Othello it and reworked hints in creating the character of Othello. While supplying the source of the plot, the book offered nothing of the sense of place of Venice or Cyprus. For knowledge of this, Shakespeare may have used Gasparo Contarini's "The Commonwealth and Government of Venice", in Lewes Lewkenor's 1599 translation. The earliest mention of the play is found in a 1604 Revels Office account, which records that on "Hallamas Day, being the first of Nouembar ... the Kings Maiesties plaiers" performed "A Play in the Banketinghouse at Whit Hall Called The Moor of Venis." The work is attributed to
Hesledon Moor East The dominant grassland species include common bent, "Agrostis capillaris", sweet vernal-grass, "Anthoxanthum odoratum", and crested dog's-tail, "Cynosurus cristatus". In places the grassland displays a weakly developed acidic character; common bent and sheep's fescue, "Festuca ovina", are the dominant species. A short distance to the south, the smaller parcel supports a base and nutrient-rich soligenous fen-type vegetation in which the dominant species varies between purple moor-grass, "Molinia caerulea", and meadowsweet, "Filipendula ulmaria". Hesledon Moor East Hesledon Moor East is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Easington district in east County Durham, England. It is located on the southern edge