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Othello
by William Shakespeare
- Director: Wilson Milam
- Designer: Dick Bird
- Composer: Stephen Warbeck
The republic of Venice employs Othello, a self-made man and a Moor, to defend its overseas territories against the Turks. But for all his military success, Othello remains an outsider in the city, an object of racism, envy and mistrust. As the Turkish threat gathers and Venetian forces are despatched to Cyprus, Iago, a junior officer secretly enraged by his lack of promotion, exploits Othello's ambiguous position and ingenuous nature, driving him into a passionate and uncontrollable jealousy.
Performed for the first time at the Globe, Othello, with its racing concentrated plot and intense dramatic details, is one of Shakespeare's most exciting, atmospheric and heartbreaking plays. By introducing to early 17th-century England a black character as complex as Othello, it is also one of his most extraordinary imaginative achievements.
Different ways to explore the play text of Othello.
- A synopsis of Othello.
- Dramatis Personae for Othello.
- The actors speak about their characters.
- In Discussion - RACE, CULTURE and IDENTITY in Othello
- In Performance - Globe practitioners on Othello
- Playing to the Globe Audience, an Interview with Eamonn Walker
- Strangers in the city an article, from the programme, by Dr. Farah Karim-Cooper
- Adopt an Actor from the Othello cast. Follow their journey through the rehearsal process.
- Bianca: Zawe Ashton
- Cassio: Nick Barber
- Emilia: Lorraine Burroughs
- Roderigo: Sam Crane
- Montano: Nigel Hastings
- Clown: Paul Lloyd
- Iago: Tim McInnerny
- Duke of Venice: Jonathan Newth
- Gratiano: Michael O'Hagan
- Desdemona: Zoe Tapper
- Company: Michael Taibi
- Lodovico: Dickon Tyrrell
- Brabantio: John Stahl
- Company: Che Walker
- Othello: Eamonn Walker