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William Shakespeare (26 April 1564 (baptised) – 23 April 1616)was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet, and the "Bard of Avon". His extant works, including collaborations, consist of approximately 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.Shakespeare was born and brought up in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. Sometime between 1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part-owner of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men. He appears to have retired to Stratford around 1613, at age 49, where he died three years later. Few records of Shakespeare's private life survive, which has stimulated considerable speculation about such matters as his physical appearance, sexuality, and religious beliefs and whether the works attributed to him were written by others.

Othello is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare in 1603. The play centers around the title character, his wife, his lieutenant, and the ensign who ultimately betrays him. Othello is still one of the most widely performed plays in all of theatre. William Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon, is known for his many sonnets and plays that have stood the test of time. Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon. He married at a young age and had three children. At age 21, Shakespeare began to have success in his business venture, an acting company known as the King’s Men. He also began writing at this time and would ultimately complete many of the most famous works in all of literature. Shakespeare's plays were well-loved from the beginning and even today his popularity remains unparalleled. The cause of Shakespeare's death is unknown, but he is honored today in Westminster Abbey in the Poet’s Corner.

This classic tale involves Othello, a Moorish general employed in the Venetian army; Desdemona, his beloved wife; Cassio, his loyal lieutenant; and Iago, his trusted but unfaithful ensign. Here, themes of love, jealousy, revenge, repentance and racism mean Othello remains relevant to the modern world, and helps explain the play’s enduring popularity. This larger format edition is ideal for school or college students. Here, the main benefit is the very wide margins which provide plenty of extra space to add explanatory notes, translations of unfamiliar words and points for further thought. This volume contains the complete and unabridged text in addition to a roomy personal notebook - which means it offers excellent value for money.

Excerpt from Othello: The First Quarto, 1622Dezdinionye, the daughters of William Brshoppe, were baptized at St Leonard's, Shoreditch Bislioppe had evidently been to see the play. On April 3oth, 1610, it was performed at the Globe before the German ambassador and his suite; and it was acted at Court in May, 1613 2 Thrs 15 all we hear of it before the copyright entry of 1627 3 §3. We have now to examine the state of the text as rt stands in the three editions here compared, the Folio of 1623 the Quarto of 1630 (q2) and the Quarto of 1622 (q1). Of these the Folio 15 undoubtedly the best text of the three, 1nd must be taken as the standard authority in any edition of Q2, though rnferror to pi, a great improvement upon wlirle Q1, though a very respectable version on the whole, is far more faulty and corrupt than either of the others Thus when the Folio requires correctron, it can almost always be corrected from Q2, and if every copy of Q1 had perrslred the critical loss would be very inconsiderable This wrll appear presently, but the fact rs the less disparagement to Q1, if it can be shown that in Q2 we merely have the former edition reprinted wirlr additions and corrections 4 Nor Is this a difficult task. Any one ho opens the two Quartos together Will be struck by their general resemblance. The stage directions, the arrangement of the lines, the punctuation, spelling ard use of capital letters, are all, generally speaking, the same, while the Folio constantly differs. L'lrerr as regards verbal differences Q2 varies from Q1 only about half as many times as the Folio does, and of these varia tions some 33 per are merely corrections of the press. Llut the origin of Oz 15 most clearly shown by the errors or.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Scott McMillin has added a new section on key events in scholarship and theater since the 1980s (including international, political, feminist and postcolonial analysis) to this updated edition of Shakespeare's Othello. The influence of historicism and cultural materialism are also taken into account, and a complete description of performances of the play on stage, film and television considers the issue of the interracial casting of main characters. First Edition Hb (1984): 0-521-22339-3 First Edition Pb (1984): 0-521-29454-1

William Shakespeare is almost universally considered the English language's most famous and greatest writer. In fact, the only people who might dispute that are those who think he didn't write the surviving 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems still attributed to him. Even people who never get around to reading his works in class are instantly familiar with titles like King Lear, Othello, Hamlet, Macbeth, and Romeo & Shakespeare. Othello is one of Shakespeare’s greatest plays, a complex tragedy revolving around four characters, whose story consists of racism, jealousy, love and betrayal. It is still one of the most performed plays in the world.