Eric Luttrell | Shakespeare's Othello (Part 1 of 2): Historical Background @ericluttrell | Uploaded May 2017 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
This is the first of two lectures about Shakespeare's play Othello: The Moore of Venice. It covers general information about Shakespeare, England during Shakespeare's time, the Mediterranean world of the play, and Renaissance conceptions of race and ethnicity.