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Dramatis Personæ

DUKE OF VENICE.
BRABANTIO, a Senator. Other Senators.
GRATIANO, Brother to Brabantio.
LODOVICO, Kinsman to Brabantio.
OTHELLO, a noble Moor; in the service of the
Venetian State.
CASSIO, his Lieutenant.
IAGO, his Ancient.
RODERIGO, a Venetian Gentleman.
MONTANO, Othello's predecessor in the Go-
vernment of Cyprus.
Clown, Servant to Othello.
DESDEMONA, Daughter to Brabantio, and
Wife to Othello.
EMILIA, Wife to Iago.
BIANCA, Mistress to Cassio.
Sailor, Officers, Gentlemen, Messengers,
Musicians, Heralds, Attendants.
 
Scene.—For the first Act, in Venice;
during the rest of the Play, at a Sea-Port in Cyprus.
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