The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 12.2404  Monday, 22 October 2001

[1]     From:   P. D. Holland <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
        Date:   Friday, 19 Oct 2001 16:09:21 +0100
        Subj:   Re: SHK 12.2392 Re: Othello's Name

[2]     From:   John Drakakis <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
        Date:   Friday, 19 Oct 2001 16:51:45 +0100
        Subj:   RE: SHK 12.2392 Re: Othello's Name


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From:           P. D. Holland <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date:           Friday, 19 Oct 2001 16:09:21 +0100
Subject: 12.2392 Re: Othello's Name
Comment:        Re: SHK 12.2392 Re: Othello's Name

There is a brilliant and provocative study of many of the names in the
play, not only Othello, by Anne Barton as part of her book The Names of
Comedy (Oxford, 1990).

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From:           John Drakakis <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date:           Friday, 19 Oct 2001 16:51:45 +0100
Subject: 12.2392 Re: Othello's Name
Comment:        RE: SHK 12.2392 Re: Othello's Name

Some ingenious stuff here.

Why not try the obvious!  It's rumoured that Shakespeare acted in Ben
Jonson's comedy, Everyman in His Humour, and it is the case that in the
Quarto version of the play (1600) there is a jealous character called
Thorello.  Not a difficult act of metathysis to produce 'Othello',
especially after a  good night out in Eastcheap with Ben Jonson!

Cheers,
John Drakakis

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