These volumes make these works available for the first time in print-a new First Folio for a new era. Enlisting the talents of a diverse group of contemporary playwrights, screenwriters, and dramaturges from diverse backgrounds, this project reenvisions Shakespeare for the twenty-first century. These translations present the work of “The Bard” in language accessible to modern audiences while never losing the beauty of Shakespeare’s verse. This translation of Othello was written as part of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Play On! project, which commissioned new translations of thirty-nine Shakespeare plays. Opening up the text to modern ears, Udofia presents us with a code-switched Othello. Udofia’s take on this complicated story emphasizes the rhythm and lyrical patterns of Othello’s speech.
In her update of Shakespeare’s Othello, Mfoniso Udofia engages with the racial malice at the heart of the play. One of the most powerful dramas ever written for the stage, Othello is a story of revenge. A contemporary translation that emphasizes the racial malice at the heart of Shakespeare’s play.
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