Learning on ScreenOthello
- Synopsis
- Radio version of a critically acclaimed stage production of Shakespeare’s Othello directed by Michael Grandage in London’s Donmar Warehouse. With Chiwetel Ejiofor in the title role alongside Ewan McGregor as Iago. Music by Adam Cork.
- Series
- Drama on 3
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Radio
- Transmission details
- 4 May 2008 at 20:00 (Channel: BBC Radio 3)
- Duration
- 165 mins
Credits
- Director
- Michael Grandage
- Producer
- Nicholas Soames
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Adaptor for Radio
- Penny Leicester
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Donmar Warehouse
- Production type
- Television and Radio Drama
- Plays
- Othello
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- The play is sold on CD by Naxos Audiobooks (catalogued separately).
- History
- The production opened at the Donmar Warehouse, London on 4 December 2007, and sold out its three-month run in hours.
- Awards
- Chiwetel Ejiofor won an Olivier Award for his role as Othello, the Critics Circle Award for Best Shakespearean Performance, and Best Actor at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards (2008).
- Reviews
- `... All those fools who want to take Shakespeare off the national curriculum had their rebuttal here. Even those idiots who wonder what Radio 3 is for had their answer’. [Gillian Reynolds, The Daily Telegraph].
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Archive
- Name
British Library Sound Archive
- listening@bl.uk
- Web
- http://www.bl.uk/nsa External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7412 7676
- Fax
- 020 7412 7441
- Address
- 96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB
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