Othello
- Summary
- 1990 BBC presentation of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1989 production of Shakespeare’s Othello.
- Theatre play
- Othello by William Shakespeare [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Saturday 23 June 1990
- Time
- 8.00-9.40pm; 9.55-11.40pm
- Series
- Theatre Night
- Channel
- BBC2
- Production company
- BBC; Primetime Television
- Theatre company
- Royal Shakespeare Company
Credits
- Director
- Trevor Nunn
- Producer
- Greg Smith
- Playwright
- William Shakespeare
- Cast
Sean Baker Cassio John Burgess Duke of Venice / Lodovico Jonathan Goldstein Musician Michael Grandage Roderigo David Hounslow Servant to the Senate / First Cyprus Soldier / First Othello Soldier Marsha Hunt Bianca Brian Lawson First Senator / Second Cyprus Soldier / Second Othello Soldier Ian McKellen Iago Peter Rolinson Musician Imogen Stubbs Desdemona Philip Sully Montano Clive Swift Brabantio / Gratiano Zoë Wanamaker (1949-) Emilia Willard White Othello
Additional details
- Play tags
- class issues / differences; race relations; tragedy
Audiovisual sources
- Title
- Othello (BBC, 1990)
- Archive
- BBC Information and Archives [more information]
Address
White City
Telephone
London
UK+44 (0)20 8008 2288
Websitehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/informationandarchives/
AccessBBC Information and Archives is not open to the public.
Print sources
- Title
- Radio Times, 21 June 1990 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- full-page article, p. 12; article with image, p. 29; listing, p. 31
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