Othello

Synopsis

One of the earliest televised adaptations of the play with Baliol Holloway as Othello and Celia Johnson as Desdemona.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Television

Transmission details

14 Dec 1937 at 15:22 (Channel: BBC)

Duration

67 mins

Availability

No copy extant

Credits

Director

George More O’Ferrall

Producer

George More O’Ferrall

Writer

William Shakespeare

Cast

Baliol Holloway	Othello
Celia Johnson	Desdemona
D.A. Clarke-Smith	Iago
Anthony Quayle	Michael Cassio
Dorothy Black	Emilia
Campbell Logan	Montano
John Dodsworth	Roderigo
Marion Wilson
Mayura Vincent
Olga Lindo	Bianca
Philip Desborough	Gratiano
Philip Desborough	Herald
Therese Langfield

Additional Details

Production type

Television and Radio Drama

Plays

Othello

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

The Radio Times programme entry credits Ralph Richardson and Diana Wynyard as leading actors. The cast list published in The Times review of the production is an entirely different one. Assuming the latter to be correct, it is also the one reproduced for this entry. The running time given in Radio Times is 35 minutes.

General

According to Rothwell and Melzer, Jessica Tandy and Ralph Richardson were initially approached to play the leading roles.

Reviews

'Televised Drama’, The Times, 15 December 1937, n.p.
Rothwell, Kenneth S. and Annabelle Henkin Melzer, Shakespeare on Screen: An International Filmography and Videography (London: Mansell, 1990), entry 445, p. 212.

Production Company

Name

BBC

Notes

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)