Plot: Set in 16th-century Venice and Cyprus, Othello the Moor, a noble black warrior in the Venetian army, has secretly married a beautiful white woman called Desdemona, the daughter of a prominent senator, Brabantio. When he finds out, he is outraged, and promptly disowns her

The BBC Television Shakespeare - Season 1 - Othello (Episode 19)
Episode Aired On:
Sunday, October 4 1981
43 years ago
Sunday, October 4 1981
43 years ago