Folger Resources
Lesson Plans - Folger Education’s featured lesson plans are updated every month. Search "Lesson Plans Archive" to the left for a complete listing of all of our lesson plans listed by play.
Folger Theatre: Othello - Behind-the-scenes background on the play, images from our collection, artists talking about the play, and more.
Shakespeare Set Free, Teaching Twelfth Night and Othello - Our publication features lesson plans, essays, and performance-based activities.
Movies & Radio
Orson Welles’ Othello - Orson Welles. Mercury Productions, 1952.
Othello - Lawrence Fishburne. Oliver Parker, Castle rock Entertainment, 1995.
O - Mekhi Pfhiefer. Tim Blake Nelson, Chickie the Cop, 2001.
Kingdom of Heaven - Orlando Bloom. Ridley Scott,Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, 2005.
Prince of Persia - Jake Gyllenhall. Mike Newell, Walt Disney Pictures, 2010.
Shakespeare’s Othello - Lenny Henry, BBC Audio, 2010.
Theatrical and Literary Adaptations
Un Capitino Muro - Italian opera by Cinthio. Gli Hecatommithi,1565.
Othello - Oscar Zarate. Oval Projects LTD, 1985.
Otello - Verdi, 1887. and Fortier. Routledge, 2000.
Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) - Ann-Marie Macdonald. Coach House Press, 1990.
Othello - Julius Lester. Scholastic Inc, 1995.
Playing Juliet/Casting Othello - Caleen Sinnette Jennings. Dramatic Publishing, 1999.
Desdemona: a Play About A Handkerchief - Paula Vogel. Dramatists Play Service, 1994.
Harlem Duets - Djanet Sears. Scirocco Drama, 1998.
The Sourcebook Shakespeare: Othello - Macaisa and Raccah. Sourcebooks Inc, 2005.
The Stranger in Shakespeare - Leslie A. Fielder. Barnes & Noble Publishing Inc, 2006.
Othello (Manga Shakespeare Series) - Richard Appiganesi, art by Ryuta Osada, 2009.
Kill Shakespeare - McCreery and Del Col. IDW Publishing, 2010.
