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What do you know about this famous playwright ?

on  William Shakespeare

http://www.william-shakespeare.info/
http://www.william-shakespeare.info/shakespeare-play-othello.htm

 

On the Play

In French

http://beaumarchais.free.fr/othello/shakespeare.htm

http://beaumarchais.free.fr/othello/index02.htm

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Othello_ou_le_Maure_de_Venise

 

in English

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Othello
http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/othello/
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/2267

 

 

Memorable quotes

Iago: “I am not what I am.”

 

Iago: “Oh Beware, my lord, of jealousy.

           Tis the green-eyed monster
           which doth mock the meat it feeds on.”

 

Iago: “This is the night...
           that either makes me or fordoes me quite”
.

 

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La Pièce à lire en ligne (The Play on line)


in English

http://www.online-literature.com/shakespeare/othello/

 

 

en français

http://www.inlibroveritas.net/lire/oeuvre22604.html

http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Othello

 

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On the film made by Oliver Parker (1995)

Oliver Parker (réalisateur)

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0662529/

http://www.commeaucinema.com/personne=oliver-parker,13515.html

http://www.cinemotions.com/modules/Artistes/fiche/66640/Oliver-Parker.html

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Parker

 

Principal Actors

Laurence Fishburne (Othello)

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000401/

http://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne=16522.html

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Fishburne

 

Irène Jacob (Desdemona)

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001393/

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ir%C3%A8ne_Jacob

 

Kenneth Branagh (Iago)

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000110/

http://branagh.online.fr/

http://www.branaghcompendium.com/

in French

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Branagh

 

Happy “Shakespearing” …