Shakespeare plays OTHELLO, the Moor

Illustration: Shakespeare plays Othello dressed in Moorish style, with a black wig; he looks frenzied, his eyes tightly closed as he stands, feet apart, gesticulating wildly

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Othello suspects that his wife is being unfaithful, which appears confirmed when she can't produce a certain handkerchief on request. He takes this very badly.
Othello
Act 3 Scene 4

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What Lodovico said
about Othello:

"Are his wits safe?
Is he not light of brain?"

Othello
Act 4 Scene 1