Why does the film use Othello as opposed to another play?

Stage Beauty and Othello

The plot of the film STAGE BEAUTY involves the roles of men and women in the theater . At one point , women are not allowed to work as actresses in the theater . So , men will perform the roles of women characters . This ultimately changes in time and women are allowed to work in the theater This alters the life of the character Ned as he loses his job when Maria takes over his role of Desdemona from Othello . Many different Shakespeare plays could have been selected . However , Othello was chosen

br This is no a choice that was made at random . Othello is very important to the plot and themes of this particular play

There are a number of reasons why Othello is picked as the play within this movie . Of all the reasons , it would be that the characters of Ned and Maria share a number of qualities with characters of the play Othello . Because of this there is a great deal of symbolism between the characters in the movie and the characters in Shakespeare 's play

Ned is no longer able to play women on stage . Because of this he becomes confused as to who he is . He had been playing a female role for so long he is not sure how to play the role of a man . This makes his life confusing and something of a tragedy . This is very much like the character of Othello

In the play , the character of Othello was...