Overview
Character Name
Brabantio
Show
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Mature Adult, Elderly
Role Size
Supporting
Voice
Spoken
Time & Place
Venice and Cyprus, time unspecified
Analysis
Desdemona’s father, a Venetian Senator. He strongly disapproves of his daughter’s marriage to a Moor, and takes them to court, claiming that his daughter was bewitched. Previously, he has very much liked Othello – just not as a match for his daughter.
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