This play is mainly over the time span of a few days. With the exception of travelling to Cyprus from Venice, the play isn't very long. It seems longer, however, because of all the flashbacks and references to what had happened earlier. Also, what is somewhat odd about it is how quickly Othello is convinced that Desdemona is cheating on him. This can  kind of skew how the reader portrays time in the play. Most readers may assume that this would take a few months to process and then act, but in this play Othello decides what he is going to do within the span of a few days. Shakespeare left out the time that they were travelling because it was unnecessary. Overall, the play only lasted a week at most.