A 2011 play about this character was produced in collaboration between Rokia Traore, Peter Sellars, and Toni Morrison. Accord
A 2011 play about this character was produced in collaboration between Rokia Traore, Peter Sellars, and Toni Morrison. According to some historians, performing this role made Margaret Hughes the first professional actress in England. She mentions a "poor soul" who "sat sighing by the sycamore tree" while reciting a ditty learned from her mother's maid Barbara, her "willow song". This character is compared to a "white ewe" in a scene in which (*) Roderigo and another character wake her father Brabantio. Her handkerchief is picked up by Emilia, after which it is used to frame Michael Cassio in a scheme that results in this character being suffocated to death. For 10 points, name this Shakespearean character who is murdered after Iago dupes her husband Othello.