Date of Award
4-13-2018
Document Type
Honors Thesis
Department
English
First Advisor
L. Monique Pittman
Abstract
Jonathan Munby produced a contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello at the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre in Spring of 2016. While continuing to utilize Shakespeare's language, Munby modernized Othello through the use of contemporary military costumes, props, accents, music, and dance. Munby did not limit his adaptation to solely visual and auditory aspects of Othello, but also took the liberty of contemporizing the principle of "otherness" in the play. This research explores the identification of Munby's character as Iago as "Moral Other," whose actions lead to the fall of his wife, Emilia, a fellow officer, Roderigo, Desdemona, and the protagonist, Othello.
Recommended Citation
Magbanua, Emma, "Iago as Moral Other in Jonathan Munby's Production of Othello (2016)" (2018). Honors Theses. 181.
https://dx.doi.org/10.32597/honors/181/
https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/honors/181
Subject Area
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Othello; Munby, Jonathan. Othello. Adaptation.
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
DOI
https://dx.doi.org/10.32597/honors/181/
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