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Desdemona (Oberon Modern Plays) by Toni Morrison; lyrics by Rokia Traoré is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Desdemona (Oberon Modern Plays) about?

The story of Desdemona from Shakespeare's Othello is re-imagined by Nobel Prize laureate Toni Morrison, Malian singer and songwriter Rokia Traoré, and acclaimed stage director Peter Sellars. Morrison's response to Sellars' 2009 production of Othello is an intimate dialogue of words and music between Desdemona and her African nurse Barbary. Morrison gives voice and depth to the female characters, letting them speak and sing in the fullness of their hearts. Desdemona is an extraordinary narrative of words, music and song about Shakespeare's doomed heroine, who speaks from the grave about the traumas of race, class, gender, war — and the transformative power of love. Toni Morrison transports one of the most iconic, central, and disturbing treatments of race in Western culture into the new realities and potential outcomes facing a rising generation of the 21st century.

Who reads Desdemona (Oberon Modern Plays)?

Author

Toni Morrison; lyrics by Rokia Traoré

Publisher

OBERON BOOKS Ltd

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781849436359

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Drama, Literary Fiction, Fiction

Rating

3.77 / 5 (179 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14