Othello (1995 film) stabs and wounds Iago. Othello then kills himself, and Iago is taken away to be tortured and executed. The film, shot in Italy, follows the story of the play closely, but cuts many lines. In addition it adds silent scenes not in the play, including the return of Othello and the marriage at the beginning, a sex scene between Othello and Desdemona, dreams in which Othello imagines Desdemona's supposed affair with Cassio, a scene in which Desdemona dances for Othello, a scene in an infirmary where Roderigo and Cassio are treated for their wounds, and a final scene in which
Desdemona (play) MacDonald. All three plays have highly divergent interpretations of the character of Desdemona. The official playscript of "Desdemona" was published in 2012 by Oberon Books, with a foreword written by the director Peter Sellars. Desdemona (play) Desdemona is a play by Toni Morrison. It was first produced in Vienna in May 2011. The title character of the play is Desdemona, the wife of the title character in Shakespeare's Othello. The 2011 play arose from a collaboration between Morrison, director Peter Sellars, and musician Rokia Traoré, and revolves around Desdemona's relationship with the African nurse who raised her. Morrison's play marks