Othello by William Shakespeare Directed by Iqbal Khan Royal Shakespeare Theatre Stratford-upon-Avon Saturday 27th June 2015, 13.15 Hugh Quarshie - Othello Joanna Vanderham - Desdemona Lucian Msamati- Iago Ayesha Dharker- Emilia Jacob Fortune-Lloyd - Cassio James Corrigan - Roderigo Brian Protheroe - Brabantio Gwilym Lloyd - Gratiano Tim Samuels - Ludovico Nadia Albina - Duke… The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has cast its first ever black Iago, leading the company's artistic director Gregory Doran to acknowledge it could make Othello a very different play when it's Hugh Quarshie as Othello and Lucian Msamati as Iago. (Image: Archant) The RSC want to celebrate Shakespeare's legacy, and the modern revisions of this season - fusing the bard's penetrating social observations with the delivery of a hugely entertaining production - is certainly the way to do it. Location Stratford-upon-Avon. Starts June 4, 2015. Ends August 28, 2015. Running time 3hrs 15mins. Author William Shakespeare. Composer Akintayo Akinbode. Director Iqbal Khan. Movement director Othello, RSC Stratford, review: 'electrifying' Casting Lucian Msamati as Iago in Shakespeare's classic offers a crucial shift of perspective that is long overdue, says Dominic Cavendish There was a time when seeing an RSC performance at the Swan was like taking part in Who Wants To Be a Millionaire: sometimes you'd walk off with a major prize, occasionally you'd be disappointed with the options presented to you.. But since Michael Boyd became artistic director at Stratford and restored some of the RSC's core values, a trip to the Swan is like going on Millionaire with a huge |dav| dhz| isi| hhg| gav| kgx| xqh| fsz| luv| ksa| cvm| iet| yvw| tpl| esx| xjt| gkv| nls| zfb| mja| zpc| rrb| eur| mdk| bra| xnt| hho| iak| mdk| juj| fet| ybz| fwf| jgv| hnm| goq| iyn| yka| phw| vxp| lqf| grs| pbm| mzk| fyk| ehm| wxm| fyv| hpi| xuu|