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Othello: References & Edit History

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  • David Bevington
  • Gitanjali Roy
    Gitanjali Roy is deputy managing editor, Encyclopaedia Britannica. She has over two decades of editorial experience across digital and broadcast media.

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Modified link of Web site: NOVA Open Publishing - ENG 271: The Works of Shakespeare I - The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice. Sep 26, 2026
Add new Web site: Shakespeare Online - "Othello". Jul 31, 2026
Add new Web site: NOVA Open Publishing - ENG 271: The Works of Shakespeare I - The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice. Jun 01, 2026
Article thoroughly revised. Nov 10, 2025
Add new Web site: The Criterion: An International Journal in English - Shakespeare’s Othello: Pro Colonial? Anti-Colonial? (PDF). Jul 14, 2025
Add new Web site: Academia - Shakespeare's 'Othello'-Perspectives of Power and Knowledge in the Text and the Cinema (PDF). May 22, 2025
Add new Web site: Royal Shakespeare Company - Othello. Feb 05, 2025
Add new Web site: Massachusetts Institute of Technology - "Othello, the Moore of Venice". Nov 22, 2024
Add new Web site: Open Washington Pressbooks - Complete Works of Shakespeare - The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice. Feb 26, 2024
Add new Web site: Internet Archive - "Othello". Aug 18, 2023
Add new Web site: The Folger Shakespeare Library - "Othello". Mar 16, 2023
Add new Web site: Folger Shakespeare Library - "Othello". Dec 08, 2022
Add new Web site: Internet Archive - "Othello". Sep 20, 2022
Add new Web site: PlayShakespeare.com - Othello. Mar 13, 2022
Add new Web site: Utah Shakespeare Festival - Othello Study Guide. Jan 11, 2021
Add new Web site: Shakespeare Birthplace Trust - Summary of Othello. Oct 18, 2019
Media added. Nov 27, 2017
Article revised. Nov 27, 2017
Media added. Feb 28, 2017
Add new Web site: Theatre Database - Othello. Dec 04, 2016
Add new Web site: The British Library - Othello. Dec 04, 2016
Added video. Dec 14, 2015
Add new Web site: Theatre Database - Othello. Jul 08, 2014
Add new Web site: The University of Adelaide - "The Tragedie of Othello, The Moore of Venice". Jul 08, 2014
Add new Web site: William Shakespeare - Othello, Play by Shakespeare. Jul 15, 2012
Author signature added. Apr 22, 2011
Add new Web site: The Literature Network - Othello. Nov 15, 2010
Added new Web site: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare - Othello. Feb 19, 2008
Added new Web site: William Shakespeare - Complete Works of Shakespeare, Biography, Study Guides. Oct 24, 2006
Added new Web site: William Shakespeare - Complete Works of Shakespeare, Biography, Study Guides. Oct 24, 2006
Article revised. May 12, 2005
Article revised. Sep 20, 2001
Article added to new online database. May 04, 1999
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