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Ira Aldridge and Paul Robeson

Shakespeare, Race, and the Moors

"Othello" and Race Relations in Elizabethan England Shaw, Rudolph, and Rudolph A. Shaw. “‘Othello’ and Race Relations in Elizabethan England.” Journal of African American Men, vol. 1, no. 1, 1995, pp. 83–91. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/41811353. Accessed 9 Sep. 2022.
The Blackfaced Bard: Returning to Shakespeare or Leaving Him? Thompson, Ayanna. “The Blackfaced Bard: Returning to Shakespeare or Leaving Him?” Shakespeare Bulletin, vol. 27, no. 3, 2009, pp. 437–56. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/26347787. Accessed 9 Sep. 2022.
Othello and the "plain face" Of Racism Orkin, Martin. “Othello and the ‘Plain Face’ Of Racism.” Shakespeare Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 2, 1987, pp. 166–88. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/2870559. Accessed 9 Sep. 2022.
Slaves and Subjects in Othello Slights, Camille Wells. “Slaves and Subjects in Othello.” Shakespeare Quarterly, vol. 48, no. 4, 1997, pp. 377–90. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/2871250. Accessed 9 Sep. 2022.

Othello

Unproper Beds: Race, Adultery, and the Hideous in Othello Neill, Michael. “Unproper Beds: Race, Adultery, and the Hideous in Othello.” Shakespeare Quarterly, vol. 40, no. 4, 1989, pp. 383–412. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/2870608. Accessed 9 Sep. 2022.

William Shakespeare

Elizabethan Era

Disease in Shakespeare's England

Shakespeare's Italy

Shakespeare's Venice Jeffery, Violet M. “Shakespeare’s Venice.” The Modern Language Review, vol. 27, no. 1, 1932, pp. 24–35. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/3716217. Accessed 9 Sep. 2022.