Othello and questions the men as to what happened. Othello blames Cassio for the disturbance and strips him of his rank. Cassio is distraught. Iago persuades Cassio to ask Desdemona to convince her husband to reinstate Cassio. Iago now persuades Othello to be suspicious of Cassio and Desdemona. When Desdemona drops a handkerchief (the first gift given to her by Othello), Emilia finds it, and gives it to her husband Iago, at his request, unaware of what he plans to do with it. Othello reenters and vows with Iago for the death of Desdemona and Cassio, after which he makes Iago
Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) Theatre, Vancouver East Cultural Centre and The Canadian Stage Company. "Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)" is being performed in rotating repertory along with Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" as part of the 2017 Spring Season at the American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, VA. It has subsequently been produced over forty times in Canada and abroad. Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) is a 1988 comedic play by Ann-Marie MacDonald in which Constance Ledbelly, a young English literature professor from Queen's University, goes on a subconscious journey of self-discovery. Constance theorizes that Shakespeare's tragedies, "Othello" and "Romeo and