Desdemona

Title: Desdemona
Author: Morrison, Toni
Price: $23.99

The story of Desdemona from Shakespeare's Othello is re-imagined by Nobel Prize laureate Toni Morrison, Malian singer and songwriter Rokia Traore, and acclaimed stage director Peter Sellars. Morrison's response to Sellars' 2009 production of Othello is an intimate dialogue of words and music between Desdemona and her African nurse Barbary. Morrison gives voice and depth to the female characters, letting them speak and sing in the fullness of their hearts. Desdemona is an extraordinary narrative of words, music and song about Shakespeare's doomed heroine, who speaks from the grave about the traumas of race, class, gender, war - and the transformative power of love. Toni Morrison transports one of the most iconic, central, and disturbing treatments of race in Western culture into the new realities and potential outcomes facing a rising generation of the 21st century.


\"This is a remarkable, challenging and bravely original work\" - Guardian

\"Superbly poetic - There are tremendous passages of writing, of music and some sterling performances - thought-provoking, with many magical moments\" - The Arts Desk

\"A rare and delicate show that shines a new light on Shakespeare's tragedy\" - La Croix

Publisher: Oberon Books Ltd
Publication date: 20/07/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781849433891
Publishing status: OS Archived