Possible Clues:

• Desdemona's man
• Look both ways to circumvent the tragedy
• Old leader in tragedy greeting jealous husband
• Tragedy that's less hard in Verdi's version
• 'I kissed thee ere I killed thee' speaker
• Shakespearean tragedy also called 'The Moor of Venice'
• Put rings round the lines for play's hero
• Tragedy in book that's most unexpected!
• His opening line is ''Tis better as it is'
• New play of 1603