SUMMARY
SUMMARY
AFTER OTHELLO: The Moor the Merrier” is a devilishly dark comedy based upon
AFTER OTHELLO: The Moor the Merrier” is a devilishly dark comedy based upon
Shakespeare’s most famous tragedy (“The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice”) as told by his least famous character, THE CLOWN. Cut from modern productions for centuries of the play, THE CLOWN is now bitter, unemployed, with an inferiority complex, an alcohol problem, and on the verge of an existential crisis. But he has a story to tell about what really happened in the play—because he was there, and Shakespeare was not. As he sets out to unravel the truth behind the motives and the murders, he challenges everything we think we know about
Shakespeare’s most famous tragedy (“The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice”) as told by his least famous character, THE CLOWN. Cut from modern productions for centuries of the play, THE CLOWN is now bitter, unemployed, with an inferiority complex, an alcohol problem, and on the verge of an existential crisis. But he has a story to tell about what really happened in the play—because he was there, and Shakespeare was not. As he sets out to unravel the truth behind the motives and the murders, he challenges everything we think we know about
jealousy, betrayal, prejudice, complicity, and the nature of evil in our lives.
jealousy, betrayal, prejudice, complicity, and the nature of evil in our lives.
