

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    Catholic; formerly Islam. Origin. Africa or Arabia. Othello (/ ɒˈθɛloʊ /, oh-THELL-oh) is a character in Shakespeare 's Othello (c. 1601–1604). The character's origin is traced to the tale "Un Capitano Moro" in Gli Hecatommithi by Giovanni Battista Giraldi Cinthio. There, he is simply referred to as the Moor.

  7. Falstaff (opera) - Wikipedia

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    Falstaff (Italian pronunciation: [ˈfalstaf]) is a comic opera in three acts by the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian-language libretto was adapted by Arrigo Boito from the play The Merry Wives of Windsor and scenes from Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2, by William Shakespeare. The work premiered on 9 February 1893 at La Scala, Milan.

  8. Brabantio - Wikipedia

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    Brabantio (sometimes called Brabanzio) is a character in William Shakespeare 's Othello (c. 1601–1604). He is a Venetian senator and the father of Desdemona . Brabantio makes his first appearance in 1.1 when Iago and Roderigo rouse him with the news that Desdemona has eloped. In 1.2, Brabantio is led to the Sagittary, where the newlyweds are ...

  9. Lend Me a Tenor - Wikipedia

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    Genre. Comedy. Setting. A hotel suite in Cleveland, Ohio in 1934. Lend Me a Tenor is a comedy by Ken Ludwig. The play was produced on both the West End (1986) and Broadway (1989). It received nine Tony Award nominations and won for Best Actor (Philip Bosco) and Best Director (Jerry Zaks). A Broadway revival opened in 2010.

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