1. Venice, Cyprus & Othello

2. Shakespeare’s Venice is imaginary VENICE

3. LOCATION

4. Ideal for war council WHY VENICE?

5. STATE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN

6. VENICE’S SPHERE OF INFLUENCE

7. GOVERNMENT

8. Took control of Cyprus – 1489 Turks (Ottoman Empire) attack Cyprus – 1539 Take most of island 60,000 Turks land unopposed – 1570 20,000 Nicosians put to death when city captured Famagusta held out from Sept. 1570 until Aug. 1571 VENICE, CYPRUS & THE TURKS

9. Ruins of Famagusta

10. Castle at Famagusta

11. Othello Tower - Famagusta

13. VENICE TODAY

14. St. Mark’s Place

16. Inspiration for Othello OTHELLO

17. Adaption of Cinthio’s “A Moorish Captain” Possibly modeled on Moorish delegations to England

18. Originally Berbers from North Africa Evolved into any Muslim of Black African or Arab descent Moor is a general term, not a specific race MOORS

19. AREA OF MOORISH INFLUENCE

20. Quarto - book or pamphlet produced from full 'blanksheets‘ Printed with eight pages of text, four to a side Then folded two times to produce four leaves 8 book Each printed page now presents as one-fourth size of the full blanksheet THE TEXT

21. Folio - book or pamphlet made up of one or more full sheets of paper Four pages of text are printed Two on each side; each sheet is then folded once to produce two leaves

22. Words or phrases from the Quarto that are not in the Folio are enclosed in Full lines from Folio, but not appearing in the Quarto are enclosed in [regular brackets] Emendations that the editors insert to help understanding are enclosed in ┌ half brackets ┐ THIS EDITION