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New Boy
- Othello Retold (Hogarth Shakespeare)
- Narrated by: Prentice Onayemi
- Length: 5 hrs and 23 mins
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Publisher's Summary
O felt her presence behind him like a fire at his back.
Arriving at his fourth school in six years, diplomat's son Osei Kokote knows he needs an ally if he is to survive his first day - so he's lucky to hit it off with Dee, the most popular girl in school. But one student can't stand to witness this budding relationship: Ian decides to destroy the friendship between the Black boy and the golden girl. By the end of the day, the school and its key players - teachers and pupils alike - will never be the same again.
The tragedy of Othello is transposed to a 1970s suburban Washington schoolyard, where kids fall in and out of love with each other before lunchtime and practise a casual racism picked up from their parents and teachers. Watching over the shoulders of four 11-year-olds - Osei, Dee, Ian and his reluctant "girlfriend", Mimi - Tracy Chevalier's powerful drama of friends torn apart by jealousy, bullying, and betrayal will leave you reeling.
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- 18-04-2021
Othello in the middle school playground
A thoroughly enjoyable adaptation of Shakespeare’s Othello. Chevalier has reimagined the play in a way that convincingly portrays the power play of Ian (Iago) to bring havoc to the lives of those he envies. The immaturity in the children allows the events to unfold in a way that gives insight into the original play.
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