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Desdemona

Synopsis
Video recording of Ong Keng Seng’s production of Desdemona, a staging which brought several traditional and contemporary Asian performance forms, languages, and mediums together as a response to Shakespeare’s Othello.
Language
English
Country
Australia
Medium
Video
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Recording date
2001
Duration
69 mins

Credits

Director
Ong Keng Seng
Production Design
Justin Hill
Cast
Maya KrishnaOthello
Claire WongDesdemona

Additional Details

Theatre
Optima Playhouse Theatre, Adelaide
Theatre company
TheatreWorks
Production type
Stage Recordings
Plays
Othello
Subjects
Drama
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Multiculturalism

Notes

History
Produced by TheatreWorks (Singapore) at the Optima Playhouse Theatre, Australia, during the Telstra Adelaide Festival, 16-18 March 2000.
Reviews
Grehen, Helena. ‘TheatreWorks’ Desdemona: Fusing Technology and Tradition.' in TDR: The Drama Review 45, no. 3 (2001): 113-25. [Examines how in this production Ong Keng Sen "mobilises his performance praxis to complicate the questions of positionality, location, and subjectivity" through his integration of technology and tradition. Followed by Ong Keng Sen, "On Desdemona: A Response," 118.]. Lan, Yong Li.
`Ong Keng Sen’s Desdemona, Ugliness, and the Intercultural Performative’ in Theatre Journal - Volume 56, Number 2, May 2004, pp. 251-273.

Archive

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