Othello by William Shakespeare:Text and analysis

Three well-known Shakespearean actors who have all played Iago spill the beans on their insider understanding on what makes him tick. A useful article for ideas about what drives Iago to do what he does.

An interview with actor Adrian Lester who gives his insights into Othello based on his experience of playing him on stage. Interestingly he offers some thought provoking ideas as to why Othello was so quickly and thoroughly deceived by Iago.

A handy, well organised site that breaks down "Othello" into the sub categories of character analysis, contextual history, and inter-relational themes. It also looks at how to analyse the play from the different year 11 English modules.

The Folger Shakespeare Library has a range of resources on Shakespeare and his times. Of particular note are their resources dedicated to "Othello" where you can find insightful essays and helpful resources from the Folger collection covering an introduction to the plot, characters and major themes of "Othello".

This site created by the famous Stratford-upon-Avon theatre company has many useful essays on "Othello" including essays on the imagery in "Othello", key moments, character relationships, and the play's setting.

A website for the Globe Theatre that will give you an idea about how the play was staged in Shakespeare's day.

This video takes a useful broader view of the play "Othello" as being one of Shakespeare's tragedies. Featuring an interview with Assistant Professor of English at Yale University, Suzanne L. Wofford, it delves into the characteristic themes and make-up of a Shakespearean tragedy.

This is an interesting program that looks at the various themes of love and jealousy, and proof and judgement, as well as the symbolism of the handkerchief. By playing through 4 key sections of the play, the video shows how the themes work.

"Othello" is thoroughly explored in this programme with the emphasis on human relationships in the context of the needs of the state.

This database, used by academics, scholars and Shakespeare fans alike, has a section dedicated to "Othello" featuring the complete text and a searchable breakdown of all the speeches for each character in the play.

This TAFEcat database has a collection of interesting excerpts from several different film adaptions of the play.