Speaking of the Moor : From "Alcazar" to "Othello"

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Shakespeare, William, 81 , 90 , 97 ;Coriolanus,
95 ;Cymbeline,8–9;Hamlet, 2 , 40 , 42 , 43 ,
84 , 159 , 184 ;Henry IV, Part 2 , 32 ;Julius
Caesar, 42 ;King Lear, 77 , 159 , 184 ;Mac-
beth, 79 , 83 , 159 , 184 ;Measure for
Measure, 15 , 159 ;The Merchant of Venice,
5–6,15–16, 20 , 134 ,161–62;A Midsummer
Night’s Dream, 126 ;Much Ado About
Nothing, 8 , 84 , 189 ;Richard II, 37 ;
Richard III, 41 ;Romeo and Juliet, 126 ;
The Tempest, 10 , 17 , 68 , 147 ,191–93;The
Winter’s Tale, 8 , 189. See alsoOthello
(Shakespeare);Titus Andronicus (Shake-
speare and Peele)
Shammas, Carole, 51
Shirley, Anthony, 60–61
Sierra Leone, 10
Sinfield, Alan, 170 , 223 n. 52
slavery, Atlantic, 11–13,17–18, 20 ,50–51,
58–60,104–8,192–93
Smith, Emma, 169–70, 171 , 196 nn. 25 , 30 ,
221 n. 13 , 223 n. 55
Smith, Ian, 67
Smith, John, 46
sodomy, 56–57, 151
Solimon and Perseda, 5
Solinus, 58
Spain: Africa and, 24–28, 49 , 53 ,54–55,
146–48; Alcazar and, 21 , 22 , 36 , 38 ; ar-
mada, 102 ; in The Battle of Alcazar, 30 ,
35–36, 40 , 41 , 43 ; and English construc-
tions of race, 100 ,102–16, 124 ; in Lust’s
Dominion,118–37; Moors in (dramatic),
5 , 6 ,118–37, 168 , 193 ; Moors in (histori-
cal), 6 , 14 ,118–20, 147 ; Negroes and,
58–59, 63 ,103–9, 111
The Spanish Moor’s Tragedy, 119. See also
Lust’s Dominion
Stanley, Henry, Through the Dark Continent,
47
stereotypes: in The Battle of Alcazar, 19 , 31 ,
33–34,66–68, 142 , 160 ; gender and, 183 ;
inLust’s Dominion, 119 , 124 ; of Moors,
138 ; in Othello, 162–66,180–81,183–84; in
Titus Andronicus(Shakespeare and Peele),
66–68, 87 , 88 ,96–97; of Turks, 66 , 96.
See alsoblackness; infidel, Moor as;
Moors; racism
Strachey, William, 46 , 191
“Strangest Adventure that Ever Happened,
The” (trans. Anthony Munday), 22


Stukeley, Thomas: dramatic character, 22 ,
29–30,35–44, 130 , 136 ; historical figure,
21–23,37–40
Suarez, Pedro, 107

Tamora (in Titus Andronicus, Shakespeare
and Peele): discrimination against, 65–67,
96 , 98 ; incorporation within Rome,
74–81, 83 ; racial identity, 69 , 72 , 73 , 89 ,
90 ; relation to Aaron, 79–82,84–94
tawniness, 92 , 129 , 143 ,148–52
Thomas, William, The History of Italy, 158 ,
161 , 162
Titus(dir. Julie Taymor), 75 , 89
Titus Andronicus(Edward Ravenscroft), 20
Titus Andronicus(Shakespeare and Peele), 20 ,
65–99; blackness in, 6 , 67 , 73 , 80 ,88–94,
96 , 98 , 160 ; and classical history, 63–64,
71–72; colonial politics in, 75 ,80–82, 87 ,
96 ; conquest in, 68–75,80–81, 92 , 95 , 99 ;
cross-cultural incorporation, 69–70, 73 ,
75–88, 90 ,92–94, 96 ,98–100, 145 ; and
dramatic tradition, 5–6,19–20, 44 , 68 ,
119 ,158–59; interracial marriage in,
74–79; miscegenation, 79 , 80 , 81 ,88–94,
96 ,98–99; Muly, 81 , 88 , 89 , 93 ; racial dis-
crimination in, 65–68, 83 , 88 ,93–99, 126 ;
Roman purity in, 45 ,63–64,66–70; tex-
tual history, 66–67, 85 , 90 ; whiteness in,
73–76, 80 , 89 , 93 .See alsoAaron; Goths;
Tamora
“Titus Andronicus’ Complaint,” 98
Titus Andronicus, The History of, 71
Tokson, Elliot, 11–12, 20 , 201 n. 75 , 203 n. 37 ,
218 n. 19
Towerson, William, 49 , 55
trading companies, English, 16 , 26 , 32 ,
49–50, 53
Tripoli, 168
Tr o y, 69 , 94
Troughton, John, 106
Tunis, 147 , 168 ,191–92
Turks: Africa and, 27–28, 32 , 143 , 145 , 146 ; in
The Battle of Alcazar, 30 ,32–34, 43 , 68 ;
England and, 15 , 17 , 25 , 32 , 49 ; in Hak-
luyt,52–54, 58 , 63 ; Jews and, 5 , 33 , 66 ; in
the Mediterranean, 13–14, 50 , 158 , 161 ,
168 ; Moors and, 13–14, 15 , 16 ,32–33, 53 ,
66 , 96 , 194 ;Othelloand,1–3, 5 , 68 , 99 ,
153 , 156 , 163 , 174 , 180 , 187 , 190 ; as stereo-
type, 66 , 96

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