# Iago's Daughter

## Metadata

- Slug: iagos-daughter
- Type: Short Play
- Genre: Dramedy
- Acts: 1 act
- Duration: ≤20 minutes
- Cast: Small (1-6)
- Cast Summary: 2f or nb
- Technical Requirements: Minimal
- Performing Groups:
  - Community Theatre
  - College/University
  - High School/Secondary
- Primary Image: https://content.uproartheatrics.com/04nxsulxw2rgbg8ikuiys1skr0rb

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## Authors

- By Laura Neill (author slug: laura-neill)

## Overview

***When your famous relatives are murderers, murdered, or both, you don’t really get to have a life of your own.* **Iago's daughter and Desdemona's cousin decide to make new names for themselves.******
After Abby’s father Iago has ruined literally everything by creating an insidious handkerchief plot–and oh yeah, murdering Abby’s mom–Abby is sent to a nunnery to work in the chores alley. Which is fine, because she’s done laundry before and she’ll do it again. Until Brittany, a noble daughter looking to escape, shows up–and she’s Desdemona’s cousin. Brittany aims to convince Abby to run away with her… on horses named Middleton and Staffordshire? But Abby has a better idea.
Questions floating around in that soapy bucket of nun laundry: are we defined by our families? How do we navigate to the best of bad options? Freedom or safety? Why is it SO HARD to do laundry by hand?
**Did this ‘lil nugget just make you hungry for more? *Iago's Daughter* appears in the full-length collection [Almost Tragic: Shakespeare's Not-Dead Heroines](https://www.uproartheatrics.com/shows/almost-tragic), featuring four Shakespeare sequels brimming with laugh-out-loud humor and exceptional roles for women.

## Cast

| Name | Description |
| ---- | ---- |
| ABBY | F, the daughter of Emilia and Iago. |
| BRITTANY | F, Desdemona’s cousin. |

## Materials

### Available for additional fee:

| Name | Description |
| ---- | ----------- |
| Video Recording License | License to create an archival recording of the show that may be distributed to the cast and crew. This does not allow publicly posting the performance. |
| 60-Minute Talkback with the Creator | A 60-minute Zoom/Google Meet with one or more of the show's creator(s). Licensees and guests can ask questions, share experiences, and hear about the artistic journey of the show and creative team. This can be scheduled before or after the performances. If we are unable to make scheduling work, the cost will be refunded. |