Othello

[ oh-thel-oh, uh-thel-oh ]

noun

1. a tragedy (1604) by Shakespeare.

Othello

1. A tragedy by William Shakespeare . The title character , a Moor, or dark-skinned Muslim , is a general commanding the forces of Venice . The villain Iago convinces Othello that Desdemona, the general's beautiful and faithful wife, has been guilty of adultery; at the end of the play, Othello smothers Desdemona. A famous line from the play is Othello's description of himself as “ one that loved not wisely but too well .”

Example Sentences

After that, I’m going to do the film ‘Othello.’

From Los Angeles Times

Tines started out Robeson-esque performing “Some Enchanted Evening,” speaking Othello’s final monologue and singing African American spirituals, becoming angrier and yet also more ecstatic as he progressed.

From Los Angeles Times

Her first Oscar nomination was for playing Desdemona opposite Laurence Olivier’s Othello and her subsequent nominations were all for characters whose theatricality was a mode of existence.

From Los Angeles Times

She was cast in Laurence Olivier's "Othello" in 1965 after the director recruited her to be part of his National Theater Company.

From Salon

Still, within his Jefferson lives a version of William Shakespeare’s Othello, another part Jones played to great acclaim with Christopher Plummer as his Iago.

From Salon