Othello

Dec 13, 1997

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The landmark photo negative production

Overview

Spurred by the devious Iago and believing that his beloved Desdemona has betrayed him, Othello destroys his own happy world. Accomplished film, television, and stage actor Patrick Stewart plays Othello joined by a Black cast, including Franchelle Stewart Dorn as Emilia. This bold, new look at the play highlights one of its major themes of “otherness.”

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Shakespeare Theatre Company

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Cast

Othello

Patrick Stewart

Desdemona

Patrice Johnson

Iago

Ron Canada

Emilia

Franchelle Stewart Dorn

Shakespeare’s Othello is revisited exactly as it was written, brought into the present through the power of dialect alone. Iago, Othello, and Desdemona are regrettably still among us, in contemporary events told through a great classic. Set in the early 2000s, it is a timeless story where good and evil intertwine in a maelstrom of deceit, betrayal and mad jealousy.

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7.3

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6.3

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