NT LIVE 2023: OTHELLO
Director: Clint Dyer,
Cast: Lynda Baron, Suzu Hirose, Mamoru Miyano,
Genre: Art, Opera & Theatre | Rating: 
| Runtime: 200 Minutes
An extraordinary new production of Shakespeare’s most enduring tragedy with a breathtakingly radical half-hour at the end when Dyer reveals another play beneath the story we know about jealousy and
mistrust. vGiles Terera (Hamilton) stars in a thrilling production with a radical climax that explores the domestic violence whilst Rosy McEwen (The Alienist) is quietly radical in her role as Desdemona - never simpering or scared. She appears as Othello’s equal, and there is a tenderness and mutual respect between them.
This sub plot within the play is about the tragedy of domestic violence. The women are NOT reduced to victims here while the men, including Othello, are controlling, toxic abusers. Instead, this is an almost obvious interpretation, once we have seen and heard it,
yet it makes the play feel utterly new.
Never has the speech about wives and husbands (“If wives do fall”), delivered by Desdemona’s maid, Emilia (Tanya Franks), made better sense.
Othello is filmed live on the Lyttleton stage of the National Theatre. Directed by Clint Dyer
mistrust. vGiles Terera (Hamilton) stars in a thrilling production with a radical climax that explores the domestic violence whilst Rosy McEwen (The Alienist) is quietly radical in her role as Desdemona - never simpering or scared. She appears as Othello’s equal, and there is a tenderness and mutual respect between them.
This sub plot within the play is about the tragedy of domestic violence. The women are NOT reduced to victims here while the men, including Othello, are controlling, toxic abusers. Instead, this is an almost obvious interpretation, once we have seen and heard it,
yet it makes the play feel utterly new.
Never has the speech about wives and husbands (“If wives do fall”), delivered by Desdemona’s maid, Emilia (Tanya Franks), made better sense.
Othello is filmed live on the Lyttleton stage of the National Theatre. Directed by Clint Dyer
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