The Shakespeare Underground

The Shakespeare Underground


The Comedy of Othello: Commedia dell’Arte and Shakespeare the Genre-Bender

September 20, 2012

Is Othello a comedy gone wrong? Richard Whalen reveals the surprising connections between Shakespeare's Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice and Commedia dell'Arte, the energetic, improvised street theater from 16th century Italy. Stock figures of Comm