Desdemona, Ong's interpretation of Othello, got similarly mixed reviews when it opened the Singapore Arts Festival last month.

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In his most poignant and hilarious chapter, Mr Pemble shows how Desdemona's handkerchief triggered a battle for lexical political correctness.

ECONOMIST: Shakespeare

Playing Desdemona to her father's Othello in Richmond, she won the instant interest of Robert Tyler, whom she married in 1839.

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Against these two, Zoe Waites's Desdemona holds her own with a strong and moving performance that makes the closing scenes of the play almost unbearable.

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It took a century for Desdemona's handkerchief to be called by its proper name, and as long again before any accurate rendering could be given of its decoration.

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Billy Crudup, with a slender waist, long lashes, and a bit of a flirtatious pucker, is Ned Kynaston, the reigning Desdemona, Ophelia, and Juliet of the early Restoration period.

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Iago, Desdemona and everyone else is black.

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" and Desdemona answers, "Nobody.

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