Introducing...Othello

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Introducing...Othello

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Sep 4, 2023

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Mfoniso Udofia’s unsparing translation of Shakespeare’s cruelest tragedy unmasks the ravages of prejudice and racism with unflinching honesty, revealing a world where bodies can be dispossessed by the meanest of minds.

"Beware of jealousy."
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Sep 4, 2023

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