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Shakespeares life and language, elizabethan times, and other introductory materials. Because othello is black and desdemona white, there is a great deal of controversy surrounding their marriage. The folger shakespeare library, home to the worlds largest shakespeare collection, brings othello to life with this new fulllength, fullcast dramatic recording of its definitive folger edition. Believe it or not the librivox catalog has over 8000 titles now, but we feel weve picked out the best, bringing our total to about 3500 librivox audio books on. The librivox audio book app makes it easy to find the book you want. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this worldcat. Othello william shakespeare audio book free audio and. Librivox is a group of worldwide volunteers who read and record public domain texts creating free public domain audiobooks for download from their website and other digital library hosting sites on the. His film credits include dirty pretty things, love actually, and kinky boots, and in 2008 he was awarded the laurence olivier award for best actor for his performance in the donmar warehouses production of othello. Othello, a moorish general in the service of venice, has married desdemona, beautiful daughter of a venetian senator. Was a midsummer nights dream worth the listening time. Librivox acoustical liberation of books in the public domain menu. At the end of the play, add end of othello, by william shakespeare. Twotime golden globe award nominee chiwetel ejiofor, obe, is a prominent british film and stage actor.
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The doomed figure of the lovely desdemona who is murdered so cruelly by the illfated othello based on a tragic misunderstanding continues to haunt playgoers and readers the world over even today. Iago tells othello that his wife, the beautiful desdemona, is having an affair with cassio. Audible provides the highest quality audio and narration. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit librivox dot org. Each audiobook can be streamed over the internet or downloaded for later use. Othello has promoted cassio, not iago, to be his lieutenant. Great books of the western world year eight librivox wiki. The reader watches in awe as iago weaves his web around othello, to bring about his downfall.
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