4 min

Othello: What it means to be a Moor The Shakespeare Sessions

    • Drama

Dr Islam Issa, Senior Lecturer at Birmingham City University, gives us a rundown of events in the 1600s that influenced the character of Othello.
You can listen to our full-length version of Othello, set in an imagined near future, in your podcast feed.

Dr Islam Issa, Senior Lecturer at Birmingham City University, gives us a rundown of events in the 1600s that influenced the character of Othello.
You can listen to our full-length version of Othello, set in an imagined near future, in your podcast feed.

4 min

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