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The Handkerchief: A New Interpretation of Othello

by A. E. North

177 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #07-1295; ISBN 1-4251-3393-2; US$16.33, C$16.33, EUR11.15, £8.43

This curious book relates Shakespeare to the Scriptures and to the medieval Mystery Plays. It discovers Othello as a prophecy that ultimately reveals the identity of Shakespeare.

About the Book

This book is in three parts: The Prologue relates three Shakespeare plays – The Merchant of Venice, Macbeth and, at greater length, Othello, to the Scriptures. It claims that the textual evidence shows Othello to be Shakespeare’s own great Mystery play.

The main section is a scene-by-scene commentary on Othello. It presents the drama as an unfolding prophecy accompanying the Judaeo- Christian story from Genesis to Revelation.

The third part –Epilogue- uncovers in the light of the Book of Revelation a Code within the English alphabet itself that in turn yields up the identity behind the poems and plays ascribed to William Shakespeare.