nOthello has long been recognised as one of the most powerful of Shakespeares tragedies.n nThis is an intense drama of love, deception, jealousy and destruction. Desdemonas love for Othello, the Moor, transcends racial prejudice; but the envious Iago conspires to devastate their lives. In its vivid rendering of racism, sexism, contested identities, and the savagery lurking within civilisation, Othello is arguably the most topical and accessible tragedy from Shakespeares major phase as a dramatist.n nProductions on stage and screen regularly renew its power to engross, impress and trouble the imagination.n