Othello: Iago and Othello

[@jpobrien2123]

Him drinking the water at the end while standing over Othello is just chilling

[@cyderlee5438]

Shakespeare's plays were mostly performed in the modern clothes of the time.

[@psyrmc]

How much I adore their beautiful voices...

[@james83992]

This one should be the next one released for the theatre at home plays. I would love to see it.

[@bryanlint9327]

It is so cool to watch the play in modern language and customs.

[@royfr8136]

It isnt.

[@elocinaqui24]

the language isn't modern, only the clothing is. it's a cool juxtaposition, because you get all the beautiful poetry but with a more relatable context.

[@pipharrington6734]

It was in the Jacobean era @Bryan Lint

[@matthewkramer5702]

Adrian Lester asserts that Othello "isn't born into any kind of sense of nobility." Such an assertion is not borne out by what Othello himself says to Iago in scene ii of Act I: "I fetch my life and being/From men of royal siege, and my demerits/May speak unbonneted to as proud a fortune/As this that I have reach'd."

[@MarieCaseyStevens]

How does a person find the complete performance? I was never aware of this performance, and I would LOVE to see it.

[@BenjaminRedwood]

You can rent it on the National Theatre website

[@becieden8865]

Saw this twice- amazing.

[@mayarwahba2811]

director and producer's names should be written in the description..

[@romeaffair]

See it.

[@parthsinghal27]

i didnt knew that medieval Venice was this diverse good for them. they look like my college campus

[@jackiie7803]

I went there to go see that for a field trip

[@Nloramartinez]

hello 5th period

[@Nitrogenoxidegorillas]

Iago should go on the toxic gossip train

[@opera888able]

I'm inclined to agree. It just dosen't "work" -the dialogue is not compatible in modern day setting. Some of Shakespeare's plays do adapt well but this one doesn't. They went a bit too far.

[@duckwithat]

Motiveless malignancy 😮

[@GudInformation]

Wow, they had laser printers and laptops in the 1600's?!

[@alihak7087]

Do you not know what a modern interpretation is?

[@brad-bark]

New Historicism 😅

[@reissyroo15alt99]

Lol othello

[@sandavijithminirathnayake7033]

Can somebody please explain me why the hell Shakespearean dramas are performed in modern clothes like this ? This sucks terribly !

[@Noah-po2cr]

because shakespeare performed Julius Caesar in elizabethan doublets, not a toga. he only wrote one original story in his whole career, his whole goal was taking pre-existing stories and updating them to the modern day, which for him, happened to be in the 1600's.

[@Noah-po2cr]

if you dont update it... you're missing the point. Both of the show, and shakespeare as an artist.

[@Noah-po2cr]

The MacSo not ridiculous. Who are you performing for? Certainly not the audience of 1600. There's a place for period pieces, but Shakespeare has always worked best when it's commenting on current affairs. That was the intent behind the work so why would we reduce his work to generic period dramas now? When we have an opportunity to say so much more with the audience of today?

[@sandavijithminirathnayake7033]

@Supriya Finch First of all, writing a paragraph about Shakespeare in the internet wasn't totally a waste of your time . I learned many things and THANK YOU 😘. Anyway , I don't personally believe that acting an Elizabethan play like Othello in 21st century military costumes makes it " closer " or " more comprehensive " to the audience . Because it was just a change of clothes , not a modern adaptation with modern dialogues. [ Like in the movie " 10 Things I Hate About You " for example . ] So just modernizing clothes doesn't make millennials who perceive " Shakespeare is BORING ! " crowding to the theatres . In any piece of theatre or cinema , the setting ,music , costumes and make up play equally important roles in capturing the genuine essence of the story . That is why the 1968 production of " Romeo and Juliet " was still considered as the greatest movie adaptation of the play . As I said earlier , it was unnecessary to give an unwanted modernity to the tragedy thinking that " these themes and reactions of characters are 100 % relatable to contemporary times " because it's NOT . Yeah Shakespeare 's world immortal playwright but once you dive deep into plays you see numerous flimsy points . In Othello , "a reputed army general being nearly insane listening to the petty gossip recited to him by his subordinate and puny proof of a handkerchief about his wife's adultery " how can this storyline be even plausible in modern times ??? Thus it is crucial for viewer to understand the facts of "setting " that contributed . Patriarchal , conventional Venetian society [ and warlike Cyrus ] can be more convincingly portrayed through costumes that are closer and more appropriate to the time period . What I'm saying is , there's no necessity to act the drama EXACTLY as Shakespearean times . [ Not with all the " men only " policy and stage shortcomings LOL ] But there must be at least an effort to portray the STORY as it is ..

[@trudy_triad]

I love it

[@jamespoole3531]

This play was absolute shite

[@cat1n282]

Alright James poole, time for beddy byes

[@rationalsceptic7634]

These two don't have commanding voices or presence on stage!