Othello

Othello is one of Shakespeare's most theatrically striking plays. This Handbook focuses on Othello as a dramatic work which exploits the resources of the early modern stage and yet still challenges contemporary theatres.

Stuart Hampton-Reeves is Professor of Research-Informed Teaching at the University of Central Lancashire and a Trustee of the British Shakespeare Association. His previous publications include the volume on Measure for Measure, also in The Shakespeare Handbooks series.
The Shakespeare Handbooks are student-friendly introductory guides which offer a new approach to understanding Shakespeare's plays in performance. The commentary at the heart of each volume explores the play's theatrical potential, providing an experience as close as possible to seeing it in the theatre. The Handbooks also offer contextual documents, a brief history of the text and its first performances, case studies of key productions, a wide sampling of critical opinion and guidance on further reading. Ideal for students and teachers of literature and theatre, as well as actors and directors, the overall aim is to help a reader reach an independent and well-informed view of each play by imagining how it might be performed on stage.