REELING AND WRITHING XXIII: OTHELLO À LA CHEVALIER

REELING AND WRITHING
or,
Miss Dermark's 2015 Advent Calendar

DAY TWENTY-THREE

OTHELLO À LA CHEVALIER
or
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT TRACY DOES...

Fifteen years after the publication of Girl with a Pearl Earring, which was inspired by one of the best-loved paintings in the world, Hogarth today announces that Tracy Chevalier is joining the Hogarth Shakespeare series to write a novel inspired by one of the world’s best-loved plays –Othello.

Tracy Chevalier says: ‘Othello is essentially about being an outsider and the price you pay for that difference. Most of the protagonists in my novels are outsiders, geographically or mentally, so writing Othello’s story was an irresistible opportunity.’ 

Clara Farmer, publishing director at Chatto & Windus/Hogarth, acquired world rights in all languages from Jonny Geller at Curtis Brown.

She said: “Tracy Chevalier’s ability to conjure whole worlds in her work has always been exciting, and I look forward to discovering the world she creates for her Othello.” (Hey, I look forward to the same myself!)

The series will launch to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death in 2016.

Chevalier's take on "The Lieutenant, the Moor, his Wife, and his Aide" (let's see how she retells the hooking proto-thriller) will be released in the Anglosphere in autumn 2016 (it will also reach Spain, where Lumen will publish the novel!!)

So brace yourselves, Othello lovers: AUTUMN IS COMING.