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Fictional character
Desdemona
Othello character
Desdémone by Alexandre Cabanel
Created by
William Shakespeare
Portrayed by
Margaret Hughes
Sarah Siddons
Anna Mowatt
Helen Faucit
Ellen Terry
Peggy Ashcroft
Uta Hagen
Elisabeth Sladen
Maggie Smith
Manju Warrier
Kareena Kapoor
Jenny Agutter
Julia Stiles
In-universe information
Affiliation
Emilia, attendant and confidante
Family
Othello, husband
Brabantio, father
Desdemona (/ˌdɛzdəˈmoʊnə/) is a character in William Shakespeare's play Othello (c. 1601–1604). Shakespeare's Desdemona is a Venetian beauty who enrages and disappoints her father, a Venetian senator, when she elopes with Othello, a Moorish Venetian military prodigy. When her husband is deployed to Cyprus in the service of the Republic of Venice, Desdemona accompanies him. There, her husband is manipulated by his ensign Iago into believing she is an adulteress, and, in the last act, she is murdered by her estranged spouse.
Desdemona (/ˌdɛzdəˈmoʊnə/) is a character in William Shakespeare's play Othello (c. 1601–1604). Shakespeare's Desdemona is a Venetian beauty who enrages...
captain Emilia – Iago's wife and Desdemona's maidservant Bianca – Cassio's lover Brabantio – Venetian senator and Desdemona's father (can also be called Brabanzio)...
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to their houses. The Cypriots leave Otello alone with Desdemona. Together Otello and Desdemona recall why they fell in love. Otello, in an ecstasy of...
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and the father of Desdemona. Brabantio makes his first appearance in 1.1 when Iago and Roderigo rouse him with the news that Desdemona has eloped. In 1...
machinations in the belief that Iago will aid him in courting Othello's wife Desdemona. In the later stages of the play, Iago recruits Roderigo in hopes of assassinating...
Desdemona Chiang is a Taiwan-born American theatre director, and co-artistic director of Azeotrope in Seattle, Washington. Her directing credits include...
Othello and Desdemona in Venice by Théodore Chassériau (1819–1856) Othello and Desdemona by Alexandre-Marie Colin, 1829 The Death of Desdemona by Eugène...
was nominated once again for an Olivier Award for her performance as Desdemona in the acclaimed production of Othello at the Donmar Warehouse in 2009...
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Bolam's modern adaptation of The Seagull at Southwark Playhouse, and Desdemona in Daniel Evans' production of Othello at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield...
on Desdemona, taking a fresh look at William Shakespeare's tragedy Othello. The trio focused on the relationship between Othello's wife Desdemona and...
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