Othello
- Summary
- 1981 BBC production of Othello presented in two parts over one evening in the BBC Television Shakespeare series.
- Theatre play
- Othello by William Shakespeare [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Sunday 4 October 1981
- Time
- 7.15-9.00pm; 9.05-10.45pm
- Series
- BBC Television Shakespeare
- Channel
- BBC2
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Director
- Jonathan Miller
- Lighting
- John Treays
- Playwright
- William Shakespeare
- Composer
- Stephen Oliver
- Designer
- Colin Lowrey
- Costumes
- Raymond Hughes
- Make-up
- Eileen Mair
- Sound
- Alan Edmonds
- Fight Arranger
- William Hobbs
- Script Editor
- David Snodin
- Cast
John Barron Duke of Venice Geoffrey Chater Brabantio Alex Davion Gratiano Howard Goorney Second Senator Seymour Green First Senator Max Harvey First Gentleman Anthony Hopkins Othello Bob Hoskins Iago Rosemary Leach Emilia Terry McGinity Second Gentleman Wendy Morgan Bianca Nigel Nobes Third Gentleman Joseph O’Conor Lodovico Anthony Pedley Roderigo Tony Steedman Montano Peter Walmsley Officer Penelope Wilton Desdemona David Yelland Cassio
Additional details
- Play tags
- class issues / differences; race relations; tragedy
Audiovisual sources
- Title
- Othello (BBC, 1981)
- Archive
- BBC Information and Archives [more information]
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Print sources
- Title
- Radio Times, 1 October 1981 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- article, p. 5; illustrated listing, p. 29
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