Inkface: Othello and White Authority in the Era of Atlantic Slavery
https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/aaao839/
Author:
	Grier, Miles P.
Type:
	Book Monograph
Year:
	2023
Publication Information:
	Charlottesville and London: University of Virginia Press, 2023. xvii + 325
Series Statement:
	(Writing the Early Americas.)
Annotation:
	Imagines early productions of Othello and their reception. Explores Aphra Behn's interpretations of Othello in Oroonoko, Herman Melville's deployment of Othello in "Benito Cereno," and first Lady Abigail Adams's investment in Sarah Siddons's performance as Desdemona (1785). Traces early American performances of Othello including for indigenous audiences and audience members. 
Language:
	English
Reviews:
	Schülting, Sabine. Anglia, vol. 143, no. 3 (2025): 616-19, https://doi.org/10.1515/ang-2025-0047.
Cross-References:
	Grier, "Staging the Cherokee Othello: An Imperial Economy of Indian Watching"
Persons:
	Behn, Aphra; Melville, Herman; Adams, Abigail; Siddons, Sarah
Keywords:
	Cherokee, United States of America, critical race studies
Tags:
	Othello, Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism, Shakespeare as Influence, Shakespeare in Literature
WSB Update:
	Fall 2025
WSB Record Number:
	aaao839