Shakespeare inspired to write Othello after being booed off stage
The year was 1603 and a plucky band of actors appeared on the stage at the Globe theatre to perform Ben Jonson’s play, a tragedy about a Roman soldier. The performance was such a flop that the cast was hissed and heckled off stage. One member of that cast was William Shakespeare – and now an academic is making the case that this humiliating experience went on to affect the writing of.
