Othello

The Oxford Shakespeare General Editor Stanley Wells the Oxford Shakespeare Offers Authoritative Texts From Leading Scholars in Editions Designed to Interpret and Illuminate the Plays for Modern Readers - a New, Modern-Spelling Text, Collated and Edited From All Existing Printings - Extensive Introduction Gives Full Attention to the Play's Bold Treatment of Racial Themes, Gender, and Social Relations - Detailed Performance History Designed to Meet the Needs of Theatre Professionals - On-Page Commentary and Notes Explain Language, Word-Play, and Staging - Appendices on Music in the Play and a Full Translation of the Italian Novella From Which the Story Derives - Illustrated With Production Photographs and Related Art - Full Index to Introduction and Commentary - Durable Sewn Binding for Lasting Use 'Not Simply a Better Text but a New Conception of Shakespeare. This is a Major Achievement of Twentieth-Century Scholarship.'