Dramatis Personae

DUKE OF VENICE.

• BRABANTIO, [A senator,] father to Desdemona
• GRATIANO [brother to Brabantio.] Two noble Venetians
• LODOVICO [kinsman to Brabantio.] Two noble Venetians
• OTHELLO, the Moor [in the military service of Venice.]
• CASSIO, an honourable lieutenant [to Othello].
• IAGO [an ensign to Othello,] a villian.
• RODERIGO, a Venetian gentleman.
• MONTANO, governor of Cyprus [before Othello]
• Clown [servant to Othello].
• DESDEMONA, wife to Othello.
• EMILIA, wife to Iago.
• BIANCA, a courtezan [mistress to Cassio].
• [Other] SENATORS, SAILORS, GENTLEMEN OF CYPRUS [OFFICERS, MESSENGERS, MUSICIANS].

[The first act takes place in Venice. The rest of the play takes place in a seaport in Cyprus.]