Shakespeare Club: “Othello”: Tuesday, September 10 at 6:30 p.m. (Community room)

Hagaman’s Shakespeare Reading Club will again meet to discuss their latest selection, Othello. To join the discussion, please either stop in, call us at 203-468-3890, or email Chris, Reference Librarian & group facilitator, directly at chemingway@hagamanlibrary.org.

Othello, or The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, was written by Shakespeare in 1603 and follows the story of Iago and Othello. Othello is a Moorish military commander who was serving as a general of the Venetian army in defense of Cyprus against invasion by Ottoman Turks. He had recently married Desdemona, a beautiful and wealthy Venetian lady younger than himself, without the knowledge of and despite the later objection of her father. Iago is Othello’s malevolent ensign, who maliciously stokes his master’s jealousy until the usually stoic Othello kills his beloved wife in a fit of blind rage. Due to its enduring themes of passion, jealousy, and race, “Othello” is still topical and popular and is widely performed, with numerous adaptations.

Extra parking for evening and weekend library events is available in the East Haven Town Hall parking lot on 250 Main Street (across the street from the library), in the KeyBank parking lot next to the library (after 12:00 p.m. on Saturdays and after 5:00 p.m. on weekdays) and in the Stop and Shop lot behind the library, accessible from Messina Drive.