Othello
Othello’s racing concentrated plot and intense dramatic detail, this is one of Shakespeare’s most exciting, atmospheric and heartbreaking plays. A tale of uncontrollable jealousy, deception and murder driven by one of theatre’s greatest villains, Iago. One of Shakespeare’s greatest imaginative achievements. This first production of OTHELLO at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre was a triumph.
“Full of pace and energy… Eamonn Walker brings to Othello dignity, grace and a fine sense of the contradiction that leads Othello to lament “the pity of it” even as he prepares to murder Desdemona” The Guardian
“Walker cuts a charismatic and brooding figure. He charts the hero’s descent into murderous jealousy with a vivid physicality… Zoe Tapper (Desdemona) is enchanting” The Independent
“The seriously disturbed side of Tim McInnerny’s Iago is riveting, with his pushiness morphing, in soliloquies, into a manic fury” The Independent
“The play suits the Globe better than any I’ve seen” Time Out
“Desdemona is perfection – the best I have ever seen. Tim McInnerny has been brilliantly cast as Iago.” Observer
Cast and creatives
CAST
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
Musicians: Robin Jeffrey, Dai Pritchard, Christopher Allan, Tom Lees, Simon Allen
PRODUCTION
Director: Wilson Milam
Designer: Dick Bird
Composer: Stephen Warbeck
Stage Managers: Bryan Paterson, Rebecca Austin, Emily Grimes
Wardrobe Manager: Hannah Lobelson
Choreographer: Sian Williams
Executive Producer: Conrad Lynch
General Manager: Lotte Buchan
Artistic Director: Dominic Dromgoole
Photograph by Johan Persson
FOR HERITAGE THEATRE
Producer: ROBERT MARSHALL
Video Director: DEREK BAILEY
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