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
The Spectre of Lanyon Moor The Spectre of Lanyon Moor The Spectre of Lanyon Moor is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who. The Sixth Doctor and Evelyn team up with the Brigadier to defeat an ancient evil in Cornwall. Several characters are mentioned by Emilia Rumford in Part Two of the televised story The Stones of Blood. Lexington-Smith is referenced and it may be assumed that Idwal Morgan, Professor of Megalithic Archaeology, is the character in this audio play. Lanyon Moor also turns up in the opening moments of the first Tomorrow People audio.