Othello is arguably Shakespeare’s most controversial show, often called a “problem show,” given its deep explorations into race and misogyny. Putting on a production of Othello is no small feat, but ...

Love, hate, longing, jealousy, deception, passion, confusion, humor, loyalty and pain make for great drama. And all those emotions are on full display in Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello. The play is as ...

Is Othello black? With the news that David Oyelowo will play Othello opposite Daniel Craig’s Iago and that the Metropolitan Opera is finally discontinuing the practice of blackface in productions of ...

Grace Aretakis/Daily. Buy this photo. Since its premiere on the Elizabethan Stage in 1604, Shakespeare’s “The Tragedy of Othello” has solidified itself as one of the most controversial plays in the ...