Emilia (Othello) Award nomination for her performance. "Othello" has its source in the 1565 tale, "Un Capitano Moro" from "Gli Hecatommithi" by Giovanni Battista Giraldi Cinthio. While no English translation of Cinthio was available in Shakespeare's lifetime, it is probable that Shakespeare knew both the Italian original and Gabriel Chappuy's 1584 French translation. Cinthio's tale may have been based on an actual incident occurring in Venice about 1508. The only named character in Cinthio's story is "Desdemona". Other characters are identified only as the Moor, the squadron leader, the ensign, and the ensign's wife – the original of Shakespeare's Emilia. There's no
Othello (1990 film) regarded as one of the finest screen Shakespeares ever", so expectations for this adaptation were "sky-high". Michael Brooke, writing for BFI Screenonline, thinks the expectations were "… generally met by a production that holds a very distinguished place amongst filmed Othellos, and is arguably its most successful television translation." He particularly calls out "the beautifully achieved chemistry between the four leads" as among its strongest features. In the "Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Film", Carol Chillington Rutter finds a feminist perspective in the film: Othello (1990 film) Othello is a 1990 film produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company, starring Ian