Originally released as a motion picture in 1988 by Othello Productions Ltd. Performed by the Market Theatre Company: John Kani (Othello), Richard Haddon Haines (Iago), Joanna Weinberg (Desdemona), Dorothy Gould (Emilia), Frantz Dobrowsky (Roderigo), Neil McCarthy (Cassio). Filmed in the Market Theatre, Johannesburg, South Africa, ca. 1987. "South African native and acclaimed actress Janet Suzman directed the 1987 stage production as well as this program, which marked the first time an African actor had been cast in the title role opposite a white Desdemona before a multiracial audience in Johannesburg"--Container.
Summary:
Dramatization of Shakespeare's tragedy, in which Iago plots to ruin Othello by planting the seeds of doubt in his mind regarding Desdemona's fidelity.
Series:
Films for the Humanities & Sciences DVD collection
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