Race in the records

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If you chose to look at these extracts you may also be interested to learn more about the ways in which historical documents have been used to inform interpretations of Othello.Margo Hendricks’ overview of the essays included in Shakespeare and Race (edited by Catherine Alexander and Stanley Wells) will introduce you to a wide variety of critical approaches to this playYou might also like to listen to Kim F. Halland Jerry Brotton and Tim Supple talk more about Moors in Shakespeare’s timeHaving read or listened to the above you might want to consider:- How historical documents can feed discussions about dramatic works and if this is useful.
- How your own understanding of Shakespeare’s Othello has been affected by discussion of the times in which he was writing.
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