Shakespeare
Volume 3, Issue 3
FALL 1999
Othello
NEWS ON THE RIALTO
A compendium of courses, conferences, and theatre performances around the world.
The Other Midsummer Film
Christopher Renino reviews the Adrian Noble
production.
TEACHING Othello
Some Whys and Hows for Teaching Othello
Martha Harris tells why Othello is her
favorite play to teach and explains some of her best teaching methods.
Teaching Much Ado About Nothing and Othello
Marilyn Levine kindles classroom interest by
pairing these two Shakespeare plays.
Othello Boggle
Judith Elstein takes her students from word
games to big ideas.
Scott Fortune and Susan Lynskey as Othello
and Desdemona
in the 1998 production of "Casting Othello"
at the Folger Elizabethan Theatre in Washington DC
FEATURED ARTICLES
"'Tis a Man Gone": Iago as Serial
Killer
Robert N. Watson finds parallels between
Shakespeare's Iago and criminals from today's headlines.
"Casting Othello": Making a
Truce with the Moor
Caleen Sinette Jennings reveals
how she came to write her play about the delicate issue of who is to play
Othello.
"Casting Othello"
An excerpt of Caleen Jennings's
play.
A Tale of Two Plays . . . . Or Maybe Three or
Four
Joanne Walen writes about why we are drawn to
many performances of the same play.
Ocular Proof: Othello Films on Video
From Buchowetzki's 1922 production to Oliver Parker's 1995 version, Stephen
M. Buhler reviews notable Othello
films now available on video.
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