Learning on ScreenOthello
- Synopsis
- A video recording of Jude Kelly’s 1997 production of Othello for the Shakespeare Theatre Company. Patrick Stewart, playing Othello, is the only white actor in an otherwise all Afro-American cast.
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Recording date
- 13 Dec 1997
Credits
- Director
- Jude Kelly
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Michael Ward
- Production Design
- Robert Innes Hopkins
- Costume
- Robert Innes Hopkins
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Lansburgh, Washington, DC
- Theatre company
- Shakespeare Theatre Company
- Production type
- Stage Recordings
- Plays
- Othello
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Black actors; Race-reversed productions
Notes
- History
- The production ran 11/11/97-04/01/1998
- Reviews
- Craig Herndon, ‘Patrick Stewart, Interview on Othello ... inside a Murderous Mind’ in The Washington Post. (November 12 1997).
Albanese, Denise. ‘Black and White, and Dread All Over: The Shakespeare Theater’s ‘Photonegative’ Othello and the Body of Desdemona.' in Callaghan, Dympna, C. Feminist Companion to Shakespeare pp 226-47. [Argues that in casting Patrick Stewart as Othello in her production of Othello Jude Kelly portrays race as performative, thus minimising its importance].
Archive
- Name
Washington Area Performing Arts Video Archive (WAPAVA)
- leahkim@umd.edu
- Web
- http://www.wapava.org External site opens in new window
- Phone
- (301) 405 9117
- Address
- James J. Taylor Collection
Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland 20742-1630
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