Othello

Synopsis

Video recording of Petr Kracik’s 2006 production of Othello with Michal Diouhy and Martin Zahalka alternating the roles.

Language

Czech

Country

Czech Republic

Medium

Video

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Recording date

2006

Duration

127 mins

Credits

Director

Petr Kracik

Music

Jiri Cerha

Production Design

Jaroslav Milfajt

Costume

Tomas Kypta

Cast

Michal Dlouhy	Othello
Zuzana Vejvodova	Desdemona
Oldrich Navratil	Iago
Petr Stepan	Michael Cassio
Zuzana Slavikova	Emilia
Ivo Kubecka	Lodovico
Jan Revai	Roderigo
Ladislav Frej	Brabantio
Martin Sitta	Lodovico
Ondrej Kavan	Roderigo
Robert Jaskow	Montano
Rudolf Jelinek	Gratiano
Vladimir Brabec	Brabantio

Additional Details

Production type

Stage Recordings

Historical period

Renaissance Italy

Plays

Othello

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Open-air theatre

Notes

General

The Summer Shakespeare Festival is an open-air theatre event initiated by President Vaclav Havel.

Different actors played the same role during the course of the production. It is not known, for example, which actress played Desdemona in the Arts Institute recording.

History

Produced by the Schok Agency at the Summer Shakespeare Festival, Prague Castle, beginning 21 June 2006.

Textual information

Translated into Czech by Martin Hilsky.

Archive

Name

Arts Institute-Theatre Institute

Email

info@institutumeni.cz

Web

http://institute.theatre.cz External site opens in new window

Phone

224 809 123

Fax

224 809 123

Address

Celetna 17
110 00 Praha 1
Czech Republic