The masks of Othello

the long version

Pt. 1. The beginning. The actor's share -- Othello in the Restoration -- Pt. 2. The Eighteenth Century. The Eighteenth Century actors -- Pt. 3. The Nineteenth Century. Kean -- Macready, Fechter, Irving -- Booth -- Forrest -- Salvini -- The Victorian Iago -- The Victorian Desdemona -- Pt. 4. The Twentieth Century. The modern Othello -- The modern Iago -- Pt. 5. Othello and the critics. In defense of Iago -- In defense of Othello -- In defense of Desdemona -- In defense of the play -- Appendix: A kind word for Bowdler.