Othello

Synopsis: A filmed version of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s highly acclaimed 1989 stage production in The Other Place, and superbly re-imagained as a television ensemble piece. Set in a 19th-century army encampment, opera singer Willard White brings fine musicality and intense strength to his debut ‘straight’ acting role, a performance equally matched by McKellen’s fussy, officious and deeply repressed Iago.
Series: Theatre Night
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Television; Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Year of production: 1989
Notes: Released on VHS in 1989. A DVD (released in 2003) of the production is available from online retailers.
The DVD extras include notes by Ian McKellen.
Subjects: Drama
Keywords: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Related items: Evening Standard Drama Awards 1989, The; Nunn’s Othello