Othello: The Oxford Shakespeare: The Moor of Venice

The Oxford Shakespeare
General Editor: Stanley Wells
The Oxford Shakespeare offers authoritative texts from leading scholars in editions designed to interpret and illuminate the plays for modern readers

- A new, modern-spelling text, collated and edited from all existing printings
- Extensive introduction gives full attention to the play's bold treatment of racial themes, gender, and social relations
- Detailed performance history designed to meet the needs of theatre professionals
- On-page commentary and notes explain language, word-play, and staging
- Appendices on music in the play and a full translation of the Italian novella from which the story derives
- Illustrated with production photographs and related art
- Full index to introduction and commentary
- Durable sewn binding for lasting use

'not simply a better text but a new conception of Shakespeare. This is a major achievement of twentieth-century scholarship.'