Martin Luther King Jr. is shot to death at a hotel in Memphis, Tennessee. A single shot fired by James Earl Ray from over 200 feet away at a nearby motel struck King in the neck. He died an hour later at St. Josephâs Hospital. The death of Americaâs leading...
They became the Kingâs Men -- the official court players for the king. Shakespeare was not just writing his Othello play for King James, but rather he wrote the play about King James. It is important to know that the playâs first recorded performance was 1 November, 1604. It was performed in the Palace of Whitehall, in the Banqueting House, for the king himself.
The Othello play begins in the midst of argument between Roderigo and Iago on a street in. Venice. Roderigo is a rich man who wants Desdemona and he has been paying Iago to help him to get Desdemona. But, Iago explains to Roderigo that Desdemona has secret married by Othello, the moor of venice. Iago has plan to complaining about Othello to Brabantio, Desdemonaâs father.