Show Censor Edits Shakespeare A masterpiece of or censorship was once p performed b by the Turkish censor or Nischan Effendi on the occasion of oC the of Shakespeare's production Othello at Constantinople He corrected the drama so thoroughly thorough as to leave hardly hardly hard hard- ly 1 a trace of oC the original Among otter other words he expunged ed Cyprus giving Ingenious reasons for this correction Cyprus he said I 13 15 a Turkish Island it would be bc politically to send Othello to Cyprus because the territorial Integrity of Turkey Tukey h in is guaranteed guar an teed by treaties Why not put pitt In Instead Instead Instead In- In stead of ot Cyprus some seine GreeK Greel l island lari sucK such as as' Corfu And thus thu It samI to pai pass s that hat from ct to th the tl treaty treaty-of t Paris Othello had hall to togo go l tj Li J Corfu Liverpool LI Post |