![]() The costumes and sets are atmospheric and tasteful, while the lighting suits the dark tone of the play very well while not over-emphasising. Supporting cast is excellent, especially the loyal and shrewd Emilia of Lorraine Burroughs. The chemistry between Walker and Tapper is beautifully done, especially in the final act. Zoe Tapper is a dignified and suitably vulnerable, though not passive, Desdemona. Eammon Walker's Othello is mesmerising, his tenderness is touching and his increasing jealousy has real intensity. Am going to begin with what this 'Othello' does right, which is a huge amount. A few big things stop it from reaching full potential, especially one principal performance that underwhelms. A large part of me felt like it could have been much better, especially considering the company performing it (which has a deserved high reputation). Definitely not a production to put the light out on. ![]() ![]() ![]() This 2008 Shakespeare Globe production is a solid and mostly well done production, with a lot worth praising. But also the dramatic conflict, both darkly intense and poignant, and one of his most interesting characters in the evil incarnate Iago (Othello too is one of his more complex titular characters). Not just the masterful language, with some of Shakespeare's most famous lines that have true intensity and poetic meaning, true of all Shakespeare but 'Othello' is one of the finest examples. 'Othello', regardless of any criticisms of considered implausibility (such as for some how easily Iago is believed by Othello and how long it takes for Emilia to come forward) and political incorrectness, is nonetheless one of my most fondly regarded Shakespeare plays. ![]()
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