Emilia (Othello) Emilia (Othello) Emilia is a character in the tragedy "Othello" by William Shakespeare. The character's origin is traced to the 1565 tale, "Un capitano Moro" from Giovanni Battista Giraldi Cinthio's "Gli Hecatommithi". There, the character is described as young and virtuous, is referred to simply as the ensign's wife, and becomes Desdemona's companion in Cyprus. In Shakespeare, she is named Emilia, is the wife of Othello's ensign, Iago, and is an attendant to Othello's wife, Desdemona. While considered a minor character in the drama, she has been portrayed by several notable actresses on film, with Joyce Redman receiving an Academy
Filming Othello at Boston Symphony Hall.) Some of Welles' "The Other Side of the Wind" crew—Gary Graver, Michael Stringer and Larry Jackson—worked on "Filming Othello". "Filming Othello" uses clips from "Othello", but the footage is not accompanied by the film's dialogue track. "Filming Othello" was first shown at the 1978 Berlin Film Festival. It was first screened in the U.S. in 1979 at the Public Theater in New York, where it played on a double bill with "Othello". However, the film's presentation did not receive newspaper reviews. "Filming Othello" had no further U.S. screenings until it returned to New York in 1987