Both Uses of
Othello
in
Main Street, by Sinclair Lewis
- They were attracted to each other; a Swedish Othello and Desdemona, more useful and amiable than their prototypes.†
Chpt 16 *
- Once, strolling companies had used it for performances of "The Two Orphans," and "Nellie the Beautiful Cloak Model," and "Othello" with specialties between acts, but now the motion-pictures had ousted the gipsy drama.†
Chpt 18
Definition:
Shakespeare's tragedy of betrayal and jealousy (c. 1604)