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Othello
By
William Shakespeare; adapted for television by David
Myerscough-Jones and Brian Sykes
A Primetime Television production for BBC Television
First broadcast in 1990
Director: Trevor Nunn
Assistant Director: Stephen Rayne
Producer: Greg Smith
Executive Producers: Richard Price; Michael
Darlow
Associate Producer: Geoff Austin
Production Designer: Bob Crowley
Lighting Designer: Chris Parry
Composer: Guy Woolfenden
Make-up Designer: Frances Hannon
Musical Director: Jonathan Goldstein
Musicians: Jonathan Goldstein; Peter Rolinson
Running time: approximately 205 mins
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Cast
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alphabetical order) |
Sean Baker.....Cassio
John Burgess.....Duke of Venice; Lodovico
Michael Grandage.....Roderigo
David Hounslow.....Servant to the Senate; First Cyprus
Soldier; First Othello Soldier
Marsha Hunt.....Bianca
Brian Lawson.....First Senator; Second Cyprus Soldier; Second
Othello Soldier
Sir Ian McKellen.....Iago
Imogen Stubbs.....Desdemona
Philip Sully.....Montano
Clive Swift.....Brabantio; Gratiano
Zoë Wanamaker.....Emilia
Willard White.....Othello |
Production |
After receiving
great critical acclaim, the Royal Shakespeare Company's 1989
stage production of Othello was filmed for television
the following year.
Outwardly, Iago is an honourable and trustworthy soldier.
Jealous of Othello's superiority in rank, and embittered by the
wild suggestion that the higher-ranking soldier may have seduced
his wife, however, Iago is privately eager to exact his
'revenge'. Ruthlessly exploiting others in his schemes,
Iago determines to bring about Othello's downfall, with tragic
consequences. |
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