Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief

Sex, power, deception…Shakespeare’s hottest themes are paraded and exploited in this behind-the-scenes look at Othello. Paula Vogel gives Othello’s wife Desdemona equal time at center stage, only she turns out to be far less of a victim of circumstance and more of a victim of her own devices. The story is the same. The outcome is the same. However, the subplots run wild as secondary characters are given new life and stark realities. The only link is a handkerchief. Keith Thackston directs Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief.